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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 44, Issue 25, Pages 12593-12603Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.12.057
Keywords
Bio-oil; Hydrogen; Phenols; Ni-spinel; Stability; Regenerability
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- Department of Education Universities and Investigation of the Basque Government [IT-748-13]
- Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Spanish Government
- European Regional Development Funds (AEI/FEDER, UE) [CTQ2015-68883-R]
- [BES-2016-078132]
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Alkyl-phenols and hydroxy- or methoxy-phenols (e.g., catechols, guaiacols and syringols) tend to polymerize into carbonaceous structures, causing clogging of reaction equipment and high coke deposition during bio-oil steam reforming (SR). In this work, removal of these phenolic compounds from raw bio-oil was addressed by accelerated aging and liquid-liquid extraction methods. The solvent-anti-solvent extraction with dichloromethane and water was suitable for obtaining a treated bio-oil appropriate for SR. The effect that phenols extraction has on the stability and regenerability of a NiAl2O4 spinel catalyst was studied by conducting reaction-regeneration cycles. Operating conditions were: 700 degrees C; S/C, 6; space-time, 0.15 g(catalys)h/g(bio-oil) (reaction step), and in situ coke combustion at 850 degrees C for 4 h (regeneration step). Fresh, deactivated and regenerated catalyst samples were analyzed by temperature programmed oxidation (TPO), temperature programmed reduction (TPR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Stability of the Ni-spinel derived catalyst was significantly improved by removing phenols due to attenuation of both coke deposition and Ni sintering. Regenerability of this catalyst was also slightly improved when reforming the treated bio-oil. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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