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Xuan Guo1, Huili Zhang2, Yunming Fang1
1College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
Ambient pressure hydro-deoxygenation (HDO) of the phenolic-rich pyrolysis liquid fraction is a complex task due to the presence multiple phenolic compounds and light oxygenates. The phenolic-rich fraction differs from the overall pyrolysis liquid, known to be prone to re-polymerization and coking in the reactor or of the catalyst. In the present research, hydro-deoxygenation of oxygen-containing compounds in the phenolic fraction over Mo-based catalysts was carried out for the first time. It was found that Mo-based catalysts can successfully upgrade the phenolics into aromatics, the conversion rate was nearly 100%. The small amount of light oxygenates in the phenolic-rich fraction had no obvious effect on the hydro-deoxygenation reaction, the phenolic conversion was more than 95%. After assessing the performance for a representative phenolic model compound, the reaction was also successfully carried out on the phenolic fraction of the real pyrolysis liquid. It can be concluded that the catalysts can also be used for the HDO of the real pyrolysis liquid fraction at atmospheric pressure.
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