Upgrading biomass liquefaction products through hydrodeoxygenation

Conference · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:7124643

Elliott, D C; Baker, E G

Products of direct liquefaction of wood at high pressure have been converted by catalytic hydrogenation to a gasoline-like hydrocarbon product. The process operates at a temperature of 300/sup 0/ to 350/sup 0/C and a pressure of 2000 psig with nickel metal or sulfided cobalt-molybdenum catalyst. The catalysts are commercially available hydrotreating catalysts. Other tests have shown a copper-chromite catalyst and the unsulfided form of the cobalt-molybdenum catalyst to be less effective. Analysis by infrared spectrophotometry, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance in addition to determination of elemental composition, density and distillation range were used to evaluate the product composition. 28 references, 7 figures, 5 tables.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 7124643
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-11891; CONF-840509-1; ON: DE84011898
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AROMATICS
CATALYSIS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COBALT COMPOUNDS
COBALT SULFIDES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
CYCLOALKANES
CYCLOHEXANE
DATA
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUELS
GASOLINE
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGENATION
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
LIQUEFACTION
LIQUID FUELS
METALS
MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS
MOLYBDENUM SULFIDES
NICKEL
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PHENOLS
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QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
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