Separation of chemical groups from bio-oil aqueous phase via sequential organic solvent extraction

Ren, Shoujie; Ye, Philip; Borole, Abhijeet P

doi:10.1016/j.jaap.2017.01.004

Title: Separation of chemical groups from bio-oil aqueous phase via sequential organic solvent extraction

Journal Article · Thu Jan 05 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2017.01.004· OSTI ID:1356890

Ren, Shoujie ^[1]; Ye, Philip ^[1]; Borole, Abhijeet P ^[2]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Bio-oil aqueous phase contains a considerable amount of furans, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes and phenolics besides the major components of organic acids and anhydrosugars. The complexity of bio-oil aqueous phase limits its efficient utilization. To improve the efficiency of bio-oil biorefinery, this study focused on the separation of chemical groups from bio-oil aqueous phase via sequential organic solvent extractions. Due to their high recoverability and low solubility in water, four solvents (hexane, petroleum ether, chloroform, and ethyl acetate) with different polarities were evaluated, and the optimum process conditions for chemical extraction were determined. Chloroform had high extraction efficiency for furans, phenolics, and ketones. In addition to these chemical groups, ethyl acetate had high extraction efficiency for organic acids. The sequential extraction by using chloroform followed by ethyl acetate rendered that 62.2 wt.% of original furans, ketones, alcohols, and phenolics were extracted to chloroform, over 62 wt.% acetic acid was extracted to ethyl acetate, resulting in a high concentration of levoglucosan (~53.0 wt.%) in the final aqueous phase. Chemicals separated via the sequential extraction could be used as feedstocks in biorefinery using processes such as catalytic upgrading of furans and phenolics to hydrocarbons, fermentation of levoglucosan to produce alcohols and diols, and hydrogen production from organic acids via microbial electrolysis.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; FOA-0000812; DEAC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1356890

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1416828

Journal Information:: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Vol. 123; ISSN 0165-2370

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Country of Publication:: United States

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