(130a) New Mesoporous ZSM-5 Synthesis and Its Use in Bio-Oil Hydrodeoxygenation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2015
2015 AIChE Spring Meeting and 11th Global Congress on Process Safety
Emerging Technologies in Clean Energy for the Twenty-First Century
Developments in Biomass to Biofuels, Chemicals, and Advanced Materials III
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 1:30pm to 2:00pm
Hydrodeoxygenation has been considered to be one of the most promising methods for bio-oil upgrading. Here, the catalytic performance of a newly developed hydrogenation catalyst, platinum supported on mesoporous ZSM-5 (Pt/MZSM-5), was tested in model bio-oil compounds hydrodeoxygenation. Pt/ZSM-5 and Pt/Al2O3 were used as reference. Three common bio-oil compounds with various oxygen contents and molecules sizes, guaiacol(GUA), cresol, and dibenzofuran(DBF), were used as model bio-oil compounds to evaluate the bio-oil hydrodeoxygenation on these three catalysts. Our results indicate that Pt supported on mesoporous ZSM-5 show better performance in bio-oil hydrodeoxygenation than Pt/ZSM-5 and Pt/Al2O3. The excellent catalytic performance is attributed to the combination of strong acidity and mesopore structure in mesoporous zeolite.