Study of liquid alkanes production from biomass-derived carbohydrates by aldol-condensation and hydrogenation processes
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Author list: Dedsuksophon W., Champreda V., Laosiripojana N.
Publisher: Faculty of Engineering
Publication year: 2010
Journal: Engineering Journal (0125-8281)
Volume number: 14
Issue number: 4
Start page: 1
End page: 10
Number of pages: 10
ISSN: 0125-8281
eISSN: 0125-8281
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
Abstract
This research aims to synthesis liquid alkanes from biomass-derived hydroxyl methyl furfural (HMF) and furfural by aldol-condensation and hydrogenation processes over several catalysts i.e. TiO2, TiO2-ZrO2, Pd/Al2O3 and Pd/CeO2. It was found that the catalysts make significant impact on the selectivity and yield of alkanes product. It is noted that Pd/Al2O3 provided the highest alkane yield and selectivity. The aldol-condensation and hydrogenation of HMF over Pd/Al2O3 provide high C12 selectivity whereas the aldol-condensation and hydrogenation of furfural over Pd/Al2O3 provide high C8 selectivity. The effects of reaction temperature, reaction pressure and reaction time were then studied. The effect of inlet furfural to acetone molar ratio was also determined. It was also found that the optimized conditions to maximize the yield of alkane production from the aldol-condensation/hydrogenation of HMF and furfural are (i) at 53ฐC and 24 hr for aldol-condenstation of HMF, (ii) 80ฐC and 24 hr for aldol-condenstation of furfural, and (iii) 120ฐC for 6 hr with HMF to acetone molar ratio of 3:1 and furfural to acetone molar ratio of 4:1 in the presence of Pd/Al2O3 (calcined at 500ฐC) for hydrogenation reaction.
Keywords
Aldol-condensation, Bio-fuels, Hydrogenation, Liquid alkanes
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