Catalytic Pyrolysis of Organosolv and Klason Lignin Over Al-SBA-15

Young-Min Kim; Bo Sung Kang; Tae Uk Han; Seungdo Kim; Sang-Chul Jung; Sang Chai Kim; Jong-Ki Jeon; Young-Kwon Park

doi:10.1166/jnn.2018.14906

Catalytic Pyrolysis of Organosolv and Klason Lignin Over Al-SBA-15

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2018 Feb 1;18(2):1423-1426. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2018.14906.

Authors

Young-Min Kim¹, Bo Sung Kang¹, Tae Uk Han², Seungdo Kim², Sang-Chul Jung³, Sang Chai Kim⁴, Jong-Ki Jeon⁵, Young-Kwon Park¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea.
² Department of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea.
³ Department of Environmental Engineering, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 57922, Korea.
⁴ Department of Environmental Education, Mokpo National University, Muan 58554, Korea.
⁵ Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan 31080, Korea.

PMID: 29448604
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2018.14906

Abstract

The catalytic pyrolysis of two types of lignin, organosolv and klason lignin, which were extracted from miscanthus, over Al-SBA-15 was carried out using a thermogravimetric (TG) analyzer and a pyroyzer-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). Although Al-SBA-15 has weak acidity, the large molecular phenolic pyrolyzates of lignin were converted effectively into small molecular phenols and aromatic hydrocarbons due to the large pore size of Al-SBA-15. Compared to klason lignin, organosolv lignin produced larger amounts of valuable chemicals, such as mono-phenol, mono-aromatics, and furans, by catalytic pyrolysis over Al-SBA-15.