Catalytic Steam Reforming and Esterification of Bio-oil
Abstract
This study investigated two methods of upgrading bio-oil. The first was the production of hydrogen (H2) via catalytic steam reforming of the aqueous phase of bio-oil. The experiments were carried out in a fixed bed tubular flow reactor over nickel-based alumina-supported catalysts promoted with magnesia (Ni-MgO/Al2O3). The impact of time, nickel quantity, preparation conditions, and the initial bio-oil to water ratio on the yield of various outlet gases including hydrogen was investigated.
The second method investigated in this study was catalytic esterification of bio-oil with an acid catalyst and various alcohols. An existing method was modified to measure the esterification degree and the effect of reaction conditions including temperature, carbon chain length of the alcohols, catalyst, alcohol content, and reaction time. This study employed a batch reactor for the reduction of carboxylic acids.
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Keywords
Engineering--Chemical, Engineering--Environmental
Citation
Sampouri, S. (2016). Catalytic Steam Reforming and Esterification of Bio-oil (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25227