The production of hydrocarbons from biomass has long been considered as a viable route to produce renewable liquid transportation fuel. Both technical and economic considerations are important to the overall success of this technology. The cost of feedstock has a big impact on the calculated minimum selling price of hydrocarbons sourced from lignocellulosic biomass. As such, feedstock consisting of multiple biomass are blended together to achieve lower costs compared to a single woody feedstock source. Here, we report the chemical analysis of the pyrolysis oils produced from various biomass feedstocks and the result of their catalytic upgrading. Three different hydrotreating catalyst configurations were tested in these experiments.    The importance of carbonyl content in these pyrolysis oils to determine fast pyrolysis oil processability was demonstrated.<br/>

Analysis and catalytic upgrading of fast pyrolysis bio-oils from various biomass feedstock

254th National Meeting (2017)

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