Biomass Ex-Situ CFP Catalyst Design: A Mo2C Case Study to Evaluate if Trends in Model Compound Reactivity Translate to Real Biomass Feeds

Calvin Mukarakate, Kellene Orton, Mengze Xu, Kristiina Iisa, Richard French, Scott Palmer, Connor Nash, Susan Habas, Mark Nimlos, Joshua Schaidle

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Abstract

Pyrolysis of biomass generates hundreds of molecules with different functional groups; water, char and inorganics are also produced. In general, new catalysts are evaluated with single model compounds.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages10
StatePublished - 2020

Publication series

NamePresented at the 2020 Thermal & Catalytic Sciences Virtual Symposium, 5-7 October 2020

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PR-5100-78048

Keywords

  • biofuels
  • catalytic fast pyrolysis
  • CFP oil
  • co-products
  • deactivation
  • swing-bed reactor

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