H2 production by sorption enhanced steam reforming of biomass-derived bio-oil

Abstract

Hydrogen production by sorption enhanced steam reforming (SESR) of the bio-oil obtained from the fast pyrolysis of biomass was thermodynamic and experimentally studied through the mixture of three main model compounds in a fixed bed reactor. The oxygenated model compounds of the components present in the bio-oils produced by the fast pyrolysis of biomass selected in the present work were: acetic acid (AcH) as an model compound of organic acids, acetone (AcCO) as a model compound of carbonyl-containing constituents (mainly aldehydes and ketones) and phenol (PhOH) as a model compound of phenolic constituents.