Date of Award
January 2015
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Chemical Engineering
First Advisor
Fabio H Ribeiro
Second Advisor
Rakesh Agrawal
Committee Member 1
W. Nicholas Delgass
Committee Member 2
Hilkka Kenttämaa
Abstract
Biomass is a major source of renewable carbon which can be converted to hydrocarbon fuel with the aim of reducing the dependence on fossil based sources. Fast pyrolysis of biomass followed by catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil is considered a promising biomass conversion route to produce drop in hydrocarbon fuels. The H2Bioil process was proposed as an integrated high pressure fast hydropyrolysis and catalytic vapor phase hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) pathway for utilizing biomass to produce high energy density fuel. During fast hydropyrolysis biomass is rapidly heated to generate a complex mixture of compounds with high oxygen content (35-40 wt %). In the H2Bioil process, hydropyrolysis vapors are immediately upgraded via a downstream catalytic reactor to reduce the oxygen content and produce a high energy density bio-oil.
Recommended Citation
Choudhari, Harshavardhan, "High Pressure Micro-Scale Studies of Fast-Hydropyrolysis and Catalytic Hydrogenation of Biomass and Related Model Compounds" (2015). Open Access Dissertations. 1178.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1178