Aqueous-phase reforming of bio-oil aqueous fraction over nickel-based catalysts

Aitor Arandia; Irene Coronado; Aingeru Remiro; Ana G. Gayubo; Matti Reinikainen

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.04.007

Aqueous-phase reforming of bio-oil aqueous fraction over nickel-based catalysts

Aitor Arandia^*
, Irene Coronado
, Aingeru Remiro
, Ana G. Gayubo
, Matti Reinikainen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Aqueous-phase reforming (APR) is a quite new technology for the production of hydrogen and light hydrocarbons from aqueous-organic mixtures in a single-stage process. This manuscript analyzes the APR of representative model compounds of bio-oil aqueous fraction, including acetic acid, ethanol, 1-hydroxypropan-2-one (acetol) and benzene-1,2-diol (catechol), as well as a mixture of all of them. The APR experiments were conducted at 230 °C and 3.2 MPa over three different Ni-based catalysts, including spinel NiAl₂O₄ , and supported Ni/CeO₂-γAl₂O₃ and Ni/La₂O₃-αAl₂O₃ . The reactivity of the model compounds varied largely in the order: acetol > ethanol > catechol > acetic acid, whereas the H₂ production decreased in the following order: ethanol ≫> acetol > acetic acid > catechol. Based on the product distribution obtained, the reaction pathways in the APR of each model compound have been proposed. In the APR of the mixture, the Ni/La₂O₃-αAl₂O₃ led to the highest H₂ yield but was affected by Ni leaching, whereas spinel NiAl₂O₄ showed a much higher stability. Therefore, the Ni-spinel catalyst showed a good potential for H₂ production by APR of bio-oil aqueous fraction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13157-13168
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	44
Issue number	26
Early online date	25 Apr 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.04.007
Publication status	Published - 21 May 2019
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work was carried out with the financial support of the Academy of Finland (AQUACAT Project no. 285398), the Department of Education of the Basque Government (IT748-13), the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Spanish Government jointly with the European Regional Development Funds (AEI/FEDER, UE) (Project CTQ2015-68883-R and Ph.D. grant BES-2013-063639 for A. Arandia).

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Aqueous-phase reforming
Bio-oil
Hydrogen
Ni-based catalysts

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