Solid Catalysts and Processes for Liquid Biofuels Production

A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalytic Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 458

Special Issue Editors

Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, GR-26504 Patras, Greece
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; synthesis and characterization of porous materials; catalyst preparation; surface characterization; catalytic oil upgrading processes; environmental catalysis; photocatalysis; development of catalysts for biofuel production
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Chemical Process & Energy Resources Research Institute– CPERI, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas – CERTH, 6th km Harilaou-Thermi Rd., 57001 Thermi-Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: catalytic hydrotreating and hydrocracking of lipids (vegetable oils, waste oils, micro-algal oils) for the production of paraffinic fuels; upgrading of pyrolysis biooil via catalytic hydrodeoxygenation; hydrothermal liquefaction of bio-based feedstocks; experimental evaluation of hydrodesulfurization and hydrocracking catalysts; statistical modeling for monitoring catalytic hydrotreating processes; oxidation and decomposition mechanisms of FAME biodiesel in diesel engines; sustainability assessment of bioethanol and biodiesel production processes
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School of Science and Technology, Hellenic Open University, GR-26335 Patras, Greece
Interests: interface science; catalysis; porous materials; physicochemical characterization of materials and surfaces; advanced synthesis of solid catalysts; environmental catalysis; air and water pollution control; renewable energy; biofuels

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

It is well known that after about one and a half century of extensive use of fossil fuels, humanity faces a serious problem, as these fuels have become less abundant or at least more difficult and expensive to extract from the Earth, and moreover, their use contributes significantly to the increase in greenhouse gasses and generally climate change.

The conversion of biomass to liquid fuels is one of the alternatives. Liquid biofuels are very attractive since they can be utilized as transportation fuels with diminutive changes to current technologies; they also have significant potential to improve sustainability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In agriculture, in forestry, as well as various anthropogenic activities, a lot of waste biomass is produced which can be converted into transportation fuels. This can be achieved by speeding up or bypassing nature’s fossilization process to produce the desired product in seconds or minutes instead of millions of years, by applying catalysis. In several of today’s new biomass conversion processes, solid catalysts are used that are active and robust and can handle difficult feedstock. However, significant advancements in production technologies have to be undertaken before an economically and environmentally feasible use of biomass-based fuels can be realized. Biomass conversion processes should utilize waste and byproducts as raw materials, increase atom efficiency, and utilize as much as possible from the biomass feed, minimize energy consumption, and maximize selectivity to the desired products. Although progress in process engineering could contribute to this target, the development of new catalysts and catalytic processes is expected to play a decisive role toward green production of fuels from biomass.

In this Special Issue, we welcome research efforts in the field of catalytic biomass valorization for liquid fuel production, aiming at offering a platform for high-quality publications. More precisely, we invite research and review articles dealing with the development of processes for producing liquid biofuels (e.g., gas-to-liquid (GTL), biomass-to-liquid (BTL), Fischer–Tropsch liquid (FTL)) technologies) as well as with the development of solid catalysts for these processes for the production of liquid biofuels, such as biodiesel, renewable (green) diesel, green kerosene (aviation fuel), green gasoline, bioethanol, biomethanol, biobutanol, etc.

Prof. Dr. Christos Kordulis
Dr. Stella Bezergianni
Prof. Dr. Kyriakos Bourikas
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Renewable energy
  • Bioenergy
  • Biomass valorization
  • Biomass feedstocks
  • Raw materials
  • Catalytic chemical conversion of biomass
  • Liquid biofuels production
  • Biodiesel
  • Bioethanol
  • Biomethanol
  • Biobutanol
  • Green kerosene
  • Green gasoline
  • Green (renewable) diesel
  • Development of solid catalysts
  • Processes for biofuels upgrading
  • Catalyst characterization
  • Heterogeneous catalysts
  • Nanostructured catalysts
  • Transesterification
  • Hydrotreatment
  • Decarbonylation
  • Decarboxylation
  • Deoxygenation
  • Hydrodeoxygenation
  • Gasification and pyrolysis
  • Gasification and Fischer–Tropsch (F-T) synthesis
  • Biomass-derived syngas fermentation into biofuels

Published Papers

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