A two-stage fixed-bed reactor for direct hydrotreatment of volatiles from the hydropyrolysis of biomass: Effect of catalyst temperature, pressure and catalyst ageing time on product characteristics

Fuel

Volumn 77, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1715-1726

  Pindoria, R V ^a   Megaritis, A ^a   Herod, A A ^a   Kandiyoti, R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Catalytic hydrotreatment; Hydropyrolysis; Size exclusion chromatography; Tars oils; UV fluorescence spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; HYDROCRACKING; PETROLEUM TAR; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZEOLITES;

CATALYTIC HYDROTREATMENT; FIXED-BED REACTORS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 0032307516     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-2361(98)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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