Investigation of deactivation mechanisms of a solid acid catalyst during esterification of the bio-oils from mallee biomass

Applied Energy

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 94-103

  Hu, Xun ^a   Lievens, Caroline ^a   Mourant, Daniel ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Wu, Liping ^a   Gunawan, Richard ^a   Song, Yao ^a   Li, Chun Zhu ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio oil esterification; Catalyst deactivation and regeneration; Ion exchange; Metal ions; Polymer

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HYDROGEN; ION EXCHANGE; METAL IONS; POLYMERS;

ADSORBED ORGANICS; BIO OIL; CATALYTIC SITES; CHANGED STRUCTURES; CONCENTRATED SULFURIC ACIDS; DEACTIVATION MECHANISM; NEUTRAL SALTS; SOLID ACID CATALYSTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

BIOMASS; CATALYST; ION EXCHANGE; POLYMER; SOLVENT; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 84878472533     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.04.078     Document Type: Article

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