{"title":"Corrigendum to “Test and performance optimization of nozzle inclination angle and swirl combustor in a low-tar biomass gasifier: a biomass power generation system perspective” [Carbon Resour. Convers. (2022) 139–149]","authors":"Md Mashiur Rahman","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"6 3","pages":"Page 183"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49704021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mazizah R.A. Helmi , Dyah Utami C. Rahayu , Arnia P. Pratama , Irena Khatrin , Anita N. Ramadhani , Yuni K. Krisnandi
{"title":"Comparative study of microwave-assisted versus conventional heated reactions of biomass conversion into levulinic acid over hierarchical Mn3O4/ZSM-5 zeolite catalysts","authors":"Mazizah R.A. Helmi , Dyah Utami C. Rahayu , Arnia P. Pratama , Irena Khatrin , Anita N. Ramadhani , Yuni K. Krisnandi","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Conversion of delignified cellulose from rice husk biomass, and model compounds of cellobiose and glucose to levulinic acid (LA) over hierarchical Mn<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/ZSM-5 catalyst was carried out using a household microwave method, and then compared to the established conventional thermos-reaction method. The hierarchical ZSM-5 was prepared using a double template method, aiming for micro and mesoporous systems developed in the structure. The as-prepared ZSM-5 were modified with Mn<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> through incipient wetness impregnation with Mn<sup>2+</sup> solution followed by calcination at 550 °C. The catalysts were characterized using various techniques such as powder XRD, SEM, BET, AAS, and FT-IR which indicated the hierarchical structure of MFI zeolite (Si/Al of 30–34) with Mn loading of 2.14 wt%. The conversion products were analyzed using HPLC, <sup>1</sup>H NMR, and <sup>13</sup>C NMR instruments. The microwave-assisted reaction using 600 W for 180 s using delignified cellulose, cellobiose, and glucose gave conversion of 37.27%, 46.35%, and 54.29%, respectively which is close to the conversion given by the conventional reaction carried out at 130 °C for 4 h (36.75%, 55.62%, and 60.9%, respectively). Interestingly, the LA yield from the microwave-assisted reaction (4.33%, 6.12%, and 9.57%) is higher than the yield from the conventional reaction, which only produced 5.2%, 4.88%, and 6.93% respectively. The microwave-assisted method is also shown to give less by-products compared to the thermochemical reaction. Therefore, it could be considered an alternative method for converting cellulose to LA.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 245-252"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49704203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polypropylene pyrolysis and steam reforming over Fe-based catalyst supported on activated carbon for the production of hydrogen-rich syngas","authors":"Shuxiao Wang , Yibo Sun , Rui Shan , Jing Gu , Taoli Huhe , Xiang Ling , Haoran Yuan , Yong Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The purpose of this study is to explore a method for the high-yield production of hydrogen by pyrolysis and steam reforming of polymer plastics. The developed Fe-based catalyst supported on activated carbon was applied to reactions with polypropylene for hydrogen production. The effects of iron loading (%) in the catalyst, the total catalyst amount, and the water content in the reaction atmosphere on the performance of hydrogen and gas production were investigated. Under the optimal conditions, the hydrogen yield without water added reached 38.73 mmol/g<sub>PP</sub>, and this yield was significantly improved by adding water into the reaction atmosphere. By optimizing the amount of water added, the hydrogen yield reached 112.71 mmol/g<sub>PP</sub>. The surface morphology and structural components of the fresh and used catalysts were characterized, and the morphology and quantity of carbon deposition on the catalyst were analysed. The catalytic stability of the 15Fe/AC catalyst was determined by repeating the test 10 times under the optimal reaction conditions. As the reaction time increased, the selectivity of the catalyst for hydrogen decreased and that for hydrocarbons increased. Moreover, the experimental method used in this study had excellent hydrogen production capacity. Thus, this study provided a novel method for the high-efficiency production of hydrogen by pyrolysis and steam reforming of polymer plastics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 173-182"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41474505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kai Wei , Rui Zhang , Gang Chen , Zhuo Chen , Ruixin Dai , Xiaohong Lv , Shujiang Geng
{"title":"Performance degradation mechanism of lithium compounds ceramic fuel cell with GDC as electrolyte","authors":"Kai Wei , Rui Zhang , Gang Chen , Zhuo Chen , Ruixin Dai , Xiaohong Lv , Shujiang Geng","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.03.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The performance degradation mechanism of ceramic fuel cell with NCAL (Ni<sub>0.8</sub>Co<sub>0.15</sub>Al<sub>0.05</sub>LiO<sub>2</sub>) as symmetrical electrode and GDC as electrolyte in H<sub>2</sub> is investigated. It is found that under the condition of 550 °C and constant current density of 0.2 A·cm<sup>−2</sup>, the output voltage of the cell is about 1.005 V in the initial 10 h and remains relatively stable. After 10 h, the voltage of the cell began to decrease gradually, and by 50 h, the voltage had decreased to 0.522 V. The results testing electrochemical performance of the cell and characterizing the cell materials before and after test using SEM, TOF-SIMS and FTIR indicate that the distribution of Li<sub>2</sub>O/LiOH/Li<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> compounds generated from NCAL anode in the cell plays a vital role in significantly improving the ionic conductivity of electrolyte and gas tightness of the cell. The dynamic migration of molten salt destroyed the continuity of molten salt in the cell, which in turn adversely impacted the ionic conductivity of electrolyte, gas tightness of the cell, and electrochemical reactions on both sides of the cathode and anode. These finally lead to the degradation of the cell performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 238-244"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44833949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kenta Dejima , Hirokazu Ishitobi , He Gao , Mai Saito , Nobuyoshi Nakagawa
{"title":"Increased utilization and mass activity of PtRu on reduced graphene oxide by heat treatment of its aerogel followed by composite with nanomaterials","authors":"Kenta Dejima , Hirokazu Ishitobi , He Gao , Mai Saito , Nobuyoshi Nakagawa","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.02.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The method to increase PtRu utilization and its catalytic activity of PtRu nanoparticles supported on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) by avoiding its restacking was proposed with the aim of developing an active catalyst for a direct methanol fuel cell. The heat treatment at 200 °C of the GO aerogel (GOA) prepared by freeze drying of GO ice was introduced to weaken the attractive force of the hydrogen bonding between the GO sheets followed by the composite with the nanoparticles, i.e., ketjenblack (KB), TiO<sub>2</sub> and Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub>, at different weight ratios. The catalyst supported on the heat-treated GOA (RGOA), PtRu/RGOA, improved the PtRu utilization to some extent and also increased the ECSA and mass activity compared to that of PtRu/RGO. RGOA had fewer oxygen functional groups, especially the epoxy groups. Due to the treatment and composite, the PtRu utilization was increased from 66.5% for PtRu/RGO to 128.6 % for PtRu/RGOA + Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub> (4:1) and the mass activity was improved from 50.7 A/g-<sub>PtRu</sub> for PtRu/RGO to 130.5 A/g-<sub>PtRu</sub> for PtRu/RGOA + Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub> (1:1). The Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub> nanoparticles showed the best catalytic performance for the composite suggesting that the strong interaction between Ti<sub>4</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and the Pt nanoparticles was effective due to its high electronic conductivity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 205-214"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44079273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reactivity and performance of steam gasification during biomass batch feeding","authors":"Yuna Ma, Zefeng Ge, Mingxun Zeng, Zhenting Zha, Yujie Tao, Huiyan Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The steam gasification characteristics of poplar sawdust were investigated in a piston fed fixed-bed gasifier, reflecting the batch feeding process of fixed-bed gasifiers in industrial applications. The effects of operating conditions, including steam supply, the flow rate of inert gas, gasification temperature, and feeding rate, on gasification reactivity and performance were investigated online. The major gas product during pyrolysis was CO, followed by H<sub>2</sub>, CH<sub>4</sub>, and CO<sub>2</sub>, and the gasification was greatly facilitated by the injection of steam to generate H<sub>2</sub>. The gasification reactivity and performance were improved with increased steam supply and temperature. The maximum production rate of H<sub>2</sub> by char gasification was tripled and doubled, respectively, with an increase in steam supply from 50 to 400 mL/min and a temperature rise from 800 to 900 °C, and the time required for complete gasification was also halved. Compared to pyrolysis, the volume fraction of H<sub>2</sub> increased from 23% to 37%, and correspondingly, the H<sub>2</sub>/CO ratio increased from 0.42 to 0.95.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 229-237"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44479067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shuchao Cheng , Xueyu Ding , Xinxin Dong , Mengjie Zhang , Xinqi Tian , Yang Liu , Yaji Huang , Baosheng Jin
{"title":"Immigration, transformation, and emission control of sulfur and nitrogen during gasification of MSW: Fundamental and engineering review","authors":"Shuchao Cheng , Xueyu Ding , Xinxin Dong , Mengjie Zhang , Xinqi Tian , Yang Liu , Yaji Huang , Baosheng Jin","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.03.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper proposes a comprehensive summary and analysis of an important issue during municipal solid waste (MSW) gasification-sulfur and nitrogen pollution. It provides an overview of the fundamentals of MSW and the basic aspects of nitrogen and sulfur elements. Their characteristics of immigration, transformation and distribution during gasification with control solutions in realized or potential engineering are also concluded. The analysis indicates that the complete scenario of the occurrence form of sulfur and nitrogen elements in MSW is difficult to obtain, owing to the diverse sources and complicated compositions. However, with the assistance of advanced characterization and quantification methods (XPS, XRD, TG-FTIR, et al.), the common sulfur- and nitrogen-containing compounds in both organic and inorganic states can be detected. Adjustment of gasification conditions can regulate the transformation of these elements for emission control. The multiple pollutants including H<sub>2</sub>S, SO<em><sub>x</sub></em>, COS, NH<sub>3</sub>, HCN and NO<em><sub>x</sub></em> cannot be eliminated by one-step treatment but a combination of adsorption and catalytic treatments may realize the control goal. This research aims to benefit meeting emission standards during MSW gasification and to provide a reference for other processes such as incineration, pyrolysis and other feedstocks like biomass and refuse derived fuel (RDF).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 184-204"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49508040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhen Lu , Hongjie Kang , Ji Li , Jianpeng Shang , Kun Yang , Rui Liu , Zuopeng Li , Feng Feng , Yong Guo , Haidong Zhao
{"title":"Green preparation of self-supporting platinum nanoflower catalyst and its electrocatalytic oxidation performance of methanol","authors":"Zhen Lu , Hongjie Kang , Ji Li , Jianpeng Shang , Kun Yang , Rui Liu , Zuopeng Li , Feng Feng , Yong Guo , Haidong Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crcon.2023.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The three-dimensional (3D) self-supporting Pt nanoflower catalyst was prepared by using Pt organic compounds as precursors in a low-temperature molten salt system. The obtained Pt nanoflower nanoparticle can reach 400–500 nm with a face-centered cubic structure, which has the structural characteristics of a loose framework and more exposed active sites. The surfactant-free Pt nanoflower was directly used as methanol electrooxidation reaction (MOR) electrocatalysts without any pretreatment and activated carbon support. The results of electrochemical catalytic oxidation of methanol showed that the Pt nanoflower catalyst exhibit more enhanced electrocatalytic oxidation performance toward methanol compared with the commercial platinum black catalyst. The green and effective method can be developed and expected to enable mass production of fuel cell catalysts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":52958,"journal":{"name":"Carbon Resources Conversion","volume":"6 3","pages":"Pages 167-172"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47204597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}