Download or read book New catalytic technology for conversion of biomass derived oxygenates into bio fuels and imines written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Catalytic Technology for Conversion of Biomass derived Oxygenates Into Bio fuels and Imines amines written by Raju Poreddy and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalysis for Green Energy and Technology written by Samira Bagheri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the importance of catalysis for the sustainable production of biofuels and biochemicals, focusing primarily on the state-of-the-art catalysts and catalytic processes expected to play a decisive role in the "green" production of fuels and chemicals from biomass. The book also includes general sections exploring the entire chain of biomass production, conversion, environment, economy, and life-cycle assessment.

Download or read book Reaction Pathways and Mechanisms in Thermocatalytic Biomass Conversion II written by Marcel Schlaf and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume II presents the latest advances in catalytic hydrodeoxygenation and other transformations of some cellulosic platform chemicals to high value-added products. It presents the theoretical evaluation of the energetics and catalytic species involved in potential pathways of catalyzed carbohydrate conversion, pathways leading to the formation of humin-based by-products, and thermal pathways in deriving chemicals from lignin pyrolysis and hydrodeoxygenation. Catalytic gasification of biomass under extreme thermal conditions as an extension of pyrolysis is also discussed. Marcel Schlaf, PhD, is a Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Canada. Z. Conrad Zhang, PhD, is a Professor at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

Download or read book Production of Biofuels and Chemicals with Bifunctional Catalysts written by Zhen Fang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-27 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides state-of-the-art reviews, current research, prospects and challenges of the production of biofuels and chemicals such as furanic biofuels, biodiesel, carboxylic acids, polyols and others from lignocellulosic biomass, furfurals, syngas and γ-valerolactone with bifunctional catalysts, including catalytic, and combined biological and chemical catalysis processes. The bifunctionality of catalytic materials is a concept of not only using multifunctional solid materials as activators, but also design of materials in such a way that the catalytic materials have synergistic characteristics that promote a cascade of transformations with performance beyond that of mixed mono-functional catalysts. This book is a reference designed for researchers, academicians and industrialists in the area of catalysis, energy, chemical engineering and biomass conversion. Readers will find the wealth of information contained in chapters both useful and essential, for assessing the production and application of various biofuels and chemicals by chemical catalysis and biological techniques.

Download or read book Chemical Catalysts for Biomass Upgrading written by Mark Crocker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive reference to the use of innovative catalysts and processes to turn biomass into value-added chemicals Chemical Catalysts for Biomass Upgrading offers detailed descriptions of catalysts and catalytic processes employed in the synthesis of chemicals and fuels from the most abundant and important biomass types. The contributors?noted experts on the topic?focus on the application of catalysts to the pyrolysis of whole biomass and to the upgrading of bio-oils. The authors discuss catalytic approaches to the processing of biomass-derived oxygenates, as exemplified by sugars, via reactions such as reforming, hydrogenation, oxidation, and condensation reactions. Additionally, the book provides an overview of catalysts for lignin valorization via oxidative and reductive methods and considers the conversion of fats and oils to fuels and terminal olefins by means of esterification/transesterification, hydrodeoxygenation, and decarboxylation/decarbonylation processes. The authors also provide an overview of conversion processes based on terpenes and chitin, two emerging feedstocks with a rich chemistry, and summarize some of the emerging trends in the field. This important book: -Provides a comprehensive review of innovative catalysts, catalytic processes, and catalyst design -Offers a guide to one of the most promising ways to find useful alternatives for fossil fuel resources -Includes information on the most abundant and important types of biomass feedstocks -Examines fields such as catalytic cracking, pyrolysis, depolymerization, and many more Written for catalytic chemists, process engineers, environmental chemists, bioengineers, organic chemists, and polymer chemists, Chemical Catalysts for Biomass Upgrading presents deep insights on the most important aspects of biomass upgrading and their various types.

Download or read book New and Future Developments in Catalysis written by Steven L Suib and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New and Future Developments in Catalysis is a package of books that compile the latest ideas concerning alternate and renewable energy sources and the role that catalysis plays in converting new renewable feedstock into biofuels and biochemicals. Both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts and catalytic processes will be discussed in a unified and comprehensive approach. There will be extensive cross-referencing within all volumes. This volume covers all the biomass sources and gives detailed and in-depth coverage of all current chemical/catalytic conversion processes of biomass into liquid hydrocarbons to be further used as a feedstock for the production of not only biofuels but a large array of chemicals. Offers an in-depth coverage of all catalytic topics of current interest and outlines the future challenges and research areas A clear and visual description of all parameters and conditions enables the reader to draw conclusions for a particular case Outline the catalytic processes applicable to energy generation and design of green processes

Download or read book Catalytic Biomass to Renewable Biofuels and Biomaterials written by Yi-Tong Wang and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biomass is the only renewable carbon source that can be converted into high value-added carbon products. This book presents a collection of studies on the conversion of catalytic biomass to renewable biofuels and biomaterials by chemical conversion, co-combustion technology, and biological conversion technology. The fundamentals and mechanisms of catalytic materials design, process optimization, product development, and by-product utilization are outlined. All articles were contributed by experts in catalysis and bioenergy fields to provide readers with a broad range of perspectives on cutting-edge applications. This book is an ideal reference guide for academic researchers and engineering technicians in the fields of catalytic material synthesis, biomass energy conversion, enzyme catalysis, pyrolysis, combustion, vaporization, and fermentation. It can also be used as a comprehensive reference source for university students in renewable energy science and engineering, agricultural engineering, thermal engineering, chemical engineering, material science, and environmental engineering. This book contains 12 articles: (1) “Catalytic Biomass to Renewable Biofuels and Biomaterials”; (2) “Experimental Design to Improve Cell Growth and Ethanol Production in Syngas Fermentation by Clostridium carboxidivorans”; (3) “Glycerol Acetylation Mediated by Thermally Hydrolysed Biosolids-Based Material”; (4) “Influence of Base-Catalyzed Organosolv Fractionation of Larch Wood Sawdust on Fraction Yields and Lignin Properties”; (5) “Ca-based Catalysts for the Production of High-Quality Bio-Oils from the Catalytic Co-Pyrolysis of Grape Seeds and Waste Tyres”; (6) “Synthesis of Diesel and Jet Fuel Range Cycloalkanes with Cyclopentanone and Furfural”; (7) “Gel-Type and Macroporous Cross-Linked Copolymers Functionalized with Acid Groups for the Hydrolysis of Wheat Straw Pretreated with an Ionic Liquid”; (8) “Role of Humic Acid Chemical Structure Derived from Different Biomass Feedstocks on Fe(III) Bioreduction Activity: Implication for Sustainable Use of Bioresources”; (9) “Selective Production of Terephthalonitrile and Benzonitrile via Pyrolysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) with Ammonia over Ca(OH)2/Al2O3 Catalysts”; (10) “Experimental Studies on Co-Combustion of Sludge and Wheat Straw”; (11) “Carbonate-Catalyzed Room-Temperature Selective Reduction of Biomass-Derived 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-Bis(hydroxymethyl)furan”; (12) “Clostridium sp. as Bio-Catalyst for Fuels and Chemicals Production in a Biorefinery Context”.

Download or read book Nanoporous Catalysts for Biomass Conversion written by Feng-Shou Xiao and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive introduction to the design, synthesis, characterization, and catalytic properties of nanoporous catalysts for the biomass conversion With the specter of peak oil demand looming on the horizon, and mounting concerns over the environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions, biomass has taken on a prominent role as a sustainable alternative fuel source. One critical aspect of the biomass challenge is the development of novel catalytic materials for effective and controllable biomass conversion. Edited by two scientists recognized internationally for their pioneering work in the field, this book focuses on nanoporous catalysts, the most promising class of catalytic materials for the conversion of biomass into fuel and other products. Although various catalysts have been used in the conversion of biomass-derived feedstocks, nanoporous catalysts exhibit high catalytic activities and/or unique product selectivities due to their large surface area, open nanopores, and highly dispersed active sites. This book covers an array of nanoporous catalysts currently in use for biomass conversion, including resins, metal oxides, carbons, mesoporous silicates, polydivinylbenzene, and zeolites. The authors summarize the design, synthesis, characterization and catalytic properties of these nanoporous catalysts for biomass conversions, discussing the features of these catalysts and considering future opportunities for developing more efficient catalysts. Topics covered include: Resins for biomass conversion Supported metal oxides/sulfides for biomass oxidation and hydrogenation Nanoporous metal oxides Ordered mesoporous silica-based catalysts Sulfonated carbon catalysts Porous polydivinylbenzene Aluminosilicate zeolites for bio-oil upgrading Rice straw Hydrogenation for sugar conversion Lignin depolymerization Timely, authoritative, and comprehensive, Nanoporous Catalysts for Biomass Conversion is a valuable working resource for academic researchers, industrial scientists and graduate students working in the fields of biomass conversion, catalysis, materials science, green and sustainable chemistry, and chemical/process engineering.

Download or read book The Role of Catalysis for the Sustainable Production of Bio fuels and Bio chemicals written by Kostas Triantafyllidis and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Role of Catalysis for the Sustainable Production of Bio-fuels and Bio-chemicals describes the importance of catalysis for the sustainable production of biofuels and biochemicals, focused primarily on the state-of-the-art catalysts and catalytic processes expected to play a decisive role in the "green" production of fuels and chemicals from biomass. In addition, the book includes general elements regarding the entire chain of biomass production, conversion, environment, economy, and life-cycle assessment. Very few books are available on catalysis in production schemes using biomass or its primary conversion products, such as bio-oil and lignin. This book fills that gap with detailed discussions of: Catalytic pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass Hybrid biogasoline by co-processing in FCC units Fischer-Tropsch synthesis to biofuels (biomass-to-liquid process) Steam reforming of bio-oils to hydrogen With energy prices rapidly rising, environmental concerns growing, and regulatory apparatus evolving, this book is a resource with tutorial, research, and technological value for chemists, chemical engineers, policymakers, and students. Includes catalytic reaction mechanism schemes and gives a clear understanding of catalytic processes Includes flow diagrams of bench-, pilot- and industrial-scale catalytic processing units and demonstrates the various process technologies involved, enabling easy selection of the best process Incorporates many tables, enabling easy comparison of data based on a critical review of the available literature

Download or read book Sustainable Catalytic Conversion of Biomass for the Production of Biofuels and Bioproducts written by Gabriel Morales and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biomass is widely considered as a potential alternative to dwindling fossil fuel reserves. There is a large variety of biomass sources (oleaginous, lignocellulosic, algae, etc.), with many possible conversion routes and products. Currently, biomass is not just viewed as a source of biofuels, but also as an interesting feedstock for the production of bio-based chemicals that could largely replace petrochemicals. In this context, the search for new sustainable and efficient alternatives to fossil sources is gaining increasing relevance within the chemical industry. There, the role of catalysis is often critical for the development of clean and sustainable processes, aiming to produce commodity chemicals or liquid fuels with a high efficiency and atom economy. This book gathers works at the cutting edge of investigation in the application of catalysis, for the sustainable conversion of biomass into biofuels and bio-based chemicals.

Download or read book Mechanistic Insights Into Multi functional Catalysts for Biomass Conversion to Bio diesel and Bio surfactant written by Huong (Hannah) Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With increasing concerns about CO2 emissions and energy supply, research on renewable production of fuels and chemicals from biomass has surged. Although significant progress has been made, realizing a commercial bio-refinery is still challenging due to technological difficulties associated with the over functionalization of biomass-derived oxygenates. Developing effective catalytic processes to selectively tailor desired products requires deep mechanistic understandings of catalysis and process conditions. This thesis sheds lights on the catalytic roles of acid and base sites of multi-functional catalysts and their synergy in the production of the potential bio-diesel and bio-surfactants.

Download or read book New and Future Developments in Catalysis written by Lei Jin and published by Elsevier Inc. Chapters. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chemical and Biochemical Catalysis for Next Generation Biofuels written by Blake A Simmons and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of renewable and sustainable lignocellulosic biofuels is currently receiving worldwide attention and investment. Despite decades of research, there remain significant challenges to be overcome before these biofuels can be produced in large volumes at competitive prices. One obstacle is the lack of efficient and affordable catalytic systems to dissolve and hydrolyze polysaccharides into sugars. These sugars are then fed to microrganisms and fermented into biofuels. The price of these catalysts, be they biological, thermochemical, or chemical in nature, represent one of the largest costs in the conversion process. There are a number of catalytic schemes, each with their own advantages and disadvantages, available. This book presents a general yet substantial review of the most promising processes and the spectrum of biomass pretreatment, enzymes, chemical catalysts, and hybrid approaches of hydrolyzing biomass into fermentable sugars. It is the only currently available book that compares the biochemical, chemical, and thermochemical conversion processes to biofuel production.

Download or read book New and Future Developments in Catalysis written by Subhash Bhatia and published by Elsevier Inc. Chapters. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalytic Conversion of Biomass derived Compounds to Fuels and Chemicals written by Ron Christopher Runnebaum and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the potential routes for production of fuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass, fast pyrolysis accompanied by or followed by catalytic upgrading offers excellent potential because the number of conversion steps is small and the processing may be cost effective. Lignin-derived bio-oils can be converted into fuels and aromatic chemicals, with a key processing challenge being the removal of oxygen. The literature of bio-oils conversion is largely lacking in fundamental chemistry, which limits the usefulness of the available data for predicting catalyst performance. To determine a quantitative reaction network, we designed and constructed four identical tubular flow reactor systems with flexibility to produce data at high and at low conversions and with ability to identify and quantify even trace products by GC-MS and GC-FID. Higher conversion data are necessary to determine trace products formed in the conversions of the individual reactants and enable reaction networks that are more detailed than any previously published to be elucidated. Low conversion data are required to determine quantitative kinetics of reactions that lead to the most abundant products. These reactor systems also enabled mass balance closures of greater than 95%. Reaction networks were elucidated to account for the reactions of a group of compounds prototypical of lignin and compounds derived from it, incorporating the representative functional groups, such as aromatic rings and ether linkages--the compounds are anisole, 4-methylanisole, and furan. These reactants are converted in the presence of catalysts representative of important catalyst classes, including solid acid (HY zeolite), supported metal (platinum on [gamma]-Al2O3, Pt/[gamma]-Al2O3), and bifunctional (platinum of SiO2-Al2O3, Pt/SiO2-Al2O3) catalysts. The results show that one of the dominant classes of reactions observed with anisole and 4-methylanisole is transalkylation. When the catalyst was HY zeolite, transalkylation was the only kinetically significant reaction class. Hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, hydrogenolysis (C--O bond cleavage reactions that did not remove oxygen from the organic reactant), and hydrodeoxygenation (C--O bond cleavage reactions that removed oxygen from the organic reactant) were also observed in the conversion of each reactant (anisole, 4-methylanisole, and furan) with the supported-platinum catalysts. The data determine quantitative conversions and selectivities of the products that were formed in relatively high yields at conversions

Download or read book Catalytic Conversion of Biomass derived Platform Molecules to Distillate range Fuels written by Nathaniel Eagan and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current trends in resource consumption and environmental degradation inspire research into the benign transformation of renewable feedstocks to transportation fuels with lower net greenhouse gas emissions. Growing demands in heavier middle-distillate fuels such as diesel and jet fuel particularly motivate the use of carbon-containing feedstocks such as biomass in order to produce liquid fuels substantially similar to those already essential to our economy. Such fuels still require carbon chains larger than those of the monomeric sugars comprising cellulose and hemicellulose, however, thus carbon-carbon bond forming technologies have an important place in the overall biomass-to-distillate landscape. These technologies can be utilized to upgrade platform molecules easily obtainable from biomass. The research discussed here focuses on the use of sorbitol and ethanol platforms, providing promising new directions for their utilization. Sorbitol conversion to distillate fuels first requires a challenging hydrodeoxygenation step focused on producing mono-functional oxygenates. Here this chemistry was promoted by a Co/TiO2 catalyst at yields (56%) competitive with more costly noble-metal catalysts. FT-ICR-MS provided evidence that oligomeric species produced may also act as intermediates in the process. However, this catalyst suffered from irreversible deactivation via oxygenate-promoted Co leaching and sintering which could not be inhibited by the SMSI-stabilization of the catalyst. Pathways by which ethanol can be converted into middle-distillate fuels were then extensively evaluated by considering the fundamental chemistries which can be exploited and how they can be most effectively combined. These processes involve integrating dehydration, hydrogen transfer, olefin oligomerization, aldol condensation, and ketonization in a variety of ways which can overcome the limitations of any one particular technology. From these analyses, promising research directions are recommended. The subsequent focus here is on the use of Guerbet coupling to directly oligomerize ethanol to distillate-range fuels. Cu-doped AlMgO and AlCaO catalysts were first examined for this purpose, with the importance of operating at elevated pressures to promote selective coupling explained. Selective ethanol oligomerization is still challenging with these catalysts, however, given that alcohol selectivities were limited here to ~55% at 20% conversions, and conversions above 30% were difficult to achieve due to inhibition by products of the reaction (e.g. water). Calcium hydroxyapatite (HAP) was then examined as a more selective catalyst for this transformation, though declining selectivities and reaction rates were observed as conversion increased. However, integration of selective ethanol coupling over HAP with bimolecular dehydration shows promise as a novel method to produce diesel-range ethers from biomass-derived sources. Overall a process was developed which can produce these ethers in addition to jet-range paraffins at theoretical yields above 80%. Lastly kinetic modeling was utilized to better understand the limitations and potential of using Guerbet coupling to oligomerize ethanol to distillate-range alcohols. Inhibition effects by water rationalize the aforementioned declining rates and selectivities observed with increasing conversion. In the absence of these phenomena, however, the production of distillate-range alcohols is limited by the underlying kinetics which resemble step-growth oligomerization with the additional stipulation that branched alcohols cannot couple as nucleophiles. The model discussed here suggests that catalysts which promote the electrophilic action of higher alcohols over that of ethanol are promising for promoting linear alcohol formation that cascades into the distillate-range.