Valorization of bio-oil from maple sawdust for transportation fuels
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dalai, Ajay | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Sparks, Gordon | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Wang, Hui | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hill, Gordon | en_US |
| dc.creator | Jacobson, Kathlene Laurie | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-19T17:21:29Z | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-04T04:26:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-04-14T08:00:00Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-04T04:26:55Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2011-01 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-01 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | January 2011 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Fuels from biomass (biofuels) are used to mitigate the greenhouse gases produced through the utilization of fossil fuels. Non-edible or waste biomass can be pyrolized to produce bio-oil. The oil (an unstable and low energy product) can be further upgraded through hydrodeoxygenation to produce gas and/or diesel range hydrocarbons and value added chemicals. In this research, the valorization of fast pyrolysis bio-oil from maple sawdust was explored in two steps. Primarily, solvent extraction was carried out to remove water from the bio-oil (35% water, 55% oxygen and a heating value of 21.6 MJ/kg). The solvents explored were benzene, ethanol, and chloroform. Chloroform reduced the amount of high molecular oxygenates from 58 to 30%, increased the amount of hydrocarbons from 20 to 41%, and reduced the moisture content to | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-03192011-172129 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | hydrotreating | en_US |
| dc.subject | Biooil | en_US |
| dc.subject | hydroprocessing | en_US |
| dc.title | Valorization of bio-oil from maple sawdust for transportation fuels | en_US |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | text | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Chemical Engineering | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Chemical Engineering | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Saskatchewan | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en_US |