Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis II
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomass Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 11127
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis for biomass and plastic conversion; catalysis pyrolysis; hydrodeoxygenation; supercritical liquefaction; VOC removal; DeNOx; removal of particulate matter
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Interests: analytical pyrolysis; energy conversion; waste treatment; microplastic analysis; catalytic conversion; biomass; waste plastics
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Interests: catalytic pyrolysis of waste plastics; hydrodeoxygenation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue is a continuation of the previous successful Special Issue “Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis".
Owing to the increasing attention paid to organic polymers as a renewable energy source—including biomass, plastic wastes, and other municipal solid wastes (MSW)—research into the pyrolysis of these polymeric materials into liquid fuels or high-value chemicals has been rapidly expanding in the last decade. The primary pyrolysis vapors produced by the thermal decomposition of waste polymers, especially biomass, are the mixture of highly functionalized monomeric and oligomeric compounds such as aldehydes, acids, anhydrosugars, phenols, etc., which are unsuitable for use as fuels or chemicals. To date, a range of different catalytic materials, including zeolites, metal catalysts, and mixed metal oxides, have been applied to the pyrolysis process to shift the product distribution to value-added chemicals, such as aromatic hydrocarbons, olefins, paraffins, naphthenes, and ketones. However, many of them suffer from several disadvantages, such as fast deactivation, low selectivity, high process costs, etc. More research should be conducted on the catalytic pyrolysis of renewable polymer materials to increase the yield and selectivity to the targeted chemicals and extend the catalyst lifetime. In this regard, this Special Issue is dedicated to topics such as the catalytic pyrolysis of waste organic polymers and the catalytic upgrading of the pyrolysis oils derived from these polymers (e.g., hydrotreating). The study of new catalysts, new upgrading chemistry, co-processing with conventional feedstock, catalyst deactivation/regeneration, and so on, which can be implemented to the pyrolysis process, will be the primary topics for this Special Issue.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Reviews, communications, and full research papers related to the catalytic pyrolysis of biomass or the catalytic upgrading of biomass pyrolysis oils are especially welcome.
Prof. Young-Kwon ParkProf. Young-Min Kim
Dr. Tae Uk Han
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- catalytic fast pyrolysis
- biomass
- plastic
- upgrading
- bio-oil
- pyrolysis oil
- hydrodeoxygenation
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