Hydrothermal conversion of woody biomass with disodium octaborate tetrahydrate and boric acid

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6377442	Industrial Crops and Products	2013	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

- Woody biomass was converted into bio-oil at 250, 300 and 350Â Â°C using catalysts.
- The product distributions were affected by the temperature and catalyst types.
- The highest heating values were obtained with disodium octaborate tetrahydrate.

Keywords

TBO NIST HHV LBO HbO gas chromatograph–mass spectrometer GC–MS Boric acid Solid residue Brunauer, Emmett and Teller Bio-char Hydrothermal conversion Bio-oil Biomass BET SEM National Institute of Standards and Technology scanning electron microscope Higher heating value