Catalytic pyrolysis of Laminaria japonica over nanoporous catalysts using Py-GC/MS

Hyung Won Lee; Jong-Ki Jeon; Sung Hoon Park; Kwang-Eun Jeong; Ho-Jeong Chae; Young-Kwon Park

doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-500

Catalytic pyrolysis of Laminaria japonica over nanoporous catalysts using Py-GC/MS

Nanoscale Res Lett. 2011 Aug 18;6(1):500. doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-500.

Authors

Hyung Won Lee¹, Jong-Ki Jeon, Sung Hoon Park, Kwang-Eun Jeong, Ho-Jeong Chae, Young-Kwon Park

Affiliation

¹ Graduate School of Energy and Environmental System Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 130-743, South Korea. catalica@uos.ac.kr.

Abstract

The catalytic pyrolysis of Laminaria japonica was carried out over a hierarchical meso-MFI zeolite (Meso-MFI) and nanoporous Al-MCM-48 using pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). The effect of the catalyst type on the product distribution and chemical composition of the bio-oil was examined using Py-GC/MS. The Meso-MFI exhibited a higher activity in deoxygenation and aromatization during the catalytic pyrolysis of L. japonica. Meanwhile, the catalytic activity of Al-MCM-48 was lower than that of Meso-MFI due to its weak acidity.