Performance of Molybdenum Carbide Catalysts in 2-Stage Hydroprocessing of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil

Choi, Jae-Soon

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Jae-Soon Choi¹, Alan Zacher², Huamin Wang², Mariefel Olarte², Viviane Schwartz¹, Ibrahim Ilgaz Soykal¹, Beth Armstrong¹, Michael J. Lance¹, Raynella Connatser¹ and Samuel Lewis¹, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA.

This work demonstrates the potential of Mo carbides as replacement for both Ru/C and promoted Mo/Al₂O₃ sulfide catalysts in 2-stage hydroprocessing of fast pyrolysis bio-oil. Reactor evaluation with real bio-oil and detailed catalyst characterization results suggest that a novel class of bio-oil catalysts could be developed based on Mo carbides.

Extended Abstracts:

Abstract_NAM_24th_Choi_Bio-oil!.pdf (43.7KB) - Extended Abstract

P-W-B-143 Performance of Molybdenum Carbide Catalysts in 2-Stage Hydroprocessing of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil