Issue 6, 2014

Direct thermocatalytic transformation of pine wood into low oxygenated biofuel

Abstract

Direct catalytic conversion of pine wood under H2 into an organic liquid composed of saturated alkanes and aromatics has been achieved. The resulting organic liquids are easily isolated from the aqueous phase with a yield up to 30 wt%. Importantly, the oxygen content is about 3 wt% and has a higher heating value of 41 MJ kg−1 which is very close to standard diesel (44 MJ kg−1) used in automotive fuels. The multi-functional catalysts comprise well size controlled bimetallic nanoparticles (Cu–Ru) supported on heteropolyacid salts. The residual acidic proton of the heteropolyanion salt combined with bimetallic nanoparticles produced a multifunctional catalyst, featuring depolymerisation, deoxygenation and hydrogenation in a single batch reactor. Current results present an alternative approach to transform lignocellulosic biomass (oxygen content higher than 40 wt%) directly into an organic liquid (oxygen content less than 5 wt%) suitable as additives in biofuels.

Graphical abstract: Direct thermocatalytic transformation of pine wood into low oxygenated biofuel

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Dec 2013
Accepted
24 Feb 2014
First published
24 Feb 2014

Green Chem., 2014,16, 3031-3038

Author version available

Direct thermocatalytic transformation of pine wood into low oxygenated biofuel

W. Al Maksoud, C. Larabi, A. Garron, K. C. Szeto, J. J. Walter and C. C. Santini, Green Chem., 2014, 16, 3031 DOI: 10.1039/C3GC42596G

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