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Simultaneous Catalytic Conversion of Acid-Pretreated Biomass into High-Quality Syngas and Bio-oil at Mild Temperature
journal contribution
posted on 2020-07-02, 11:04 authored by Yinhai Su, Dan Xu, Lingqin Liu, Lei Shi, Shuping Zhang, Yuanquan Xiong, Huiyan ZhangAn innovative method
for the coproduction of high-quality bio-oil and syngas via the integration
of in situ acid pretreatment on feedstock and ex situ reforming by
activated carbon catalyst was investigated in this study. Dilute acid
pretreatment of rice husk was performed in a 10 wt % H3PO4 solution between 60 and 140 °C. Then, the catalytic
pyrolysis of raw and pretreated samples was conducted using activated
carbon catalyst in a two-stage fixed-bed reactor at 500 °C for
15 min. The results indicated that the catalytic process transferred
energy from liquid bio-oil to gas products. Water content took up
most of the mass in bio-oil (>90 wt %), while the organic part
was dominant by phenols and the gas product was a CO-rich syngas.
Specifically, the optimal products from catalytic pyrolysis were achieved
at a pretreatment temperature of 100 °C. Results of gas chromatography–mass
spectrometry (GC–MS) revealed that the phenol occupied a 67.14%
relative content of organics. Via quantification, the mass yield of
phenol was 2.56 wt % of bio-oil, and this value was 2.02 times that
of raw bio-oil and 1.41 times that of non-pretreated samples. The
volume yield of CO in syngas was significantly increased to 163.59
mL/g with the CO fraction (63.23 vol %). Further, the mechanism of
phenol and CO generation from pretreated samples is proposed and discussed,
which provides new insight for the clean and high value-added utilization
of biomass.