Issue 42, 2013
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RSC Advances

Optimising the sustainability of crude bio-oil viareforming to hydrogen and valuable by-product carbon nanotubes†

Chunfei Wu,*a   Lisha Dong,b   Jun Huang*b  and  Paul T. Williams*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Energy Research Institute, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
E-mail: c.wu@leeds.ac.uk, p.t.williams@leeds.ac.uk
Fax: 44 113 2467310
Tel: 44 113 3432504

b School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia
E-mail: jun.huang@sydney.edu.au
Fax: 61 2 93512854
Tel: 61 2 93517483

Abstract

Maximizing the efficiency and economic benefits of bio-oil is a major challenge for the emerging bio-refining industry. This research has developed a promising route to produce clean-fuel hydrogen with high value carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a by-product of the process via evaporation/pyrolysis-reforming of crude bio-oil. Since the waste catalyst coke is replaced by high-value CNTs, a potential significant increase of additional economic benefit could be contributed to the bio-refining process. Moreover, CO2 emission to the environment from the current practice of coke oxidation during catalyst regeneration would be reduced.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA43828G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 May 2013
Accepted
29 Jul 2013
First published
01 Aug 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 19239-19242

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Optimising the sustainability of crude bio-oil via reforming to hydrogen and valuable by-product carbon nanotubes

C. Wu, L. Dong, J. Huang and P. T. Williams, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 19239 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA43828G

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