TY - GEN
T1 - Lignin conversion to fuels, chemicals, and materials
AU - Hill Bembenic, Meredith A.
AU - Wang, Dongxiang
AU - Escallon, Maria
AU - Kjöenstad, Ingrid
AU - Clifford, Caroline Burgess
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - One of the best alternative and renewable hydrocarbon sources is plant biomass, which can be converted into transportation fuels and chemicals. Advantages of utilizing plant biomass as an energy source include its availability within the U.S. and its post-conversion potential to be incorporated into the current liquid transportation fuel infrastructure. Preliminary experiments with lignin-based feedstocks and high temperature water (350-400°C) are explored in an effort to observe the fundamental reactions and to optimize the characterization methods used for each type of phase generated. The use of different catalysts and/or gas atmospheres is also investigated as a means to improve lignin conversion at near supercritical conditions. Understanding the chemistry of lignin conversion has been challenging, yet this dictates how the by-products formed might be implemented into various existing processing facilities.
AB - One of the best alternative and renewable hydrocarbon sources is plant biomass, which can be converted into transportation fuels and chemicals. Advantages of utilizing plant biomass as an energy source include its availability within the U.S. and its post-conversion potential to be incorporated into the current liquid transportation fuel infrastructure. Preliminary experiments with lignin-based feedstocks and high temperature water (350-400°C) are explored in an effort to observe the fundamental reactions and to optimize the characterization methods used for each type of phase generated. The use of different catalysts and/or gas atmospheres is also investigated as a means to improve lignin conversion at near supercritical conditions. Understanding the chemistry of lignin conversion has been challenging, yet this dictates how the by-products formed might be implemented into various existing processing facilities.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78649770345
SN - 9780841200050
T3 - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
BT - American Chemical Society - 238th National Meeting and Exposition, ACS 2009, Abstracts of Scientific Papers
T2 - 238th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2009
Y2 - 16 August 2009 through 20 August 2009
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