Upgrading of peat to gas/liquid fuels in supercritical water with catalysts

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication233rd ACS National Meeting, Abstracts of Scientific Papers
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
ISSN (Print)0065-7727

Conference

Title233rd ACS National Meeting
PlaceUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period25 - 29 March 2007

Abstract

The feasibility of upgrading peat biomass to gas/liquid fuels of higher energy densities by supercritical water treatment has been examined in this study. The peat was effectively converted, at a conversion of 70-94%, to gas, liquid and solid products by supercritical water treatment at 380-440C without and with catalysts. The presence of 0.1M of either Ca(OH)2 or FeSO4 significantly enhanced the yields of both heavy oil and gaseous products. The SCW treatment of the peat with 1.0M Ca(OH)2 as catalyst, yet significantly decreasing the gas yield, produced a H2/CH4/CO-rich gaseous product of a HHV as high as 27.7 MJ/kg.

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Upgrading of peat to gas/liquid fuels in supercritical water with catalysts. / Xu, Chunbao; Donald, Jaclyn.
233rd ACS National Meeting, Abstracts of Scientific Papers. 2007. (ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts).

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review