TY - JOUR
T1 - Heterogeneous catalytic effects on the characteristics of water-soluble and water-insoluble biocrudes in chlorella hydrothermal liquefaction
AU - Xu, Donghai
AU - Guo, Shuwei
AU - Liu, Liang
AU - Lin, Guike
AU - Wu, Zhiqiang
AU - Guo, Yang
AU - Wang, Shuzhong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - The hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of microalgae produces water-soluble biocrude (WSB) and water-insoluble biocrude (WISB) simultaneously. The effects of heterogeneous catalysts (i.e. Pt/C, Ru/C, and Pt/C + Ru/C) on the properties of the two types of biocrudes derived from Chlorella HTL were explored for the first time. The results show that the addition of catalyst (Pt/C, Ru/C, or Pt/C + Ru/C) and/or the increase of residence time (from 10 to 30 min) could decrease the WSB fraction in total biocrude (WSB + WISB) mainly due to the improvement of the WISB yield. The catalytic effects on the WISB yield primarily occurred at the low algae loading (i.e., 1:10 of algae/water) condition, and there was a certain synergetic catalytic effect between Pt/C and Ru/C at this condition. The catalytic effect of Pt/C on the yields of WISB and total biocrude reduced as residence time increased. At the HTL conditions of 350 °C, 0.3 MPa H2, and 1:5 of algae/water for 30 min, Pt/C and Ru/C separately led to WSB and WISB with the highest C (63.57 and 74.16 wt%), H (7.34 and 8.44 wt%) contents and the lowest N (12.19 and 7.06 wt%), O (14.06 and 9.15 wt%) contents, and the highest HHVs (29.73 and 35.60 MJ/kg). The WISB produced with Pt/C mainly consisted of amides, hydrocarbons, organic acids and phenols. Pt/C could promote the cracking of high-molecular-weight compounds in WSB to form more low-boiling-point compounds.
AB - The hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of microalgae produces water-soluble biocrude (WSB) and water-insoluble biocrude (WISB) simultaneously. The effects of heterogeneous catalysts (i.e. Pt/C, Ru/C, and Pt/C + Ru/C) on the properties of the two types of biocrudes derived from Chlorella HTL were explored for the first time. The results show that the addition of catalyst (Pt/C, Ru/C, or Pt/C + Ru/C) and/or the increase of residence time (from 10 to 30 min) could decrease the WSB fraction in total biocrude (WSB + WISB) mainly due to the improvement of the WISB yield. The catalytic effects on the WISB yield primarily occurred at the low algae loading (i.e., 1:10 of algae/water) condition, and there was a certain synergetic catalytic effect between Pt/C and Ru/C at this condition. The catalytic effect of Pt/C on the yields of WISB and total biocrude reduced as residence time increased. At the HTL conditions of 350 °C, 0.3 MPa H2, and 1:5 of algae/water for 30 min, Pt/C and Ru/C separately led to WSB and WISB with the highest C (63.57 and 74.16 wt%), H (7.34 and 8.44 wt%) contents and the lowest N (12.19 and 7.06 wt%), O (14.06 and 9.15 wt%) contents, and the highest HHVs (29.73 and 35.60 MJ/kg). The WISB produced with Pt/C mainly consisted of amides, hydrocarbons, organic acids and phenols. Pt/C could promote the cracking of high-molecular-weight compounds in WSB to form more low-boiling-point compounds.
KW - Heterogeneous catalyst
KW - Hydrothermal liquefaction
KW - Microalgae
KW - Water-insoluble biocrude
KW - Water-soluble biocrude
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85063695127
U2 - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.03.180
DO - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.03.180
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85063695127
SN - 0306-2619
VL - 243
SP - 165
EP - 174
JO - Applied Energy
JF - Applied Energy
ER -
