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Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol as a model compound of lignin-derived pyrolysis bio-oil over zirconia-supported Rh catalyst: Process optimization and reaction kinetics

Journal

FUEL
Volume 239, Issue -, Pages 1015-1027

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.11.103

Keywords

Bio-oil upgrading; Guaiacol; Hydrodeoxygenation; Noble metal catalyst; Reaction network; Kinetics

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51776127]
  2. FP7 ECOFUEL [246772]

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( )To explore the mechanism for hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of bio-oil, which contains large compounds that share similar molecular structures of phenyl ring with oxygen-containing functional groups, guaiacol as a typical model compound of lignin-derived bio-oil was hydrotreated at 150-350 degrees C under 3-7 MPa (H-2) using the synthesized zirconia-supported Rh catalyst in a batch reactor. With Rh/ZrO2 catalyst, guaiacol can be completely converted where reaction temperature plays a decisive role and significantly affects the degree of hydrogenation. HDO Process was optimized with insight into effects of different reaction parameters, including H-2 pressure, reactant concentration, reaction time and temperature, on the whole process of HDO and formation of undesired oxygen-contained products. The optimum reaction conditions were 5 wt. % guaiacol, 300 degrees C and 7 MPa in which guaiacol could be completely deoxygenated with 87. 7 mol% oxygen-free product of cyclohexane in 3 h and the desired O/C and H/C ratios of products were obtained. A specific reaction network including three main steps: guaiacol -> 1-methyl-1,2-cyclohexanediol -> cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol -> completely deoxygenated compounds of cycloalkanes, was deduced by a comprehensive study on different reaction parameters and a typical key reaction network for HDO of lignin-derived bio-oil is proposed based on model compounds studies. Kinetic model for HDO of guiaacol with the Rh/ZrO2 catalyst was proposed based on the credible pathway and it fits well to a pseudo-first-order kinetic model that the R-2 values obtained for the fittings were all above 0.98 at four temperatures. At low temperature of 150 degrees C, the kinetically relevant step is hydrogenation of the aromatic ring, yielding 90 mol% 1-methyl-1,2-cyclohexanediol, while at high temperature (>= 300 degrees C), the kinetically relevant step is the complete deoxygenation of oxygen-containing functional groups which mainly yields cyclohexane. These results would be helpful to further understand the HDO mechanism of lignin-derived bio-oil, and the excellent performance of Rh/ZrO2 demonstrated its potential application in bio-oil hydrodeoxygenative upgrading process.

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