Bio‐Oil as a Potential Biomass‐Derived Renewable Raw Material for Bio‐Phenol Production |
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| Authors: | Lijuan Zhu Feng Jin Minghui Fan Junxu Liu Rui Chang Qifang Jia Chi Tang Quanxin Li |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Science & Technology of China, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Department of Chemical Physics, Hefei, Anhui, China;2. Anhui Tobacco Industrial Co., Ltd., Anhui Key Laboratory of Tobacco Chemistry, Anhui, China |
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| Abstract: | A route for directional conversion of bio‐oil into phenol by means of coupling the catalytic cracking of the bio‐oil with the hydroxylation of the bio‐oil‐based benzene‐rich aromatics is proposed. High selectivity for phenol in the resulting organic liquid was achieved, with an almost complete conversion of the bio‐oil. Co‐cracking of the bio‐oil with methanol over a Zn‐modified zeolite significantly enhanced the yields of aromatics and decreased the deactivation of the catalyst during the catalytic cracking of the bio‐oil. The phenol yield depended on the metal oxide catalysts, the temperature, and the reaction time during hydroxylation of the benzene‐rich aromatics. The reaction pathway of converting bio‐oil into phenol was elucidated based on the products identified and the characterization of the catalysts. |
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| Keywords: | Bio‐oil Bio‐phenol Cracking Hydroxylation |
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