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Bench scale catalytic fast pyrolysis of empty fruit bunches over low
cost catalysts and HZSM-5 using a fixed bed reactor
Donghoon Ro a, 1, Young-Min Kim b, 1, In-Gu Lee c, Jungho Jae d, e, Sang-Chul Jung f,
Sang Chai Kim g, Young-Kwon Park a, *
a
School of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, South Korea
b
Department of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Hallym University, Chunchon 25242, South Korea
c
Biomass and Waste Energy Laboratory, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon 34129, South Korea
d
Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, South Korea
e
Division of Energy & Environment Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, South Korea
f
Department of Environmental Engineering, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, South Korea
g
Department of Environmental Education, Mokpo National University, Muan 58554, South Korea
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history: The performance of HZSM-5 and low cost catalysts, such as the spent fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)
Received 31 August 2017 catalyst, bentonite, dolomite, and olivine, on the production of high-quality bio-oil during the catalytic
Received in revised form pyrolysis of empty fruit bunches (EFBs) was compared in a bench scale fixed bed reactor. The spent FCC
4 December 2017
and HZSM-5 catalysts showed higher cracking performance than bentonite, dolomite, and olivine. The
Accepted 10 December 2017
Available online 11 December 2017
catalytic pyrolysis of EFB over the spent FCC catalyst showed higher selectivity to phenol (31.5%) and
alkyl phenols (26.0%) due to the effective dealkoxylation of guaiacols and syringols, whereas HZSM-5
provided the higher selectivity to aromatic hydrocarbons (40.4%). The catalytic pyrolysis of EFB over
Keywords:
Bench scale catalytic pyrolysis using a fixed
the spent FCC catalyst and HZSM-5 produced bio-oil with a higher heating value (28.44e31.18 MJ/kg)
bed reactor than other bio-oils obtained over bentonite (27.89 MJ/kg) and olivine (16.83 MJ/kg). The bio-oils obtained
Empty fruit bunches from the catalytic pyrolysis of EFB over the spent FCC and HZSM-5 catalysts also had a lower viscosity
Spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst (7.0e13.5 mm2/s) than those (13.8e22.1 mm2/s) over the other catalysts, even after accelerated aging at
Aromatic hydrocarbons 80 C for 1 day.
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water content, high oxygen content (Lee et al., 2017), and thermal TCD). The heating value and viscosity of the fresh and aged bio-oils
instability (Lee et al., 2016). obtained from the catalytic pyrolysis of EFB were also measured to
Empty fruit bunches (EFBs) are abundant biomass species har- evaluate the stability of the product bio-oil.
vested mainly in the subtropics (Shinoj et al., 2011). The amount of
waste EFB is increasing rapidly due to increasing cultivation of palm 2. Experimental
(Vijaya et al., 2008). Although waste EFB can be used to produce
organic fertilizer or burnt to generate steam for the production of 2.1. Sample
electricity (Palamae et al., 2014), most of the waste is dumped in
landfill without proper treatment. This means that a large amount EFB of oil palm harvested in Indonesia, Elaeis guineensis, was
of EFB can be used as a feedstock for the production of bio-fuel and/ dried at 110 C for 24 h, milled, and sieved to make a particle size
or chemicals (Chang, 2014), and the pyrolysis of EFB can be a between 400 and 600 mm. Table 1 lists the ultimate and proximate
candidate method for producing large amounts of bio-oil from EFB. analysis results of EFB.
Sukiran et al. (2009) obtained 42.28% bio-oil from the pyrolysis of
EFB at 500 C using a fluidized bed reactor; the calorific value of the 2.2. Catalysts
bio-oil produced ranged from 20 to 21 MJ/kg. Abdullah and
Gerhauser (2008) improved the yield of bio-oil further using the Dolomite, olivine, and spent FCC catalyst were obtained from
ash-removed EFB by a washing pretreatment. Although large local companies in Korea. Bentonite and silica sand were purchased
amounts of bio-oil can be produced by the pyrolysis of EFB, its from Sigma Aldrich. HZSM-5(30, SiO2/Al2O3 ¼ 30) was supplied by
direct use as a fuel or chemical is still difficult due to the low quality Zeolyst International. Before the catalytic pyrolysis experiments,
of bio-oil caused by the large quantities of unstable oxygen- dolomite was calcined at 800 C for 2 h, and the other catalysts
containing compounds (Rodionova et al., 2017). The catalytic py- were calcined at 550 C for 3 h and kept in a desiccator. BET analysis
rolysis of EFB has been attempted as a means of overcoming the results showed that HZSM-5 has the highest surface area (405 m2/
limitations to the use of EFB pyrolysis oil. Auta et al. (2014) used g), followed by spent FCC (171 m2/g), bentonite (19 m2/g), dolomite
Ca(OH)2 as a catalyst for the catalytic pyrolysis of EFB and reported (9 m2/g), and olivine (2 m2/g). This indicates that HZSM-5 and spent
an improved selectivity to phenolic compounds, that can be used as FCC have a significantly larger surface area than the other catalysts,
a valuable chemical feedstock. which can have a positive impact on their activity. Table S3 and
Many types of catalysts, such as metal oxides (Yoshikawa et al., Fig. S1 (Supplementary Information) present the analysis results
2014), activated charcoal (Eibner et al., 2017), and microporous of the pore size and acidity.
zeolites (Kim et al., 2015a) and mesoporous materials (Kim et al.,
2017), have been tested for the catalytic pyrolysis of biomass. Of 2.3. Catalytic pyrolysis and product analysis
these, HZSM-5 has been identified as the most appropriate catalyst
to produce high-quality bio-oil with a higher selectivity to aromatic Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of the fixed-bed reactor used
hydrocarbons because of its high acidity and suitable pore size. in this study. The reactor consisted of a furnace, four cooling con-
Veses et al. (2015) attempted the use of low cost materials, such densers using air or anti-freezing liquid cooling, and a gas sampling
as clay minerals for the catalytic pyrolysis of biomass. A spent fluid bag (20 L Tedlar). For the thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of EFB over
catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst, a by-product obtained from an oil- each catalyst, a mixture of EFB (50 g) and catalyst (50 g) was loaded
cracking refinery plant, also has potential for the catalytic pyrolysis onto the sample position at ambient temperature and 500 mL/min
of polymeric materials because it still has high acidity that can of nitrogen gas was supplied to the system for 30 min before the
promote the aromatization reactions of pyrolysis vapors. Barbarias reaction to purge the residual air inside the reactor. After nitrogen
et al. (2015) reported the catalytic effects of spent FCC catalyst on purging, the furnace was heated to the target temperature, 400,
the catalytic cracking of plastic waste. They obtained high yields of 500, or 600 C. When the furnace temperature was stabilized, fast
gasoline (52 wt %) and light olefins (28 wt %) from the catalytic pyrolysis was initiated by sliding the furnace from the standby
pyrolysis of high density polyethylene over the spent FCC catalyst, position to the reaction position. During reaction time (1 h), the
which indicates that the spent FCC catalyst can provide sufficient pyrolysis vapor emitted from the furnace was condensed in four
cracking efficiency for biomass pyrolysis. Zhang et al. (2013) also condensers and the emission gas emitted from the last condenser
examined the effects of different catalysts on the production of was collected in the gas sampling bag. After the experiments, the
aromatics and olefins via the catalytic pyrolysis of straw biomass yields of solid residue and condensed bio-oil were obtained by
and found that the spent FCC catalyst exhibited high selectivity to checking their weights directly and the gas yield was calculated by
benzene and ethylene. The use of spent FCC catalyst for the catalytic subtracting the summed weights of the solid residue and liquid
pyrolysis of plastics or biomass is meaningful because it can be a from that of the reactant. The chemical compositions of the bio-oil
possible way of recycling spent FCC catalysts (Ferella et al., 2016).
Other catalysts, such as bentonite (Sulman et al., 2009), dolomite
(Vassilatos et al., 1992), and olivine (Devi et al., 2005), have po- Table 1
tential use in the production of high-quality bio-oil via the catalytic Proximate and ultimate analysis of EFB.
pyrolysis of biomass but their catalytic effects have not been Sample EFB
studied systematically. The use of these catalysts might be a solu- Proximate analysisa (wt. %) Moisture 5.5
tion to produce value-added products not only from EFB, but also Volatiles 78.8
from other biomass. The economics of the catalytic pyrolysis pro- Fixed carbon 13.4
cess can be improved using highly active and inexpensive catalysts. Ash 2.3
Ultimate analysisa (wt. %) C 42.6
In this study, the performance of HZSM-5, spent FCC catalyst,
H 5.7
other low cost catalysts, such as bentonite, dolomite, and olivine, on Ob 39.5
the catalytic pyrolysis of EFB were evaluated using a fixed bed N 1.7
reactor. The chemical composition of the products (gas and bio-oil) S <0.3
was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry/flame a
Based on dried sample.
b
ionization detector/thermal conductivity detector (GC-MS/FID/ By difference.
300 D. Ro et al. / Journal of Cleaner Production 176 (2018) 298e303
and gas were analyzed by GC equipped with three different de- 400, 500, and 600 C. Silica sand was used as a heat medium to
tectors: GC/MSD (bio-oil), GC/TCD (CO and CO2), and GC/FID (light minimize the heat transfer limitation. As the pyrolysis temperature
hydrocarbons C1~C4). Table S1 (Supplementary Information) sum- was increased from 400 to 600 C, the gas yield was also increased
marizes the detailed operating conditions of the GC/MS/FID/TCD. from 26.3% at 400 C to 28.8% at 600 C due to the more effective
The product yields (wt. %) and/or peak area % for the product gas cracking reaction at higher temperatures. At 600 C, the yield of
and bio-oil were calculated using the average values obtained from solid residue was also increased along with a decrease in bio-oil
multiple reaction results (more than two times). The yields of each yield, which suggests that the additional formation of solid res-
product gas (i.e., CO, CO2, and light hydrocarbons) were obtained idue by the oligomerization of reaction intermediates was also
from the total gas yield multiplied by the selectivity of each prod- activated at 600 C. Among the three temperatures applied in this
uct. The gas product selectivity was calculated using the external study, the maximum bio-oil yield was obtained from pyrolysis at
standard calibration method. The bio-oil produced could be sepa- 500 C. This suggests that 500 C is the optimal temperature for
rated into an aqueous phase and organic phase. Elemental analysis producing large quantities of bio-oil. Therefore, 500 C was applied
of the organic phase bio-oil was also performed to estimate the as the reaction temperature for the catalytic pyrolysis of EFB
heating value of the product bio-oil. The viscosity of the organic because the decomposition temperature of biomass is not changed
phase bio-oil was analyzed using a U-type semi-micro viscometer significantly using the catalyst (Kim et al., 2016a,b,c).
(Cannon-manning, size 200). For the viscosity measurements, 3 mL
of the organic phase bio-oil was injected into the holder in a water
bath (40 C). After 5 min, the bio-oil was moved to the opposite side 3.2. Catalytic pyrolysis of EFB
of a U-type tube by the vacuum applied by a syringe pump, and the
movement time was measured. The viscosity (mm2/s) was calcu- Fig. 3 shows the yields of gas, bio-oil, and solid residue obtained
lated from the moving time (s) of bio-oil in a U-type tube and the from the catalytic pyrolysis of EFB over bentonite, dolomite, olivine,
viscosity constant at 40 C (0.09083 mm2/s2). spent FCC catalyst, and HZSM-5(30) at 500 C. Compared to the non-
catalytic pyrolysis of EFB, catalytic pyrolysis produced smaller
quantities of bio-oil and larger amounts of solid residue. This suggests
3. Results and discussion that the additional conversion of bio-oils over the catalysts results in
a decrease of bio-oil yield and an increase in solid residue yield due to
3.1. Non-catalytic pyrolysis of EFB coke formation on the catalyst. Table S2 (Supplementary Informa-
tion) lists the fraction of aqueous phase and organic phase oil.
Fig. 2 presents the yields of gas, bio-oil, and solid residue ob- Spent FCC catalyst and HZSM-5(30) produced a much larger
tained from the non-catalytic pyrolysis of EFB over silica sand at amount of gas and a smaller amount of bio-oil during the catalytic
D. Ro et al. / Journal of Cleaner Production 176 (2018) 298e303 301
40
the catalytic pyrolysis of EFB over HZSM-5 showed the highest
selectivity to aromatic hydrocarbons compared to the other cata-
35 lysts because of its strong acidity and appropriate pore structure
(Rezaei et al., 2014). The high selectivity to aromatic hydrocarbons
30 in bio-oil and light olefins in gas can be explained by the general
catalytic pyrolysis reaction pathway of biomass over the acid cat-
25 alysts. During the catalytic pyrolysis of biomass, various types of
oxygen containing compounds, such as levoglucosan, acids, furans,
ketones, aldehydes, and phenols, are produced as the initial py-
20
350 400 450 500 550 600 650
rolysis products. Deoxygenation reactions, such as dehydration,
decarbonylation, decarboxylation, and cracking of these oxygen
Temperature (oC) containing pyrolyzates at the acid sites on the surface and in the
pores of the catalysts lead to the formation of light olefins. These
Fig. 2. Yields of gas, bio-oil, and solid residue obtained from the non-catalytic pyrolysis
of EFB over silica sand at 400, 500, and 600 C.
light olefins form a hydrocarbon pool inside the pores of the cata-
lysts that finally produces aromatic hydrocarbons (Zhang et al.,
2016). On the other hand, the conversion of phenolic pyrolyzates
50 to aromatics is preceded by phenolic pool mechanism suggested by
Bio-oil To and Resasco (2014). They indicate that the phenolic compounds
Solid residue
Gas
can be converted to other phenolic compounds via isomerization or
40 transalkylation, and the phenolic pool species via a condensation
reaction at the surface of the zeolite. The condensed phenolic pool
Product yield (wt%)
Table 3
GC/MS peak area % of each chemical group in organic phase bio-oils obtained from thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of EFB at 500 C.
Catalyst Aromatic hydrocarbons Phenols Acids Ketones Furans Alcohols Other oxygenatesa
10
Appendix A. Supplementary data
5
Supplementary data related to this article can be found at
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