Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation and hydrocracking of Alcell® lignin in alcohol/formic acid mixtures using a Ru/C catalyst

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 147-161

  Kloekhorst, Arjan ^a   Shen, Yu ^b   Yie, Yao ^b   Fang, Ma ^b   Heeres, Hero Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic; Heterogeneous; Hydrotreatment; Lignin; Ruthenium; Solvolysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; FORMIC ACID; HYDROCRACKING; METHANOL; MIXTURES; RUTHENIUM; SOLVENTS;

CATALYTIC; CATALYTIC CONVERSION; CATALYTIC HYDROTREATMENT; HETEROGENEOUS; HYDROTREATMENT; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; PRODUCT COMPOSITION; SOLVOLYSIS;

LIGNIN;

ALCOHOL; ALKANE; BIOENERGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; FORMIC ACID; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROGEN; LIGNIN; RUTHENIUM;

EID: 84929613697     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 18732909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.04.039     Document Type: Article

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