title: Study on the pyrolysis of cellulose for bio-oil with mesoporous molecular sieve catalysts.
abstract: Mesoporous materials possess a hexagonal array of uniform mesopores, high surface areas, and moderate acidity. They are one of the important catalysts in the field of catalytic pyrolysis. In this paper, mesoporous materials of Al-MCM-41, La-Al-MCM-41, and Ce-Al-MCM-41 were synthesized, characterized, and tested as catalysts in the cellulose catalytic pyrolysis process using a fixed bed pyrolysis reactor. The results showed that mesoporous materials exhibited a strong influence on the pyrolytic behavior of cellulose. The presence of these mesoporous molecular sieve catalysts could vary the yield of products, which was that they could decrease the yield of liquid and char and increase the yield of gas product, and could promote high-carbon chain compounds to break into low-carbon chain compounds. Mesoporous molecular sieve catalysts were benefit to the reaction of dehydrogenation and deoxidation and the breakdown of carbon chain. Further, La-Al-MCM-41 and Ce-Al-MCM-41 catalysts can produce more toluene and 2-methoxy-phenol, as compared to the non-catalytic runs.
authors: Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Biofuel, College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China.
authors: Feng-wen
authors: FW
authors: Yu
authors: Deng-xiang
authors: DX
authors: Ji
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Nie
authors: Yao
authors: Y
authors: Luo
authors: Cheng-jie
authors: CJ
authors: Huang
authors: Jian-bing
authors: JB
authors: Ji
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D056804:Biofuels / Q000032:analysis*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002384:Catalysis; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000378:metabolism*; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D010938:Plant Oils; D002482:Cellulose; D009584:Nitrogen