SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

中国化学工程学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (5): 1-9.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2022.09.002

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Preparation of aromatic hydrocarbons from catalytic pyrolysis of digestate

Haodi Tan1, Minjiao Yang1,2, Yingquan Chen1, Xu Chen1, Francesco Fantozzi2,3, Pietro Bartocci4, Roman Tschentscher5, Federica Barontini6, Haiping Yang1, Hanping Chen1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;
    2. China-EU Institute for Clean and Renewable Energy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;
    3. Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia 06125, Italy;
    4. Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB-CSIC), Miguel Luesma Castán 4, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain;
    5. SINTEF Industry AS, Forskningsveien 1, 0373 Oslo, Norway;
    6. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Università di Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 2, Pisa 56122, Italy
  • 收稿日期:2022-04-04 修回日期:2022-08-31 出版日期:2023-05-28 发布日期:2023-07-08
  • 通讯作者: Yingquan Chen,E-mail:chenyingquan@hust.edu.cn;Pietro Bartocci,E-mail:pbartocci@icb.csic.es
  • 基金资助:
    This work was partially funded by the GTCLC-NEG project, which received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement(101018756). The authors would like to thank the Brisk 2 European project (731101) for funding this project. The project acronym was B2PB-SIN2-1001, and the project title was "Optimization of catalytic pyrolysis of digestate and sewage sludge."

Preparation of aromatic hydrocarbons from catalytic pyrolysis of digestate

Haodi Tan1, Minjiao Yang1,2, Yingquan Chen1, Xu Chen1, Francesco Fantozzi2,3, Pietro Bartocci4, Roman Tschentscher5, Federica Barontini6, Haiping Yang1, Hanping Chen1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;
    2. China-EU Institute for Clean and Renewable Energy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China;
    3. Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia 06125, Italy;
    4. Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB-CSIC), Miguel Luesma Castán 4, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain;
    5. SINTEF Industry AS, Forskningsveien 1, 0373 Oslo, Norway;
    6. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Università di Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 2, Pisa 56122, Italy
  • Received:2022-04-04 Revised:2022-08-31 Online:2023-05-28 Published:2023-07-08
  • Contact: Yingquan Chen,E-mail:chenyingquan@hust.edu.cn;Pietro Bartocci,E-mail:pbartocci@icb.csic.es
  • Supported by:
    This work was partially funded by the GTCLC-NEG project, which received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant Agreement(101018756). The authors would like to thank the Brisk 2 European project (731101) for funding this project. The project acronym was B2PB-SIN2-1001, and the project title was "Optimization of catalytic pyrolysis of digestate and sewage sludge."

摘要: Catalytic pyrolysis of digestate to produce aromatic hydrocarbons can be combined with anaerobic fermentation to effectively transform and utilize all biomass components, which can achieve the meaningful purpose of transforming waste into high-value products. This study explored whether catalytic pyrolysis of digestate is feasible to prepare aromatic hydrocarbons by analyzing the thermogravimetric characteristics, pyrolysis characteristics, and catalytic pyrolysis characteristics of digestate. For digestate pyrolysis, an increase in temperature was found to elevate the CO, CH4, and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (benzene, toluene, and xylene; BTX) content, whereas it decreased the contents of phenols, acids, aldehydes, and other oxygenates. Furthermore, the catalytic pyrolysis process effectively inhibited the acids, phenols, and furans in the liquid, whereas the yield of BTX increased from 25.45% to 45.99%, and the selectivity of xylene was also increased from 10.32% to 28.72% after adding ZSM-5. ZSM-5 also inhibited the production of nitrogenous compounds.

关键词: Digestate, Catalysis, Pyrolysis, Aromatic hydrocarbons, Molecular sieves

Abstract: Catalytic pyrolysis of digestate to produce aromatic hydrocarbons can be combined with anaerobic fermentation to effectively transform and utilize all biomass components, which can achieve the meaningful purpose of transforming waste into high-value products. This study explored whether catalytic pyrolysis of digestate is feasible to prepare aromatic hydrocarbons by analyzing the thermogravimetric characteristics, pyrolysis characteristics, and catalytic pyrolysis characteristics of digestate. For digestate pyrolysis, an increase in temperature was found to elevate the CO, CH4, and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (benzene, toluene, and xylene; BTX) content, whereas it decreased the contents of phenols, acids, aldehydes, and other oxygenates. Furthermore, the catalytic pyrolysis process effectively inhibited the acids, phenols, and furans in the liquid, whereas the yield of BTX increased from 25.45% to 45.99%, and the selectivity of xylene was also increased from 10.32% to 28.72% after adding ZSM-5. ZSM-5 also inhibited the production of nitrogenous compounds.

Key words: Digestate, Catalysis, Pyrolysis, Aromatic hydrocarbons, Molecular sieves