ZHANG Liang, WU Man, YANG Ya, et al. Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of fast pyrolysis bio-oil of chlorella over Ni-Cu/ZrO2 catalyst[J]. CIESC Journal, 2014, (8): 3004-3011. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2014.08.022.
ZHANG Liang, WU Man, YANG Ya, et al. Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of fast pyrolysis bio-oil of chlorella over Ni-Cu/ZrO2 catalyst[J]. CIESC Journal, 2014, (8): 3004-3011. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2014.08.022.DOI:
The catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil obtained by fast pyrolysis of chlorella over Ni-Cu/ZrO2 catalyst was carried out in a fixed-bed reactor to improve the quality of the bio-oil. The catalysts were characterized by XRD
H2-TPR
TG and NH3-TPD techniques. The results showed that the addition of Cu promoted dispersion of active species
and increased catalytic hydrodeoxygenation activity of Ni-Cu/ZrO2 catalysts. However
the activity went up first
and then went down with increase of Cu loading. A possible theoretical explanation was also given. At reaction conditions of 2 MPa and 350℃
the performance of Ni-Cu/ZrO2 catalyst was stable and it made the oxygen content in the bio-oil decreased sharply. For the Ni-Cu/ZrO2 catalyst with Cu/Ni mass ratio of 0.40
the efficiency of oxygen removal was 82.0% after 3 h reaction and larger than 77.0% after 24 h reaction. The heat value of upgraded bio-oil increased from 31.5 MJ·kg-1 to 35.0 MJ·kg-1
while the kinetic viscosity at 40℃ fell from 20.5 mm2·s-1 to 9.5 mm2·s-1 after hydrodeoxygenation reaction. In addition
the water in upgraded bio-oil could be removed easily. Furthermore
the stability of upgraded bio-oil was improved significantly due to the reduction of unstable acids.