Polymerization on Heating up of Bio-Oil: A Model Compound Study

Understanding of the condensation reactions in bio-oil is the key for efficient conversion into transportation fuel or value-added chemicals. In this study, the roles of the typical compounds representing the sugars, sugar derivatives, and aromatics found in bio-oil were investigated for their contr...

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Main Authors: Hu, Xun, Wang, Yi, Mourant, Daniel, Gunawan, Richard, Lievens, Caroline, Chaiwat, Weerawut, Gholizadeh, Mortaza, Wu, Liping, Li, Xiang, Li, Chun-Zhu
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36494
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author Hu, Xun
Wang, Yi
Mourant, Daniel
Gunawan, Richard
Lievens, Caroline
Chaiwat, Weerawut
Gholizadeh, Mortaza
Wu, Liping
Li, Xiang
Li, Chun-Zhu
author_facet Hu, Xun
Wang, Yi
Mourant, Daniel
Gunawan, Richard
Lievens, Caroline
Chaiwat, Weerawut
Gholizadeh, Mortaza
Wu, Liping
Li, Xiang
Li, Chun-Zhu
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description Understanding of the condensation reactions in bio-oil is the key for efficient conversion into transportation fuel or value-added chemicals. In this study, the roles of the typical compounds representing the sugars, sugar derivatives, and aromatics found in bio-oil were investigated for their contribution to condensation reactions. Glucose played a key role for the polymer formation due to its decomposition to reactive compounds with multiple hydroxyl groups, carbonyl groups or conjugated bonds. The sugar derivatives, including furfural, hydroxyl aldehyde and hydroxyl acetone, were also found to be reactive toward polymerization. The carboxylic acids were shown to be the catalysts for polymerization and formic acid was much more efficient to catalyze polymerization than acetic acid. The phenolic compounds also promoted the acidcatalyzed reactions. Vanillin contains reactive a carbonyl group, leading to its high tendency toward polymerization. In methanol, various kinds of methanolysis reactions dominated, which significantly suppressed the decomposition of glucoseand the polymerization of other compounds.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-364942017-09-13T15:28:02Z Polymerization on Heating up of Bio-Oil: A Model Compound Study Hu, Xun Wang, Yi Mourant, Daniel Gunawan, Richard Lievens, Caroline Chaiwat, Weerawut Gholizadeh, Mortaza Wu, Liping Li, Xiang Li, Chun-Zhu bio-oil stabilization model compounds polymerization upgrading Understanding of the condensation reactions in bio-oil is the key for efficient conversion into transportation fuel or value-added chemicals. In this study, the roles of the typical compounds representing the sugars, sugar derivatives, and aromatics found in bio-oil were investigated for their contribution to condensation reactions. Glucose played a key role for the polymer formation due to its decomposition to reactive compounds with multiple hydroxyl groups, carbonyl groups or conjugated bonds. The sugar derivatives, including furfural, hydroxyl aldehyde and hydroxyl acetone, were also found to be reactive toward polymerization. The carboxylic acids were shown to be the catalysts for polymerization and formic acid was much more efficient to catalyze polymerization than acetic acid. The phenolic compounds also promoted the acidcatalyzed reactions. Vanillin contains reactive a carbonyl group, leading to its high tendency toward polymerization. In methanol, various kinds of methanolysis reactions dominated, which significantly suppressed the decomposition of glucoseand the polymerization of other compounds. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36494 10.1002/aic.13857 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. restricted
spellingShingle bio-oil
stabilization
model compounds
polymerization
upgrading
Hu, Xun
Wang, Yi
Mourant, Daniel
Gunawan, Richard
Lievens, Caroline
Chaiwat, Weerawut
Gholizadeh, Mortaza
Wu, Liping
Li, Xiang
Li, Chun-Zhu
Polymerization on Heating up of Bio-Oil: A Model Compound Study
title Polymerization on Heating up of Bio-Oil: A Model Compound Study
title_full Polymerization on Heating up of Bio-Oil: A Model Compound Study
title_fullStr Polymerization on Heating up of Bio-Oil: A Model Compound Study
title_full_unstemmed Polymerization on Heating up of Bio-Oil: A Model Compound Study
title_short Polymerization on Heating up of Bio-Oil: A Model Compound Study
title_sort polymerization on heating up of bio-oil: a model compound study
topic bio-oil
stabilization
model compounds
polymerization
upgrading
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36494