Reaction Pathways for the Deoxygenation of Biomass-Pyrolysis-Derived Bio-oil on Ru: A DFT Study using Furfural as a Model Compound

• Main Authors: Banerjee, Arghya, Mushrif, Samir Hemant
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Biomass; DFT calculations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83376; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43536
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Fast pyrolysis is emerging as a promising route for the production of liquid fuels from biomass. However, pyrolysis-derived bio-oil needs to be upgraded prior to its utilization as a fuel and hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) is an important catalytic step for its upgrade. Design of suitable catalysts with h...