PRODUCING FUEL AND SPECIALITY CHEMICALS FROM BIOMASS CONTAINING TRIGLYCERIDES AND CELLULOSE

摘要

A method for catalytically cracking a triglyceride-containing biomass can include the steps of (i) catalytically cracking triglycerides in a biomass-catalyst mixture, at a temperature below about 300 °C, to produce a first oil and a cellulosic portion and (ii) catalytically cracking cellulose in the cellulosic portion, at a temperature between about 300 and about 600 °C, to produce a second oil. Another method for catalytically cracking a triglyceride-containing biomass includes catalytically cracking triglycerides in a biomass-catalyst mixture, at a temperature between about 300 and about 600 °C, where the catalyst comprises an acidic or basic catalyst, to produce an oil comprising aromatics.