Issue 3, 2010
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Green Chemistry

Improved utilization of biomass-derived carbon by co-processing with hydrogen-rich feedstocks in millisecond reactors†

Joshua L. Colby,a   Paul J. Dauenhauer,b   Brian C. Michael,a   Aditya Bhana  and  Lanny D. Schmidt*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN, USA
E-mail: schmi001@umn.edu
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Tel: +1 612-625-9391

b Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, USA
E-mail: dauenhauer@ecs.umass.edu

Abstract

A reactor capable of improving the utilization of biomass-derived carbon during thermochemical conversion to synthesis gas is demonstrated experimentally. By co-processing hydrogen-deficient biomass (H/C∼2) with hydrogen-rich feedstocks (H/C≥4) through catalytic partial oxidation, 100% of the fuel carbon atoms fed to the reactor can be converted to CO.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B920387G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 Sep 2009
Accepted
07 Dec 2009
First published
08 Jan 2010

Green Chem., 2010,12, 378-380

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Improved utilization of biomass-derived carbon by co-processing with hydrogen-rich feedstocks in millisecond reactors

J. L. Colby, P. J. Dauenhauer, B. C. Michael, A. Bhan and L. D. Schmidt, Green Chem., 2010, 12, 378 DOI: 10.1039/B920387G

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