Biomass conversion to produce hydrocarbon liquid fuel via hot-vapor filtered fast pyrolysis and catalytic hydrotreating
Abstract
Lignocellulosic biomass conversion to produce biofuels has received significant attention because of the quest for a replacement for fossil fuels. Among the various thermochemical and biochemical routes, fast pyrolysis followed by catalytic hydrotreating is considered to be a promising near-term opportunity. This paper reports on experimental methods used 1) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass to produce bio-oils in a fluidized-bed reactor and 2) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for catalytic hydrotreating of bio-oils in a two-stage, fixed-bed, continuous-flow catalytic reactor. The configurations of the reactor systems, the operating procedures, and the processing and analysis of feedstocks, bio-oils, and biofuels are described in detail in this paper. We also demonstrate hot-vapor filtration during fast pyrolysis to remove fine char particles and inorganic contaminants from bio-oil. Representative results showed successful conversion of biomass feedstocks to fuel-range hydrocarbon biofuels and, specifically, the effect of hot-vapor filtration on bio-oil production and upgrading. As a result, the protocols provided in this report could help to generate rigorous and reliable data for biomass pyrolysis and bio-oil hydrotreating research.
- Authors:
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- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1338901
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5100-63783
Journal ID: ISSN 1940-087X; jove
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Visualized Experiments
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Issue: 118; Journal ID: ISSN 1940-087X
- Publisher:
- MyJoVE Corp.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; biomass; fast pyrolysis; hydrotreating; hot gas filtering; fluidized bed; biochemistry; Issue 118; biomass conversion; hot-vapor filtration; catalytic hydrotreating; bio-oil; bio-fuel
Citation Formats
Wang, Huamin, Elliott, Douglas C., French, Richard J., Deutch, Steve, and Iisa, Kristiina. Biomass conversion to produce hydrocarbon liquid fuel via hot-vapor filtered fast pyrolysis and catalytic hydrotreating. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.3791/54088.
Wang, Huamin, Elliott, Douglas C., French, Richard J., Deutch, Steve, & Iisa, Kristiina. Biomass conversion to produce hydrocarbon liquid fuel via hot-vapor filtered fast pyrolysis and catalytic hydrotreating. United States. https://doi.org/10.3791/54088
Wang, Huamin, Elliott, Douglas C., French, Richard J., Deutch, Steve, and Iisa, Kristiina. Sun .
"Biomass conversion to produce hydrocarbon liquid fuel via hot-vapor filtered fast pyrolysis and catalytic hydrotreating". United States. https://doi.org/10.3791/54088. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1338901.
@article{osti_1338901,
title = {Biomass conversion to produce hydrocarbon liquid fuel via hot-vapor filtered fast pyrolysis and catalytic hydrotreating},
author = {Wang, Huamin and Elliott, Douglas C. and French, Richard J. and Deutch, Steve and Iisa, Kristiina},
abstractNote = {Lignocellulosic biomass conversion to produce biofuels has received significant attention because of the quest for a replacement for fossil fuels. Among the various thermochemical and biochemical routes, fast pyrolysis followed by catalytic hydrotreating is considered to be a promising near-term opportunity. This paper reports on experimental methods used 1) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass to produce bio-oils in a fluidized-bed reactor and 2) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for catalytic hydrotreating of bio-oils in a two-stage, fixed-bed, continuous-flow catalytic reactor. The configurations of the reactor systems, the operating procedures, and the processing and analysis of feedstocks, bio-oils, and biofuels are described in detail in this paper. We also demonstrate hot-vapor filtration during fast pyrolysis to remove fine char particles and inorganic contaminants from bio-oil. Representative results showed successful conversion of biomass feedstocks to fuel-range hydrocarbon biofuels and, specifically, the effect of hot-vapor filtration on bio-oil production and upgrading. As a result, the protocols provided in this report could help to generate rigorous and reliable data for biomass pyrolysis and bio-oil hydrotreating research.},
doi = {10.3791/54088},
journal = {Journal of Visualized Experiments},
number = 118,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Dec 25 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Sun Dec 25 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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