Transformation of acetone and isopropanol to hydrocarbons using HZSM-5 catalyst

Abstract:

The high global demand for fuels and the depletion of fossil fuels have motivated research into renewable sources of fuels. Biomass is one of the most abundant and sustainable resources in the world. At Texas A&M University, Dr. Mark Holtzapple’s research group has been working extensively for more than 20 years to obtain fuels from biomass. Some biomass feedstocks studied in our group include municipal solid waste, animal manure, and energy crops. The new technology developed by the Holtzapple group is called the MixAlco Process (Figure 1.1), which uses the following steps: pretreatment, fermentation, descumming, dewatering, ketonization, alcoholization, and oligomerization. Depending how many steps are employed, the final product of this process is ketones, alcohols, or hydrocarbons.

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2010

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