Thermal conversion of glucose to aromatic hydrocarbons via pressurized secondary pyrolysis.

abstract

• In this study, glucose, a primary building-block of biomass was subjected to secondary pyrolysis in a reactor that was retrofitted subsequent to a primary micro-pyrolysis reactor. It was observed that incorporation of a secondary reactor resulted in producing significant amounts of gasoline range hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbon yields improved further as a result of increasing pyrolysis reactor pressure and temperatures. The temperature of the secondary reactor was varied between 400 and 800C and pressure between 0 and 150 psi. This study indicates that secondary cracking of primary pyrolysis products of biomass oxygenates undergo gas-phase homogenous molecular restructuring. The result of this process is production of substantial amounts of thermodynamically stable gasoline-range hydrocarbons even in the absence of a catalyst.

authors

• Fernando, Sandun

published proceedings

• Bioresour Technol

author list (cited authors)

• Gunawardena, D. A., & Fernando, S. D.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Gunawardena, Duminda A||Fernando, Sandun D

publication date

• January 2011

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Bioresource Technology  Journal

keywords

• Bioreactors
• Biotechnology
• Glucose
• Hydrocarbons, Aromatic
• Pressure
• Temperature

PubMed Central ID

• 21907574

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.002

start page

• 10089

end page

• 10093

volume

• 102

issue

• 21

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.002

user-defined tag

• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy