Hydrotreatment of pyrolysis bio-oil: A review

Y Han, M Gholizadeh, CC Tran, S Kaliaguine… - Fuel processing …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fast pyrolysis converts> 60 wt% of lignocellulosic materials into bio-oil. The two-step bio-oil
hydrotreatment concept has had a major impact in the development of bio-oil hydro …

Catalytic Upgrading of Ethanol to n‐Butanol: Progress in Catalyst Development

X Wu, G Fang, Y Tong, D Jiang, Z Liang… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Because n‐butanol as a fuel additive has more advantageous physicochemical properties
than those of ethanol, ethanol valorization to n‐butanol through homo‐or heterogeneous …

Kinetics and mechanism of hydrogenation of furfural on Cu/SiO2 catalysts

S Sitthisa, T Sooknoi, Y Ma, PB Balbuena… - Journal of catalysis, 2011 - Elsevier
The hydrogenation/hydrodeoxygenation of furfural was studied on a Cu/SiO2 catalyst at 230–
290° C. Detailed kinetics, density function (DFT) calculations, and spectroscopic studies …

Selective hydrodeoxygenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2, 5-dimethylfuran (DMF) over carbon supported copper catalysts using isopropyl alcohol as a …

YW Hsiao, X Zong, J Zhou, W Zheng… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Selective hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2, 5-
dimethylfuran is of great importance. We reveal a simple pathway for green and efficient …

The Nature of Active Copper Species in Cu-HMS Catalyst for Hydrogenation of Dimethyl Oxalate to Ethylene Glycol: New Insights on the Synergetic Effect between Cu0 and Cu …

A Yin, X Guo, WL Dai, K Fan - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Copper-containing mesoporous HMS catalysts prepared via a one-pot synthesis method
based on sol− gel chemistry have been systematically characterized focusing on the effect of …

Enhancing the stability of copper chromite catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of furfural using ALD overcoating

H Zhang, Y Lei, AJ Kropf, G Zhang, JW Elam, JT Miller… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The stability of a gas-phase furfural hydrogenation catalyst (CuCr 2 O 4⋅ CuO) was
enhanced by depositing a thin Al 2 O 3 layer using atomic layer deposition (ALD). Based on …

Influence of metal oxide support acid sites on Cu-catalyzed nonoxidative dehydrogenation of ethanol to acetaldehyde

S Hanukovich, A Dang, P Christopher - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Selective ethanol dehydrogenation to acetaldehyde is an important reaction because
acetaldehyde is a useful commodity chemical and can serve as a building block to produce …

Vapor-phase reaction of polyols over copper catalysts

S Sato, M Akiyama, R Takahashi, T Hara, K Inui… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2008 - Elsevier
The vapor-phase reaction of triols and diols was performed over copper metal catalysts.
Triols, such as 1, 2, 3-propanetriol (glycerol) and 1, 2, 3-and 1, 2, 4-butanetriols, were …

Exploring furfural catalytic conversion on Cu (111) from computation

Y Shi, Y Zhu, Y Yang, YW Li, H Jiao - Acs Catalysis, 2015 - ACS Publications
The full potential energy surface of the catalytic conversion of furfural to 2-methylfuran on the
Cu (111) surface has been systematically computed on the basis of density functional …

Preparation and characterization of carbon based acid catalysts for the dehydration of 2-propanol

J Bedia, JM Rosas, J Marquez, J Rodriguez-Mirasol… - Carbon, 2009 - Elsevier
The catalytic conversion of 2-propanol on carbon based acid catalysts obtained by chemical
activation of lignocellulosic waste with H3PO4 was investigated. The carbon acid catalysts …