A review of catalytic microwave pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass for value-added fuel and chemicals.
Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant renewable resource and can be efficiently converted into bio-energy by a bio-refinery. From the various techniques available for biomass thermo-chemical conversion; microwave assisted pyrolysis (MAP) seems to be the very promising. The principles of microwave technology were reviewed and the parameters for the efficient production of bio-oil using microwave technology were summarized. Microwave technology by itself cannot efficiently produce high quality bio-oil products, catalysts are used to improve the reaction conditions and selectivity for valued products during MAP. The catalysts used to optimize MAP are revised in the development of this article. The origins for bio-oils that are phenol rich or hydrocarbon rich are reviewed and their experimental results were summarized. The kinetics of MAP is discussed briefly in the development of the article. Future prospects and scientific development of MAP are also considered in the development of this article.
School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province 212013, PR China.
Hervan Marion
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Morgan
School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province 212013, PR China; College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210037, PR China. Electronic address: qbu@ujs.edu.cn.
Quan
Q
Bu
School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province 212013, PR China.
Jianghui
J
Liang
School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province 212013, PR China.
Yujing
Y
Liu
School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province 212013, PR China.
Hanping
H
Mao
School of Agricultural Equipment Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province 212013, PR China.
Aiping
A
Shi
Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, WA 99354-1671, USA.
Hanwu
H
Lei
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
Roger
R
Ruan
D056804:Biofuels; D018533:Biomass; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D002384:Catalysis; D008031:Lignin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008872:Microwaves
D056804:Biofuels; C036909:lignocellulose; D008031:Lignin
Bio-oil; Catalytic microwave pyrolysis; Kinetics; Phenols and hydrocarbons; Prospects