Pilot study on production of aviation fuel from catalytic conversion of corn stover

Yong Liu; Lungang Chen; Yubao Chen; Xinghua Zhang; Jianguo Liu; Qiying Liu; Yuping Li; Chenguang Wang; Qi Zhang; Longlong Ma

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128653

Pilot study on production of aviation fuel from catalytic conversion of corn stover

Bioresour Technol. 2023 Mar:372:128653. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128653. Epub 2023 Jan 20.

Authors

Yong Liu¹, Lungang Chen², Yubao Chen³, Xinghua Zhang⁴, Jianguo Liu⁴, Qiying Liu⁵, Yuping Li⁵, Chenguang Wang⁶, Qi Zhang⁴, Longlong Ma⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Resources & Environment and Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, PR China.
² Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, PR China. Electronic address: chenlg@seu.edu.cn.
³ School of Energy and Environmental Science, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunan 650500, PR China.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, PR China.
⁵ CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
⁶ School of Resources & Environment and Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, PR China; CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.

PMID: 36682474
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128653

Abstract

Aviation fuel is high energy density and is usually produced from refinery in petroleum industry. Production of renewable aviation fuel from biomass eases pressure of carbon emission regulation. The operational processes in this study include steam stripping, hydrolysis of residues, condensation reaction unit, autoclave hydrogenation, fixed-bed hydrodeoxygenation, and oil-upgrading unit. The biomass-derived aviation fuel has a low oxygen content of 0.4 %, while its high heat value is 45.5 MJ/kg. The aviation fuel ranges from C8 ∼ C15, and rich in isoparaffins (50.4 %) while the n-paraffins have a selectivity of 12.2 % and other components are cycloparaffins (19.0 %), aromatic hydrocarbons (11.3 %), and alkenes (5.6 %). The mass yield for aviation fuel from corn stover reaches 10.6 %. This pilot study achieved production of aviation fuel from raw biomass corn stover.

Keywords: Biomass; Condensation; Furfural; Hydrodeoxygenation; Levulinic acid.

MeSH terms

Aviation*
Biomass
Hot Temperature
Hydrogenation
Pilot Projects
Zea mays*