State of the Art in Thermal Catalytic Upgrading of Biomass and Biomass-Derived Intermediates

Jacklyn Hall; Jacob Miller; Rajeev Assary; Frederick Baddour; Robert Dagle; Vanessa Dagle; Michael Griffin; Susan Habas; Kristiina Iisa; Theodore Krause; Adarsh Kumar; Jeffrey Linger; Ashutosh Mittal; Calvin Mukarakate; James Parks; Daniel Ruddy; Andrew Schmidt; Andrew Sutton; Michael Thorson; Kinga Unocic; Huamin Wang; Austin Winkelman; Xiaokun Yang; Joshua Schaidle

doi:10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-082323-122317

State of the Art in Thermal Catalytic Upgrading of Biomass and Biomass-Derived Intermediates

Jacklyn Hall, Jacob Miller, Rajeev Assary, Frederick Baddour, Robert Dagle, Vanessa Dagle, Michael Griffin, Susan Habas, Kristiina Iisa, Theodore Krause, Adarsh Kumar, Jeffrey Linger, Ashutosh Mittal, Calvin Mukarakate, James Parks, Daniel Ruddy, Andrew Schmidt, Andrew Sutton, Michael Thorson, Kinga UnocicHuamin Wang, Austin Winkelman, Xiaokun Yang, Joshua Schaidle

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Abstract

Biomass-derived energy sources represent a promising domestic route for fuel and chemical production, taking advantage of largely underutilized biological and waste resources. Heterogeneous catalysis plays a key role in these biomass conversion processes, as reflected by all American Society for Testing and Materials-approved pathways for producing sustainable aviation fuel proceeding through a catalytic step. This concise review seeks to establish the state of the art in thermal catalytic process development for various biomass-derived feedstocks and the current enabling capabilities that aid this development. Research needs are identified and described throughout the article, as further advancements in heterogeneous catalysis are required to improve the affordability and realize the full potential of biomass-derived products.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	371-408
Number of pages	38
Journal	Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Volume	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-082323-122317
State	Published - 2025

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NREL/JA-4A00-91645

Keywords

biochemicals
biofuels
biomass
heterogeneous catalysis
sustainable aviation fuel
thermal catalysis

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Hall, J., Miller, J., Assary, R., Baddour, F., Dagle, R., Dagle, V., Griffin, M., Habas, S., Iisa, K., Krause, T., Kumar, A., Linger, J., Mittal, A., Mukarakate, C., Parks, J., Ruddy, D., Schmidt, A., Sutton, A., Thorson, M., ... Schaidle, J. (2025). State of the Art in Thermal Catalytic Upgrading of Biomass and Biomass-Derived Intermediates. Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 16, 371-408. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-082323-122317

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