Fates of chemical elements in biomass during its pyrolysis

WJ Liu, WW Li, H Jiang, HQ Yu - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Biomass is increasingly perceived as a renewable resource rather than as an organic solid
waste today, as it can be converted to various chemicals, biofuels, and solid biochar using …

Advancement in methodologies for reduction of nitroarenes

HK Kadam, SG Tilve - RSC advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The importance of aryl amines as raw materials for various applications has spurred
extensive research in developing economic processes for the reduction of nitroarenes …

Effect of impregnation solvent on Ni dispersion and catalytic properties of Ni/SBA-15 for CO methanation reaction

M Tao, X Meng, Y Lv, Z Bian, Z Xin - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
A series of SBA-15-supported Ni catalysts were prepared by incipient-wetness impregnation
with different nickel nitrate solutions and applied in the CO methanation reaction for the …

Vapour phase hydrocyclisation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone over supported Ni catalysts

V Mohan, V Venkateshwarlu, CV Pramod… - Catalysis Science & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Various Ni catalysts with 30 wt% Ni content were prepared by a conventional wet
impregnation method using different supports such as Al2O3, SiO2, ZnO, ZrO2, TiO2 and …

[HTML][HTML] Formic acid as renewable reagent and product in biomass upgrading

M Achour, D Álvarez-Hernández, E Ruiz-López… - Tetrahedron Green …, 2023 - Elsevier
The problems associated with the use of molecular hydrogen (transportation, storage and
high cost) have pushed scientists to the pursuit of efficient hydrogen donors, able to reduce …

Chemoselective hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes using MOF-derived co-based catalysts

X Wang, Y Li - Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2016 - Elsevier
The synthesis, characterization, and application of nitrogen-doped carbon supported Co
catalysts in selective hydrogenation of nitroarenes are described. The cobalt-based catalysts …

Steam reforming of guaiacol over Ni/SiO2 catalyst modified with basic oxides: Impacts of alkalinity on properties of coke

Z Zhang, X Zhang, L Zhang, Y Wang, X Li… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alkalinity is an important parameter affecting adsorption and evolution of reaction substrates
in steam reforming reactions. In this study, steam reforming of guaiacol, a model compounds …

Evaluation of hydrodeoxygenation reactivity of pyrolysis bio-oil with various Ni-based catalysts for improvement of fuel properties

S Oh, HS Choi, IG Choi, JW Choi - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Three Ni-based catalysts were prepared for hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of bio-oil with three
different support materials (active carbon, SBA-15 and Al-SBA-15) and their catalytic effects …

Clean synthesis of alkyl levulinates from levulinic acid over one pot synthesized WO3-SBA-16 catalyst

SS Enumula, VRB Gurram, RR Chada, DR Burri… - Journal of Molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present work highlights the application of solid acid catalyst to produce alkyl levulinate
from levulinic acid in continuous mode under vapor phase conditions. In this context …

Rice husk-derived carbon-silica supported Ni catalysts for selective hydrogenation of biomass-derived furfural and levulinic acid

VR Madduluri, KK Mandari, V Velpula, M Varkolu… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
To achieve good activity in a continuous vapor phase hydrogenation of biomass-derived
molecules via levulunic acid and furfural over rice husk derived C-SiO 2 supported nickel (5 …