One-step transformation of biomass to fuel precursors using a bi-functional combination of Pd/C and water tolerant Lewis acid

Hao, Naijia; Alper, Koray; Patel, Himanshu; Tekin, Kubilay; Karagoz, Selhan; Ragauskas, Arthur J.

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118200

Title: One-step transformation of biomass to fuel precursors using a bi-functional combination of Pd/C and water tolerant Lewis acid

Journal Article · Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Fuel

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118200· OSTI ID:1633143

Hao, Naijia ^[1]; Alper, Koray ^[2];

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^[2]; Karagoz, Selhan ^[2];

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Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Karabük Univ. (Turkey)
CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Inst., Bhavnagar (India)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Joint Inst. of Biological Science

Direct one-pot transformation of lignocellulosic biomass has been developed as an effective and sustainable strategy to produce fuel blend stocks and high value chemical building blocks. In this wok, a bi-functional catalyst system consisting of palladium supported on carbon (Pd/C) and metal triflates (i.e., Sm(OTf)₃, La(OTf)₃, and Cu(OTf)₂) were shown to promote the biomass liquefaction in both hot-compressed water and supercritical ethanol medium, converting fir wood into oxygenated compounds. We report the highest bio-oil yield from hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) was 10.47 wt% over Pd/C whereas the highest bio-oil yield of 49.71 wt% was achieved from supercritical ethanol liquefaction (SCEL) over the bi-functional catalyst system of Pd/C and La(OTf)₃. Higher heating values, carbon recovered values and boiling point distributions were further determined for elucidating the physical properties of the bio-oils. Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC–MS) analysis of the bio-oils revealed the chemical composition of the bio-oils. Substituted phenols and cyclopentenone/cyclopentanone type compounds consisted of more than 60 area% of the total products from HTL, whereas phenol and esters represented the major products from SCEL. The major reaction pathways are proposed based on the GC–MS results, which include depolymerizaton, isomerization, dehydration, condensation, and hydrogenation.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; Karabuk University

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1633143

Journal Information:: Fuel, Vol. 277, Issue C; ISSN 0016-2361

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