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Synthesis of high-performance jet fuel blends from biomass-derived 4-ethylphenol and phenylmethanol.
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Chemical Engineering Science . Dec2018, Vol. 191, p343-349. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Bicyclic and multi-cyclic hydrocarbons usually have high density over 0.87 g/cm 3 , which is very popular to synthesize from biomass-derived renewable chemicals, but their cryogenic properties need to be further improved for practical applications. In this work, we synthesized ethyl-substituted bicyclic high-performance hydrocarbons with improved cryogenic properties from the biomass-derived 4-ethylphenol and phenylmethaol. For the alkylation reaction between 4-ethylphenol with phenylmethanol, the reaction conditions were optimized, under which the conversion of phenylmethanol can achieve 100% with monoalkylated products (2-benzyl-4-ethylphenol and 3-benzyl-4-ethylphenol) selectivity of 71%. After hydrodeoxygenation catalyzed by a mixture catalyst of Pd/C and HZSM-5, the alkylation products were mainly converted to the ethyl-substituted dicyclohexylmethane. The obtained fuel shows a high density of 0.873 g/cm 3 (20 °C), gravimetric net heat of combustion of 42.7 MJ/kg, and the freezing point of −42 °C, which is promising to serve as a blend component for jet fuel application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *JET fuel
*BIOMASS
*PHENOLS
*METHANOL
*HYDROCARBONS
*ALKYLATION
*BENZYL alcohol
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00092509
- Volume :
- 191
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Chemical Engineering Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 131334088
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2018.07.001