Reaction characteristics and mechanisms of sorbitol fast pyrolysis

HU Bin; GUO Xue-wen; LI Yang; CHENG An-shuai; LIU Ji; LU Qiang

doi:10.1016/S1872-5813(21)60150-0

Volume 49 Issue 12

Dec. 2021

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HU Bin, GUO Xue-wen, LI Yang, CHENG An-shuai, LIU Ji, LU Qiang. Reaction characteristics and mechanisms of sorbitol fast pyrolysis[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2021, 49(12): 1821-1831. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(21)60150-0

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HU Bin, GUO Xue-wen, LI Yang, CHENG An-shuai, LIU Ji, LU Qiang. Reaction characteristics and mechanisms of sorbitol fast pyrolysis[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2021, 49(12): 1821-1831. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(21)60150-0

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Reaction characteristics and mechanisms of sorbitol fast pyrolysis

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(21)60150-0

HU Bin^{1, 2
,},
GUO Xue-wen^{1, 2},
LI Yang^{1, 2},
CHENG An-shuai^{1, 2},
LIU Ji^{1, 2},
LU Qiang^{1, 2
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,}

1.
State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electric Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
2.
National Engineering Laboratory for Biomass Power Generation Equipment, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China

Funds: The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52006069, 51922040), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021T140202) and State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources (LAPS202111)

Received Date: 2021-06-30
Rev Recd Date: 2021-07-29

Available Online: 2021-09-03

Publish Date: 2021-12-29

Abstract

Abstract

In the present study, the fast pyrolysis characteristics of sorbitol were deeply explored and the formation mechanism of the main products was revealed using fast pyrolysis experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The results show that the fast pyrolysis of sorbitol mainly produces low molecular weight products such as hydroxyacetaldehyde (HAA) and hydroxyacetone (HA), furan-based products such as furfural (FF) and 1-(2-furanyl)-ethanone (2-FE), and anhydrosugar product (isosorbitol (IS)). The yield of HA and HAA products is the highest, due to their lower overall energy barriers. Notably, the generation of HA and HAA are simultaneous. The formation of furan-based products 2-FE and FF needs to overcome relatively higher overall energy barriers, despite that some intermediates also appear in the formation of HA and HAA. Hence, the yields of furan-based products are lower than those of low molecular weight products. The reaction intermediates for formation of anhydrosugar IS are different from those of HA/HAA and 2-FE/FF. The overall energy barrier is high that leads to a very low yield of IS. This study provides a theoretical insight into the mechanism research and technique development for selective pyrolysis of sorbitol.
- sorbitol,
- fast pyrolysis experiment,
- density functional theory,
- reaction mechanism

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