title: Catalytic conversion wood syngas to synthetic aviation turbine fuels over a multifunctional catalyst.
abstract: A continuous process involving gasification, syngas cleaning, and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis was developed to efficiently produce synthetic aviation turbine fuels (SATFs). Oak-tree wood chips were first gasified to syngas over a commercial pilot plant downdraft gasifier. The raw wood syngas contains about 47% N(2), 21% CO, 18% H(2), 12% CO(2,) 2% CH(4) and trace amounts of impurities. A purification reaction system was designed to remove the impurities in the syngas such as moisture, oxygen, sulfur, ammonia, and tar. The purified syngas meets the requirements for catalytic conversion to liquid fuels. A multi-functional catalyst was developed and tested for the catalytic conversion of wood syngas to SATFs. It was demonstrated that liquid fuels similar to commercial aviation turbine fuels (Jet A) was successfully synthesized from bio-syngas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Qiangu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Street
authors.forename: Jinsen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Jilei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide; D001359:Aviation; D056804:Biofuels / Q000032:analysis*; D002384:Catalysis; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic / Q000379:methods*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis; D015394:Molecular Structure; D029963:Quercus / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D000537:Aluminum Oxide