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EUBCE 2024 - Jun LI - Mechanistic Insights Into Hydrodeoxygenation of Converting Biomass Into Transportation Fuels

Mechanistic Insights Into Hydrodeoxygenation of Converting Biomass Into Transportation Fuels

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Biofuels and renewable hydrocarbon biofuels

Mechanistic Insights Into Hydrodeoxygenation of Converting Biomass Into Transportation Fuels

Short Introductive summary

Increasing concern about climate change and unsustainable fossil fuel resources are attracting more and more attention to renewable clean energy. Biomass is regarded as an ideal carbon resource for the production biofuels without hazardous effects to the environment. Fast pyrolysis is accepted as a feasible and viable route to convert biomass into value added aromatic hydrocarbons (AHs) in fuel application. However, the primary pyrolysis derived bio-oil cannot be directly used in fuel applications because of its inadequate properties, including acidity, low calorific value, and low stability, which are a consequence of its high oxygen content in composition. Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) reaction was identified as the key stage of bio-oil upgrading, leading to the prominent production of mono AHs, such as benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX). The aim of this work is to establish the mechanism of HDO in the catalytic decomposition of over bi-functional and bi-metallic catalysts, and to identify the effect of different metal loadings and acid sites on HDO reactions.

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Jun LI

University of Strathclyde, Chemical and Process Engineering Dpt., UNITED KINGDOM

Presenter's biography

Dr Jun Li is a Reader (Full Professor) in the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Strathclyde and serves as the Deputy Theme Lead (Bioenergy) at ETP Scotland. He received his PhD degree from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

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Co-authors:

X. Zhang, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM
J. Li, University of StrathclydeI, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM

Session reference: 5AV.2.30