Pyrolytic lignin removal for the valorization of biomass pyrolysis crude bio‐oil by catalytic transformation

BACKGROUND: The catalytic processes for valorizing the bio‐oil obtained from lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis face the problem that a great amount of carbonaceous material is deposited on the catalyst due to the polymerization of phenol‐derived compounds in the crude bio‐oil. This carbonaceous material blocks the catalytic bed and contributes to rapid catalyst deactivation. This paper studies an on‐line two‐step process, in which the first one separates the polymerizable material and produces a reproducible material whose valorization is of commercial interest. RESULTS: The establishment of a step for pyrolytic lignin deposition at 400 °C avoids the blockage of the on‐line catalytic bed and attenuates the deactivation of a HZSM‐5 zeolite based catalyst used for hydrocarbon production. The origin of catalyst deactivation is coke deposition, which has two fractions (thermal and catalytic), whose content is attenuated by prior pyrolytic lignin separation and by co‐feeding methanol. The morphology and properties of the material deposited in the first step (pyrolytic lignin) are similar to lignins obtained as a by‐product in wood pulp manufacturing. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed reaction strategy, with two steps (thermal and catalytic) in series, valorizes the crude bio‐oil by solving the problems caused by the polymerization of phenolic compounds, which are obtained in the pyrolysis of the lignin contained in lignocellulosic biomass. Given that a by‐product (pyrolytic lignin) is obtained with similar properties to the lignin from wood pulping manufacturing, the perspectives for the viability of lignocellulosic biomass valorization are promising, which is essential for furthering its implementation in biorefinery processes. Copyright © 2009 Society of Chemical Industry     

Dehydrohalogenation during pyrolysis of brominated flame retardant containing high impact polystyrene (HIPS-Br) mixed with polyvinylchloride (PVC)

Dehydrohalogenation during pyrolysis of brominated flame retardant containing polystyrene (brominated high impact polystyrene (HIPS-Br)) mixed with polyvinylchloride (PVC) was carried out in a laboratory scale batch process. Thermal and catalytic degradation of HIPS-Br mixed with PVC on carbon composite of iron oxide (TR-00301) catalyst was investigated. The thermal degradation of waste plastics (HIPS-Br/PVC) yielded liquid products with 55,000 ppm bromine and 4300 ppm chlorine content in oil. Catalytic degradation (4 g; TR-00301) of HIPS-Br/PVC waste plastics at 430 °C produced halogen-free clean oil, which can be used as a fuel oil or chemical feedstock. The main liquid products during catalytic degradation were benzene, toluene, styrene, ethyl benzene, α-methyl styrene, butyl benzene, 1,2-dimethyl benzene etc. The average carbon number of the liquid products produced during catalytic degradation (9.3) of waste plastics was less than that of the thermal degradation (10.4) and the density of liquid products was found to be lower during the catalytic degradation than the thermal degradation. The possibility of a single step catalytic process for the conversion of halogenated waste plastics into fuel oil with the simultaneous removal of chlorine and bromine content from the oil was demonstrated.     

助剂对镍基生物质焦油重整催化剂性能影响的研究进展

分别以碱及碱土金属、过渡金属以及稀土金属3种常见助剂类型,探讨了不同助剂对镍基催化剂催化生物质裂解及气化重整制氢催化活性、催化剂物化特性及催化剂失活特性的影响。添加碱金属组分后,生物质热解反应速率会大幅上升,生物质焦的水蒸气气化反应得到促进,并且达到最大热解速率所需的温度也有所降低,热解产物趋向于小分子量产物;过渡金属对生物质气化过程中生成焦油的催化裂解重整具有较好的催化活性;稀土元素对甲醇水蒸气重整等催化反应有着重要的作用,镍基催化剂中加入Ce和Pr能提高甲醇转化率、改善产气组分、提高H₂的选择性。结合国内外的研究情况发现钴、镧等金属助剂有利于提升镍基催化剂重整制氢活性,催化剂积炭及表面活性颗粒的聚集是造成催化剂失活的主要原因。     

流化床二段法催化裂解废塑料制取燃料

应用新型的流化床催化裂解废塑料 ,并利用混合塑料为原料进行了中试试验 ,研究了催化改质中催化剂种类和温度对所得液体油品产率、组分和催化剂积碳等的影响以及催化裂解中温度对液体油品产率的影响。油品经催化改质后 ,质量得到明显提高 ,所生产的汽油和柴油符合 GB484-93车用汽油产品的标准和 GB2 5 2 - 94轻柴油产品国家标准     

注蒸汽条件下供氢催化改质稠油及其沥青质热分解性质

利用CWYF-Ⅰ型高压反应釜模拟热采条件下,以甲酸作为供氢体.以自制的油溶性有机镍盐为催化剂进行的稠油水热裂解反应.考察了供氢体的加入对催化水热裂解反应前后稠油黏度、族组成及硫含量的影响,并采用TG-DTA分析法对供氢催化改质反应前后稠油中沥青质的热转化行为进行了分析.结果表明,随着加入供氢体质量分数增加,供氢催化水热裂解后稠油降黏率增大,饱和烃、芳香烃含量增加,胶质,沥青质含量降低,同时硫含量下降.供氢催化水热裂解反应后的稠油中沥青质TG-DTA曲线分析表明,供氢催化水热裂解反应后稠油中沥青质失重量高于催化水热裂解反应前稠油中含有的沥青质的失重量.经过供氢催化水热裂解反应,稠油中沥青质的稳定性下降.     

生物质双级催化热解制备燃料化学品的研究进展

生物质热解所得目标产物生物油因高含氧量、组分复杂等问题难以直接应用,通过使用适宜的催化剂升级热解蒸气可实现生物油的脱氧提质。本文基于前人研究,首先总结了生物质催化热解中金属氧化物和分子筛催化剂的结构特点、催化原理与催化效果。然后详细介绍了微介孔复合型、金属氧化物/ZSM-5复合型双级催化体系的构建原理、催化模式及其对于生物质催化热解产物分布规律产生的影响,并说明了双级催化体系的可行性与实用性;同时概述了影响生物质催化热解的其他因素,包括原料特性、工艺参数、操作模式等。最后针对目前双级催化热解研究与发展中存在的问题,对进行双级催化模式的比较研究、改进催化体系以降低生产成本、发掘双级催化剂的多种使用价值等方向提出了展望。     

生物质炭化热解气催化重整制取费-托合成气研究进展

生物质热解气是一种高热值的可燃气体,具有重要的开发利用价值,但由于其复杂的组分,多焦油和CO₂、CH₄等成分对热解气化过程以及相关的设备都有较大的危害,而冷凝下来形成的黏稠液体易造成管道堵塞,直接燃用产生的炭黑会造成环境污染,成为制约热解气进一步开发利用的主要因素。本文分析了热解气催化重整制取费-托合成气的可行性,分别介绍了连续和分段式热解-催化重整设备,镍基、钙基、铁基、碱金属类、生物炭等催化剂,以及热解气分离提纯技术等方面的研究现状,分析了目前热解气制取费-托合成气研究中存在的催化重整设备规格不统一、缺乏相关的行业标准、不同催化剂与催化剂助剂的催化重整效果、机理尚不明确等问题,并提出了采用分段式热解-催化重整设备,并以炭化产品生物炭作为催化重整催化剂的未来研究方向,开辟了生物质炭化热解气开发利用的新途径。     

Deactivating species in the transformation of crude bio-oil with methanol into hydrocarbons on a HZSM-5 catalyst

A study has been carried out by using different techniques (TPO, FTIR, Raman, ¹³C NMR, GC/MS of the coke dissolved in CH₂Cl₂) on the nature of the coke deposited on a HZSM-5 catalyst modified with Ni in the transformation of the crude bio-oil obtained by flash pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass (pine sawdust) into hydrocarbons. The reaction system has two steps in-line. In the first one, the components of crude bio-oil derived from the pyrolysis of biomass lignin are polymerized at 400 °C. In the second one, the remaining volatile oxygenates are transformed into hydrocarbons in a fluidized bed catalytic reactor at 450 °C. The reaction has been carried out with different bio-oil/methanol mass ratios in the feed (from 100/0 to 0/100). Co-feeding methanol significantly attenuates coke deposition, and the nature of the coke components varies according to the bio-oil/methanol ratio in the feed. When bio-oil is co-fed, the coke deposited on the catalyst has a significant content of oxygenates and oxo-aromatics and consists of two fractions, identified by temperature programmed oxidation, corresponding to external and internal coke in the zeolite crystals. The fraction of external coke is soluble in CH₂Cl₂, with a high content of oxygenates and oxo-aromatics, and is generated by polymerization of products derived from biomass lignin pyrolysis activated by the zeolite acid sites. The fraction of coke retained within the zeolite crystals is partially insoluble and is formed by several routes: from the intermediates in the transformation of both methanol and bio-oil oxygenates into hydrocarbons; by evolution of the other coke fraction; from the hydrocarbons (with high aromatics content) in the reaction medium.     

Biofuel potential production from cottonseed oil: A comparison of non-catalytic and catalytic pyrolysis on fixed-fluidized bed reactor

Conversion of vegetable oils predominantly composed of triglycerides using pyrolysis type reactions represents a promising option for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals. The purpose of this article was to compare catalytic cracking with thermal cracking on production of gaseous hydrocarbon and gasoline conversion by cottonseed oil, and to discuss the difference on composition of products from catalytic cracking and thermal cracking. Reaction products are heavily dependant on the catalyst type (catalyst activation) and reaction conditions. They can range from dry gas to light distillate, such as dry gas, liquefied petroleum gas and gasoline. When the temperature of catalytic cracking is over 460 °C, the effects of thermal cracking must be considerable.     

碱土金属氧化物基催化剂催化热解生物质研究进展

快速热解是生物质高效转化利用的重要方法之一,然而其目标产物生物油因含氧量高、组分复杂等不足而难以直接利用。通过在热解体系中引入碱土金属氧化物基催化剂,可以将热解产物中的氧元素以CO₂和H₂O等方式脱除,从而实现生物油品质的提升。总结了典型碱土金属氧化物基催化剂对生物质催化热解过程中发生的酮基化、羟醛缩合、开环和侧链断裂反应及机理,讨论了催化剂类型（CaO、MgO、基于碱土金属氧化物的分子筛和活性炭等）、生物质原料、温度、催化剂用量、停留时间、催化方式、催化剂失活等因素对生物油产率与品质的影响,并对生物质催化热解制备高品质生物油及其应用进行了展望。     

The influence of temperature on the yields of compounds existing in bio-oils obtained from biomass samples via pyrolysis

The influence of temperature on the compounds existing in liquid products obtained from biomass samples via pyrolysis were examined in relation to the yield and composition of the product bio-oils. The product liquids were analysed by a gas chromatography mass spectrometry combined system. The bio-oils were composed of a range of cyclopentanone, methoxyphenol, acetic acid, methanol, acetone, furfural, phenol, formic acid, levoglucosan, guaiacol and their alkylated phenol derivatives. Thermal depolymerization and decomposition of biomass structural components, such as cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin form liquids and gas products as well as a solid residue of charcoal. The structural components of the biomass samples mainly affect the pyrolytic degradation products. A reaction mechanism is proposed which describes a possible reaction route for the formation of the characteristic compounds found in the oils. The supercritical water extraction and liquefaction partial reactions also occur during the pyrolysis. Acetic acid is formed in the thermal decomposition of all three main components of biomass. In the pyrolysis reactions of biomass: water is formed by dehydration; acetic acid comes from the elimination of acetyl groups originally linked to the xylose unit; furfural is formed by dehydration of the xylose unit; formic acid proceeds from carboxylic groups of uronic acid; and methanol arises from methoxyl groups of uronic acid     

HZSM-5催化条件下反应温度对热解油品质影响规律

在酸性分子筛HZSM-5催化条件下,以玉米秸秆粉为原料,考察了反应温度对热解油品质的影响。在自制流化床热裂解装置上,选取了5种反应温度（450℃、500℃、550℃、600℃及650℃）,进行催化热裂解实验,探究热解油含水率、pH和化学组分的变化规律。结果表明：在HZSM-5催化剂作用下,热解油含水率与pH随反应温度线性增加,酸性随着含水率的升高而减弱（pH增大）;热解油中酸类、酚类、酯类及醇类相对含量比酮类、醛类及糖类受反应温度影响更加明显;在HZSM-5催化剂与物料质量比1：10,反应温度为500℃时,热解油品质较好,腐蚀性低、稳定性高,酚类物质种类丰富、相对含量高。研究结果为HZSM-5催化条件下反应温度调控、改善热解油品质提供了一定的科学依据,有利于热解油后续高值化、环保化利用。     

页岩灰和FCC催化剂调控油页岩热解产物二次反应特性

采用两段反应器对油页岩热解初级挥发分进行二次催化反应特性研究,考察了第2段反应器内不同的催化载体、反应气氛与停留时间对油气收率及品质的影响。结果表明,在考察的停留时间范围内页岩灰具有相对适中的催化活性来调控热解挥发分产物的二次反应,水蒸气气氛能够进一步提高热解油收率约5%,并能够在一定程度上抑制裂解气体中C₂~C₃组分的生成。页岩灰作为催化载体能够转化热解油中VGO（馏程>350℃）等重质组分,随停留时间增加油品馏程向轻组分转移。油品组分GC-MS结果表明,较短停留时间内（<3 s）,水蒸气添加能够有效抑制热解油中脂肪烃类的过度裂解,与氮气相比提高汽柴油馏分含量20%以上。过长的停留时间（3~5 s）会造成VGO等馏分缩聚生成焦炭,从而大幅降低热解油收率。     

Stabilization of biomass‐derived pyrolysis oils

BACKGROUND: Biomass is the only renewable feedstock containing carbon, and therefore the only alternative to fossil‐derived crude oil derivatives. However, the main problems concerning the application of biomass for biofuels and bio‐based chemicals are related to transport and handling, the limited scale of the conversion process and the competition with the food industry. To overcome such problems, an integral processing route for the conversion of (non‐feed) biomass (residues) to transportation fuels is proposed. It includes a pretreatment process by fast pyrolysis, followed by upgrading to produce a crude‐oil‐like product, and finally co‐refining in traditional refineries. RESULTS: This paper contributes to the understanding of pyrolysis oil upgrading. The processes include a thermal treatment step and/or direct hydroprocessing. At temperatures up to 250 °C (in the presence of H₂ and catalyst) parallel reactions take place including re‐polymerization (water production), decarboxylation (limited CO₂ production) and hydrotreating. Water is produced in small quantities (approx. 10% extra), likely caused by repolymerization. This repolymerization takes place faster (order of minutes) than the hydrotreating reactions (order of tens of minutes, hours). CONCLUSIONS: In hydroprocessing of bio‐oils, a pathway is followed by which pyrolysis oils are further polymerized if H₂ and/or catalyst is absent, eventually to char components, or, with H₂/catalyst, to stabilized components that can be further upgraded. Results of the experiments suggest that specifically the cellulose‐derived fraction of the oil needs to be transformed first, preferably into alcohols in a ‘mild hydrogenation’ step. This subsequently allows further dehydration and hydrogenation. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry     

Influence of Operating Conditions for Fast Pyrolysis and Pyrolysis Oil Production in a Conical Spouted‐Bed Reactor

Fast pyrolysis experiments of larch sawdust were conducted in a conical spouted‐bed reactor to study the influences of reaction temperature, inlet gas velocity, feeding rate, and particle size on the product yield and pyrolysis oil quality. For the first time, the optimal conditions were determined for various pyrolysis operations of such reactor to increase the yield and quality of pyrolysis oil. The results demonstrate that the biomass particle size, reaction temperature, biomass feeding rate, and inlet gas velocity all affected the quality and yield of the pyrolysis oil, in this order.     

Preparation of bio-fuels by catalytic cracking reaction of vegetable oil sludge

Biofuel production from vegetable oil is potentially a good alternative to conventional fossil derived fuels. Moreover, liquid biofuel offers many environmental benefits since it is free from nitrogen and sulfur compounds. Biofuel can be obtained from biomass (e.g. pyrolysis, gasification) and agricultural sources such as vegetable oil, vegetable oil sludge, rubber seed oil, and soybean oil. One of the most promising sources of biofuel is vegetable oil sludge. This waste is a major byproduct of vegetable oil factories. It consists of triglycerides (61%), free fatty acid (37%) and impurities (2%). The hydrocarbon chains of triglycerides and free fatty acid are mainly made up of C₁₆ (30%) and C₁₈ (36%) hydrocarbons. The others consist of C₁₂-C₁₇ hydrocarbon chains. Transesterification can help in converting vegetable oil sludge into biofuel. The disadvantage of this method is that a large amount of methanol is required. The alternative method for this conversion is catalytic cracking. The objective of this research is to evaluate and compare the pyrolysis process with cracking catalytic reaction of vegetable oil sludge by Micro-activity test MAT 5000 of Zeton-Canada.A ZSM-5/MCM-41 multiporous composite (MC-ZSM-5/MCM-41), was successfully synthesized using silica source extracted from rice husk. The material has the MCM-41 mesoporous structure, and its wall is constructed by ZSM-5 nanozeolite crystals. The porous system of the material includes pores of the following sizes: 5 Å (ZSM-5 zeolite), 40 Å (MCM-41 mesoporous material), and another porous system whose diameter is in the range of 100-500 Å (mesoporous system) formed by the burning of organic compounds that remain in the material during the calcination process. This pore system contributes to an increase in the catalytic performance of synthesized material.The results of vegetable oil sludge cracking reaction show that the product consists of fractions such as dry gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline, light cycle oil (LCO), and (heavy cycle oil) HCO, which are similar to those of petroleum cracking process.MC-ZSM-5/MCM-41 catalyst is efficient in the catalytic cracking reaction of vegetable oil sludge as it has higher conversion and selectivity for LPG and gasoline products in comparison to the pyrolysis process. Product distribution (% of oil feed) of cracking reaction over MC-ZSM-5/MCM-41 is coke (3.4), total dry gas (7.0), LPG (31.1), gasoline (42.4), LCO (8.9), HCO (7.2); and that of pyrolysis are coke (19.0), total dry gas (9.3), LPG (16.9), gasoline (28.8), LCO (13.7), and HCO (12.3).These results have indicated a new way to use agricultural waste such as rice husk for the production of promising catalysts and the processing of vegetable oil sludge to obtain biofuel.     

生物质能源转化技术与应用(Ⅲ)——生物质热解液体燃料油制备和精制技术

生物质能源是唯一可再生、可替代化石能源转化成气态、液态和固态燃料以及其它化工原料或者产品的碳资源。随着化石资源的枯竭和人类对全球性环境问题的关注,生物质能源替代化石能源利用的研究和开发,已成为国内外众多学者研究和关注的热点。本系列讲座主要讲述以生物质资源为主要原料,通过不同途径转化为洁净的、高品位的气体、液体或固体燃料。本讲主要综述了生物质高压液化、快速热解液化制备液体燃料油技术现状、工艺及设备,并在总结生物质热解液体燃料油特性的基础上,总结了生物热解液体燃料油的物理法精制技术(包括脱水、添加溶剂和乳化)和化学法精制技术(包括催化加氢、催化裂解、催化酯化、水蒸气重整)的研究现状,并对其精制机理、优缺点进行了分析。随着制备和精制技术的深入研究,生物质热解液体燃料油可望替代汽油、柴油等化石燃料而越来越受到人们的关注。     

Direct catalytic upgrading of biomass pyrolysis vapors by a dual function Ru/TiO2 catalyst

The results of catalytic treatment of vapors exiting a g/min pyrolysis unit before product condensation to the liquid phase using a Ru/TiO₂ catalyst for oak and switchgrass pyrolysis are reported. The pyrolysis is conducted at 500°C and the catalysis at 400°C at atmospheric pressure with a hydrogen partial pressure of 0.58 atm. It is found that the catalytic treatment provides significant conversion of light oxygenates to larger, less oxygenated, molecules and, simultaneously, bio‐oil phenolics are also converted to less oxygenated phenolics with methoxy methyl groups transferred to the ring. The activity of the catalyst gradually diminished with increasing biomass fed to the system. Untreated pyrolysis oil forms a single liquid phase with some tarry material, consistent with the literature, whereas the treated liquid product forms separate oil and aqueous phases, the latter of which is about 80% water. The oil from the treated vapors has a lower initial viscosity with only a small increase upon accelerated aging compared to the untreated product oil, which has a dramatic increase in viscosity after aging. This is indicative of poor oil stability for untreated oil that is further confirmed by large increases in molecular weight, while the treated oil has a small increase in molecular weight after accelerated aging. In an effort to understand compatibility with refinery streams, the solubility of the oils in tetralin was examined. The untreated oil was found to have very limited solubility in tetralin, whereas the treated oil phase was completely soluble except for a small aqueous phase that appeared. There are a number of challenges in developing a high yield process for pyrolysis based conversion of biomass to transportation fuels. The Ru/TiO₂ catalyst used here shows promise for conducting multiple types of favorable reactions in the presence of the full spectrum of primary pyrolysis products that creates significant product stability under mild conditions. This could lead to higher liquid yields of stable, refinery compatible, product oil. © 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 2275–2285, 2013     

催化裂解精制污泥热解油的工艺研究

以扬子污水处理厂的污水和污泥为原料,选取热解反应温度、热解反应时间、催化裂解反应温度和催化剂用量等因素,通过正交试验确定催化裂解精制污泥热解油的最佳工艺条件,并考察以上因素对精制油收率的影响.结果表明,在热解反应温度420℃、热解反应时间60 min、催化裂解反应温度460℃和催化剂用量(以催化剂床层高度表示)3 cm...     

重油催化裂解制低碳烯烃工艺条件研究

采用固定流化床催化裂化试验装置,以中国石油兰州石化公司3.0 Mt·a-1重油催化裂化装置所用原料油为原料,考察反应温度和剂油质量比对重油催化裂解制低碳烯烃性能的影响,在确定的适宜操作条件下研究中国石油兰州石化公司重催装置原料在不同催化剂上的催化裂解制低碳烯烃的反应性能。结果表明,较适宜的操作条件为:反应温度590℃,剂油质量比为7,与降烯烃催化剂和重油裂解催化剂相比,多产丙烯催化剂的低碳烯烃产率可达25.53%,更适合作为重油催化裂解制低碳烯烃时使用。