Catalytic ketonization of levoglucosan over nano-CeO2 for production of hydrocarbon precursors

Hao Zhou; Muhammad Asif Akhtar; Yiling Wan; Kuan Ding; Roger Ruan; Hong Zhang; Shu Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.jaap.2020.104973

Catalytic ketonization of levoglucosan over nano-CeO₂ for production of hydrocarbon precursors

Hao Zhou, Muhammad Asif Akhtar, Yiling Wan, Kuan Ding, Roger Ruan, Hong Zhang, Shu Zhang

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Abstract

As one of the major products from cellulose pyrolysis, levoglucosan (LG) is highly oxygenated and stubborn, causing serious problems to bio-oil utilization. In this study, catalytic ketonization of LG over nano-CeO₂ was performed in a pyrolyzer-gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry (PY-GC/MS) system to prepare hydrocarbon precursors (principally ketones). Nano-CeO₂ has been proven effective to convert LG into ketones, with the highest selectivity (71.2 %) obtained when CeO₂ to LG ratio was 15:1 (mm³: mg) at 700 °C. When 5% ZrO₂ was loaded on CeO₂ (5% Zr/CeO₂), the selectivity of ketones further increased to 76.0 %, and that of linear compounds in all the ketone products reached 53.9 %. Results from catalyst characterization revealed that 5% Zr/CeO₂ contained an abundance of basic surface sites and redox capacity, thus leading to high ketonization activity. Ketonization of LG possesses significant potential in facilitating the conversion of cellulose into high-quality biofuels in a sustainable way.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	104973
Journal	Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
Volume	152
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2020.104973
State	Published - Nov 2020

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Funding Information:
This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51876093 ), and is also partially supported by an internationally collaborative project ( BRICS2019-040 ) under BRICS STI Framework Programme with government funding organizations of Brazil CNPq ( 402849/2019-1 ), Russia RFBR ( 19-58-80016 ), India DST ( CRG/2018/004610 , DST/TDT/TDP-011/2017 ), China MOST ( 2018YFE0183600 ), and South Africa NRF ( BRIC190321424123 ). The authors would like to thank Mr. Dongdong Wang from Hunan University (China) for his assistance in processing the catalyst characterization data.

Funding Information:
This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51876093), and is also partially supported by an internationally collaborative project (BRICS2019-040) under BRICS STI Framework Programme with government funding organizations of Brazil CNPq (402849/2019-1), Russia RFBR (19-58-80016), India DST (CRG/2018/004610, DST/TDT/TDP-011/2017), China MOST (2018YFE0183600), and South Africa NRF (BRIC190321424123). The authors would like to thank Mr. Dongdong Wang from Hunan University (China) for his assistance in processing the catalyst characterization data.

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Biofuel
Catalytic pyrolysis
Deoxygenation
Ketonization

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