Microwave-assisted catalytic co-pyrolysis of soybean straw and soapstock for bio-oil production using SiC ceramic foam catalyst

Yunpu Wang, Lin Jiang, Leilei Dai, Zhenting Yu, Yuhuan Liu, Roger Ruan, Guiming Fu, Yue Zhou, Liangliang Fan, Dengle Duan, Yunfeng Zhao

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Abstract

Microwave-assisted catalytic co-pyrolysis of soybean straw and soapstock was investigated by using silicon carbide ceramic foam as catalyst. The study determined the effects of catalytic temperature, feed-to-catalyst ratio, and soybean straw-to-soapstock ratio on product yield and chemical composition. Experimental results indicated high yield and ratio of hydrocarbon in bio-oil were observed at a catalytic temperature of 350 °C. The use of a catalyst enhanced the hydrocarbon proportion at the expense of decreased in bio-oil yield. A significant synergistic effect was observed during co-pyrolysis of soybean straw and soapstock, and this effect facilitated hydrocarbon production from bio-oil.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)76-81
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
Volume133
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2018

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21766019 ), The Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province ( 20171BBF60023 ), International Cooperation Project of MOST. P. R. China ( 2015DFA60170-4 ), Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Province Education Department (No. GJJ150213 ), Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund of “Thousand talents program” Talent (No. 1001-02102082 ), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development (No. Y707sb1001 ).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

  • Bio-oil
  • Co-pyrolysis
  • Microwave
  • SiC ceramic foam

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