[HTML][HTML] Methanol fuel production, utilization, and techno-economy: a review

TJ Deka, AI Osman, DC Baruah… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2022 - Springer
Climate change and the unsustainability of fossil fuels are calling for cleaner energies such
as methanol as a fuel. Methanol is one of the simplest molecules for energy storage and is …

Paving the way for lignin valorisation: recent advances in bioengineering, biorefining and catalysis

R Rinaldi, R Jastrzebski, MT Clough… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin is an abundant biopolymer with a high carbon content and high aromaticity. Despite
its potential as a raw material for the fuel and chemical industries, lignin remains the most …

Challenges and opportunities for bio-oil refining: A review

AP Pinheiro Pires, J Arauzo, I Fonts, ME Domine… - Energy & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Bio-oil derived from fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic materials is among the most complex
and inexpensive raw oils that can be produced today. Although commercial or …

Multi-scale complexities of solid acid catalysts in the catalytic fast pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production–A review

R Liu, M Sarker, MM Rahman, C Li, M Chai… - Progress in Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite remarkable progress in catalytic fast pyrolysis, bio-oil production is far from
commercialization because of multi-scale challenges, and major constraints lie with …

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 …

Carbon-increasing catalytic strategies for upgrading biomass into energy-intensive fuels and chemicals

H Li, A Riisager, S Saravanamurugan, A Pandey… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant organic carbon source and has received a
great deal of interest as renewable and sustainable feedstock for the production of potential …

Bifunctional catalysts for upgrading of biomass-derived oxygenates: a review

AM Robinson, JE Hensley, JW Medlin - ACS catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Deoxygenation is an important reaction in the conversion of biomass-derived oxygenates to
fuels and chemicals. A key route for biomass refining involves the production of pyrolysis oil …

Catalytic reactions of gamma-valerolactone: A platform to fuels and value-added chemicals

K Yan, Y Yang, J Chai, Y Lu - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Gamma-valerolactone (GVL), which is accessible from renewable lignocellulosic
biomass, has been identified as one of the most promising platforms for the sustainable …

Transportation fuels from biomass fast pyrolysis, catalytic hydrodeoxygenation, and catalytic fast hydropyrolysis

TMH Dabros, MZ Stummann, M Høj, PA Jensen… - Progress in Energy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review presents and discusses the progress in combining fast pyrolysis and catalytic
hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) to produce liquid fuel from solid, lignocellulosic biomass. Fast …

Catalytic reforming of oxygenates: state of the art and future prospects

D Li, X Li, J Gong - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
This Review describes recent advances in the design, synthesis, reactivity, selectivity,
structural, and electronic properties of the catalysts for reforming of a variety of oxygenates …