CHEMICAL
REACTION ENGINEERING IN SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATIONS
A scientific group working to unravel the key reaction pathways and kinetics of catalytic fast pyrolysis, catalytic hydropyrolysis, microwave-assisted pyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction and hydrogenolysis.
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Catalytic Pyrolysis
Catalytic Pyrolysis is one of several means of production of liquid fuel from biomass. The maximum yield of organic liquid oil from thermal decomposition may be increased to as high as 80% through proper choice of heating rate and pyrolysis temperature, and evacuation of product from the reaction zone.
Microwave assisted pyrolysis
Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of a variety of complex feedstocks like coal, lignocellulosic biomass, plastics, waste tire, sewage sludge and lignin to produce fuel molecules, energy and chemicals. Compared to conventional heating, the use of microwaves to accelerate the heating rate and reduce the processing time with reasonable energy recovery.
Hydrothermal Liquefaction
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), also refers to as hydrous pyrolysis, is a thermochemical depolymerisation process in an closed reactor to convert wet biomasses and waste feedstocks into renewable biocrude and chemicals at moderate temperature (typically 300–400°C) and high pressure (typically 100–250 bar). This process produces crude like liquid fuel, biochar, aqueuous solution and gas.
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Hydrotreating
Hydotreating is a promising upgrading technology to improve hydrogen and remove the oxygen from biomass-derived streams, for example obtained after pyrolysis. Strong emphasis is put on finding selective catalysts to minimize the use of hydrogen while maintaining the aromatic functionality of feedstocks
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