Formation of coke during the pyrolysis of bio-oil

Bio-oil from the pyrolysis of biomass can be upgraded into high quality liquid biofuels or utilised as a feedstock to boilers and gasifiers. The coke formation is a particularly serious problem for the upgrading of bio-oil as well as the direct utilisation of bio-oil. The effects of bio-oil chemical...

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Main Authors: Wang, Yi, Mourant, Daniel, Hu, Xun, Zhang, Shu, Lievens, Caroline, Li, Chun-Zhu
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42477
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author Wang, Yi
Mourant, Daniel
Hu, Xun
Zhang, Shu
Lievens, Caroline
Li, Chun-Zhu
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Mourant, Daniel
Hu, Xun
Zhang, Shu
Lievens, Caroline
Li, Chun-Zhu
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building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Bio-oil from the pyrolysis of biomass can be upgraded into high quality liquid biofuels or utilised as a feedstock to boilers and gasifiers. The coke formation is a particularly serious problem for the upgrading of bio-oil as well as the direct utilisation of bio-oil. The effects of bio-oil chemical composition on the coke formation are keys to the understanding of the mechanism of coke formation. A bio-oil sample produced from the fast pyrolysis of mallee wood at 500 °C and the lignin-derived oligomers separated from the bio-oil were pyrolysed in a two-stage fluidised-bed/fixed-bed reactor at temperatures between 250 and 800 °C. In addition to the quantification of coke yield, UV-fluorescence spectroscopy was used to trace the formation and evolution of aromatic ring systems during pyrolysis. Our results indicate that both water-soluble and water-insoluble bio-oil fractions can form coke even at very low temperatures. The interactions among the species derived from cellulose/hemicellulose and lignin, especially the interactions involving their oligomers, are important to the observed coke yield, especially at low temperatures.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-424772017-09-13T14:24:47Z Formation of coke during the pyrolysis of bio-oil Wang, Yi Mourant, Daniel Hu, Xun Zhang, Shu Lievens, Caroline Li, Chun-Zhu Pyrolysis Aromatic Coke UV-fluorescence Bio-oil Bio-oil from the pyrolysis of biomass can be upgraded into high quality liquid biofuels or utilised as a feedstock to boilers and gasifiers. The coke formation is a particularly serious problem for the upgrading of bio-oil as well as the direct utilisation of bio-oil. The effects of bio-oil chemical composition on the coke formation are keys to the understanding of the mechanism of coke formation. A bio-oil sample produced from the fast pyrolysis of mallee wood at 500 °C and the lignin-derived oligomers separated from the bio-oil were pyrolysed in a two-stage fluidised-bed/fixed-bed reactor at temperatures between 250 and 800 °C. In addition to the quantification of coke yield, UV-fluorescence spectroscopy was used to trace the formation and evolution of aromatic ring systems during pyrolysis. Our results indicate that both water-soluble and water-insoluble bio-oil fractions can form coke even at very low temperatures. The interactions among the species derived from cellulose/hemicellulose and lignin, especially the interactions involving their oligomers, are important to the observed coke yield, especially at low temperatures. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42477 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.11.052 Elsevier Ltd restricted
spellingShingle Pyrolysis
Aromatic
Coke
UV-fluorescence
Bio-oil
Wang, Yi
Mourant, Daniel
Hu, Xun
Zhang, Shu
Lievens, Caroline
Li, Chun-Zhu
Formation of coke during the pyrolysis of bio-oil
title Formation of coke during the pyrolysis of bio-oil
title_full Formation of coke during the pyrolysis of bio-oil
title_fullStr Formation of coke during the pyrolysis of bio-oil
title_full_unstemmed Formation of coke during the pyrolysis of bio-oil
title_short Formation of coke during the pyrolysis of bio-oil
title_sort formation of coke during the pyrolysis of bio-oil
topic Pyrolysis
Aromatic
Coke
UV-fluorescence
Bio-oil
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42477