Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Guaiacol over Noble Metal Catalysts

Pyrolysis of biomass is a promising technology to convert solid biomass into liquid bio-oils. However, bio-oils have high water and oxygen content which subsequently lowers their energy density relative to conventional hydrocarbons. For these reasons, an upgrading process is required. Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) is a rapidly developing technology for oxygen removal from pyrolysis bio-oils and noble metal catalysts have shown promising activities, especially as compared to the traditional hydrodesulphurization catalysts (e.g. CoMo/Al2O3 and NiMo/Al2O3). However, further understanding and development of the catalysts through improving robustness, increasing the oil yield and reducing the hydrogen consumption are still required. In this work, guaiacol, a phenol derived compound produced by the thermal degradation of lignin, was selected as a model compound to study the HDO process. Guaiacol is selected because it is among the major components of pyrolysis bio-oils, but it is thermally unstable and leads to catalyst deactivation.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemical Engineering

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Gao, Danni

Contributors dc:contributor

• Arvind Varma
• Fabio H Ribeiro
• Doraiswami Ramkrishna
• Mahdi Abu-Omar

• Guaiacol
• Hydrodeoxygenation
• Noble Metal Catalysts

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1498

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2714