Renewable jet-fuel range hydrocarbons production from co-pyrolysis of lignin and soapstock with the activated carbon catalyst

Dengle Duan; Yayun Zhang; Hanwu Lei; Elmar Villota; Roger Ruan

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.030

Renewable jet-fuel range hydrocarbons production from co-pyrolysis of lignin and soapstock with the activated carbon catalyst

Dengle Duan, Yayun Zhang, Hanwu Lei, Elmar Villota, Roger Ruan

Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

53 Scopus citations

Abstract

The current study aims to investigate the effects of agricultural waste-derived activated carbon catalyst on the jet-fuel range hydrocarbons distribution from raw biomass pyrolysis under the hydrogen donor condition provided by a solid waste. Ex-situ catalytic fast co-pyrolysis of lignin with and without soapstock was carried out using the corn stover-derived activated carbon catalyst in a facile fixed bed reactor. Results showed that the soapstock, as the hydrogen donor, exhibited a positive synergistic effect with lignin on enhancing the production of valuable aromatics in the obtained bio-oil. Additionally, biomass-derived activated carbon catalyst has the robust catalytic ability to convert pyrolysis vapors into high-density jet fuel-ranged aromatic hydrocarbons rather than phenols with the assistance of soapstock solid waste. Results indicated that the proportions of jet-fuel range aromatics increased monotonically with elevating pyrolytic temperatures from 400 to 550 °C, and the optimal lignin/soapstock ratio was 1:2 with regarding the yield of attained bio-oils. The maximum proportion of jet-fuel ranged aromatics (87.8%) and H ₂ concentration (76.4 vol%) could be achieved with the pyrolytic temperature, lignin/soapstock ratio, and catalyst/feedstock ratio of 550 °C, 2:1, and 1:1, respectively. The current study may provide a novel route of converting solid wastes into value-added jet fuels and hydrogen-enriched fuel gases, which will advance the utilization of renewable biomass.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Waste Management
Volume	88
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.030
State	Published - Apr 1 2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture (2016-67021-24533 and 2014-38502-22598), The National Natural Science Foundation of China (21766019), The Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province (20171BBF60023), International Cooperation Project of MOST, P.R. China (2015DFA60170-4), China Scholarship Council (CSC. No. 201706820027), Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Province Education Department (GJJ150213), Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund of “Thousand talents program” Talent (1001-02102082).

Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of National Institute of Food and Agriculture , United States Department of Agriculture ( 2016-67021-24533 and 2014-38502-22598 ), The National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 21766019 ), The Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province ( 20171BBF60023 ), International Cooperation Project of MOST, P.R. China ( 2015DFA60170-4 ), China Scholarship Council (CSC. No. 201706820027 ), Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Province Education Department ( GJJ150213 ), Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund of “Thousand talents program” Talent ( 1001-02102082 ).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019

Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

Activated carbon
Aromatics
Co-pyrolysis
Lignin
Soapstock

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Publisher link

10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.030

Find It

Find It at U of M Libraries

Cite this

@article{d8b9206c1000479abe5d356524e44f64,

title = "Renewable jet-fuel range hydrocarbons production from co-pyrolysis of lignin and soapstock with the activated carbon catalyst",

abstract = " The current study aims to investigate the effects of agricultural waste-derived activated carbon catalyst on the jet-fuel range hydrocarbons distribution from raw biomass pyrolysis under the hydrogen donor condition provided by a solid waste. Ex-situ catalytic fast co-pyrolysis of lignin with and without soapstock was carried out using the corn stover-derived activated carbon catalyst in a facile fixed bed reactor. Results showed that the soapstock, as the hydrogen donor, exhibited a positive synergistic effect with lignin on enhancing the production of valuable aromatics in the obtained bio-oil. Additionally, biomass-derived activated carbon catalyst has the robust catalytic ability to convert pyrolysis vapors into high-density jet fuel-ranged aromatic hydrocarbons rather than phenols with the assistance of soapstock solid waste. Results indicated that the proportions of jet-fuel range aromatics increased monotonically with elevating pyrolytic temperatures from 400 to 550 °C, and the optimal lignin/soapstock ratio was 1:2 with regarding the yield of attained bio-oils. The maximum proportion of jet-fuel ranged aromatics (87.8%) and H 2 concentration (76.4 vol%) could be achieved with the pyrolytic temperature, lignin/soapstock ratio, and catalyst/feedstock ratio of 550 °C, 2:1, and 1:1, respectively. The current study may provide a novel route of converting solid wastes into value-added jet fuels and hydrogen-enriched fuel gases, which will advance the utilization of renewable biomass.",

keywords = "Activated carbon, Aromatics, Co-pyrolysis, Lignin, Soapstock",

author = "Dengle Duan and Yayun Zhang and Hanwu Lei and Elmar Villota and Roger Ruan",

note = "Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture (2016-67021-24533 and 2014-38502-22598), The National Natural Science Foundation of China (21766019), The Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province (20171BBF60023), International Cooperation Project of MOST, P.R. China (2015DFA60170-4), China Scholarship Council (CSC. No. 201706820027), Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Province Education Department (GJJ150213), Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund of “Thousand talents program” Talent (1001-02102082). Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of National Institute of Food and Agriculture , United States Department of Agriculture ( 2016-67021-24533 and 2014-38502-22598 ), The National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 21766019 ), The Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province ( 20171BBF60023 ), International Cooperation Project of MOST, P.R. China ( 2015DFA60170-4 ), China Scholarship Council (CSC. No. 201706820027 ), Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Province Education Department ( GJJ150213 ), Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund of “Thousand talents program” Talent ( 1001-02102082 ). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Copyright: Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",

year = "2019",

month = apr,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.030",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "88",

pages = "1--9",

journal = "Waste Management",

issn = "0956-053X",

publisher = "Elsevier Limited",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Renewable jet-fuel range hydrocarbons production from co-pyrolysis of lignin and soapstock with the activated carbon catalyst

AU - Duan, Dengle

AU - Zhang, Yayun

AU - Lei, Hanwu

AU - Villota, Elmar

AU - Ruan, Roger

N1 - Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture (2016-67021-24533 and 2014-38502-22598), The National Natural Science Foundation of China (21766019), The Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province (20171BBF60023), International Cooperation Project of MOST, P.R. China (2015DFA60170-4), China Scholarship Council (CSC. No. 201706820027), Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Province Education Department (GJJ150213), Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund of “Thousand talents program” Talent (1001-02102082). Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of National Institute of Food and Agriculture , United States Department of Agriculture ( 2016-67021-24533 and 2014-38502-22598 ), The National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 21766019 ), The Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province ( 20171BBF60023 ), International Cooperation Project of MOST, P.R. China ( 2015DFA60170-4 ), China Scholarship Council (CSC. No. 201706820027 ), Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Province Education Department ( GJJ150213 ), Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund of “Thousand talents program” Talent ( 1001-02102082 ). Publisher Copyright: © 2019 Copyright: Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2019/4/1

Y1 - 2019/4/1

N2 - The current study aims to investigate the effects of agricultural waste-derived activated carbon catalyst on the jet-fuel range hydrocarbons distribution from raw biomass pyrolysis under the hydrogen donor condition provided by a solid waste. Ex-situ catalytic fast co-pyrolysis of lignin with and without soapstock was carried out using the corn stover-derived activated carbon catalyst in a facile fixed bed reactor. Results showed that the soapstock, as the hydrogen donor, exhibited a positive synergistic effect with lignin on enhancing the production of valuable aromatics in the obtained bio-oil. Additionally, biomass-derived activated carbon catalyst has the robust catalytic ability to convert pyrolysis vapors into high-density jet fuel-ranged aromatic hydrocarbons rather than phenols with the assistance of soapstock solid waste. Results indicated that the proportions of jet-fuel range aromatics increased monotonically with elevating pyrolytic temperatures from 400 to 550 °C, and the optimal lignin/soapstock ratio was 1:2 with regarding the yield of attained bio-oils. The maximum proportion of jet-fuel ranged aromatics (87.8%) and H 2 concentration (76.4 vol%) could be achieved with the pyrolytic temperature, lignin/soapstock ratio, and catalyst/feedstock ratio of 550 °C, 2:1, and 1:1, respectively. The current study may provide a novel route of converting solid wastes into value-added jet fuels and hydrogen-enriched fuel gases, which will advance the utilization of renewable biomass.

AB - The current study aims to investigate the effects of agricultural waste-derived activated carbon catalyst on the jet-fuel range hydrocarbons distribution from raw biomass pyrolysis under the hydrogen donor condition provided by a solid waste. Ex-situ catalytic fast co-pyrolysis of lignin with and without soapstock was carried out using the corn stover-derived activated carbon catalyst in a facile fixed bed reactor. Results showed that the soapstock, as the hydrogen donor, exhibited a positive synergistic effect with lignin on enhancing the production of valuable aromatics in the obtained bio-oil. Additionally, biomass-derived activated carbon catalyst has the robust catalytic ability to convert pyrolysis vapors into high-density jet fuel-ranged aromatic hydrocarbons rather than phenols with the assistance of soapstock solid waste. Results indicated that the proportions of jet-fuel range aromatics increased monotonically with elevating pyrolytic temperatures from 400 to 550 °C, and the optimal lignin/soapstock ratio was 1:2 with regarding the yield of attained bio-oils. The maximum proportion of jet-fuel ranged aromatics (87.8%) and H 2 concentration (76.4 vol%) could be achieved with the pyrolytic temperature, lignin/soapstock ratio, and catalyst/feedstock ratio of 550 °C, 2:1, and 1:1, respectively. The current study may provide a novel route of converting solid wastes into value-added jet fuels and hydrogen-enriched fuel gases, which will advance the utilization of renewable biomass.

KW - Activated carbon

KW - Aromatics

KW - Co-pyrolysis

KW - Lignin

KW - Soapstock

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063048129&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85063048129&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.030

DO - 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.03.030

M3 - Article

C2 - 31079620

AN - SCOPUS:85063048129

SN - 0956-053X

VL - 88

SP - 1

EP - 9

JO - Waste Management

JF - Waste Management

ER -

Renewable jet-fuel range hydrocarbons production from co-pyrolysis of lignin and soapstock with the activated carbon catalyst

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

UN SDGs

Publisher link

Find It

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this