Deactivation of Multilayered MFI Nanosheet Zeolite during Upgrading of Biomass Pyrolysis Vapors

Xu, Mengze; Mukarakate, Calvin; Iisa, Kristiina; Budhi, Sridhar; Menart, Martin; Davidson, Malcolm; Robichaud, David J.; Nimlos, Mark R.; Trewyn, Brian G.; Richards, Ryan M.

doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00817

Title: Deactivation of Multilayered MFI Nanosheet Zeolite during Upgrading of Biomass Pyrolysis Vapors

Journal Article · Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00817· OSTI ID:1364155

Xu, Mengze ^[1]; Mukarakate, Calvin ^[2]; Iisa, Kristiina ^[2]; Budhi, Sridhar ^[1]; Menart, Martin ^[3]; Davidson, Malcolm ^[3]; Robichaud, David J. ^[2]; Nimlos, Mark R. ^[2]; Trewyn, Brian G. ^[3]; Richards, Ryan M. ^[1]

Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)

Here, the catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) of biomass is a promising technology for producing renewable transportation fuels and chemicals. MFI-type catalysts have shown promise for CFP because they produce gasoline range hydrocarbons from oxygenated pyrolysis compounds; however, rapid catalyst deactivation due to coking is one of the major technical barriers inhibiting the commercialization of this technology. Coke deposited on the surface of the catalysts blocks access to active sites in the micropores leading to rapid catalyst deactivation. Our strategy is to minimize rapid catalyst deactivation by adding mesoporosity through forming MFI nanosheet materials. The synthesized MFI nanosheet catalysts were fully characterized and evaluated for cellulose pyrolysis vapor upgrading to produce olefins and aromatic hydrocarbons. The data obtained from pyrolysis-GCMS (py-GCMS), showed that fresh MFI nanosheets produced similar aromatic hydrocarbon and olefin yields compared to conventional HZSM-5. However, MFI nanosheets demonstrated a longer lifetime than HZSM-5 even though coke contents were also higher than for HZSM-5 because the mesopores enabled better accessibility to active acid sites. This conclusion was supported by results from post-reaction analysis of various spent catalysts collected at different points during the deactivation experiments.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1364155

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5100-68461

Journal Information:: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol. 5, Issue 6; ISSN 2168-0485

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Country of Publication:: United States

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