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Highly Selective Upgrading of Biomass‐Derived Alcohol Mixtures for Jet/Diesel‐Fuel Components
Author(s) -
Liu Qiang,
Xu Guoqiang,
Wang Xicheng,
Liu Xiaoran,
Mu Xindong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201601152
Subject(s) - jet fuel , diesel fuel , alcohol fuel , biomass (ecology) , biofuel , renewable fuels , combustion , renewable energy , vegetable oil refining , catalysis , alcohol , chemistry , organic chemistry , synthetic fuel , chemical engineering , waste management , fossil fuel , biodiesel , engineering , geology , oceanography , electrical engineering
In light of the increasing concern about the energy and environmental problems caused by the combustion of petroleum‐based fuels (e.g., jet and diesel fuels), the development of new procedures for their sustainable production from renewable biomass‐derived platform compounds has attracted tremendous attention recently. Long‐chain ketones/alcohols are promising fuel components owing to the fuel properties that closely resemble those of traditional fuels. The focus of this report is the production of long‐chain ketones/alcohols by direct upgrading of biomass‐derived short‐chain alcohol mixtures (e.g., isopropanol–butanol–ethanol mixtures) in pure water. An efficient Pd catalyst system was developed for these highly selective transformations. Long‐chain ketones/alcohols (C 8 –C 19 ), which can be used as precursors for renewable jet/diesel fuel, were obtained in good‐to‐high selectivity (>90 %) by using the developed Pd catalyst.