FT-ICR MS analysis of blended pine-microalgae feedstock HTL biocrudes

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Jarvis, Jacqueline M.¹  Billing, Justin M.²  Corilo, Yuri E.³  Schmidt, Andrew J.²  Hallen, Richard T.²  Schaub, Tanner M.¹ 

[1] New Mexico State Univ, Chem Anal & Instrumentat Lab, Coll Agr Consumer & Environm Sci, 945 Coll Ave, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA

[2] Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Chem & Biol Proc Dev Grp, POB 999, Richland, WA 99352 USA

[3] Florida State Univ, Natl High Magnet Field Lab, 1800 East Paul Dirac Dr, Tallahassee, FL 32310 USA

关键词: HTL;    Hydrothermal liquefaction;    Biocrude;    Biomass;    FT-ICR;    Mass spectrometry;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.fuel.2017.12.016

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) is utilized for direct comparison of the chemical composition of biocrudes generated from the hydrothermal liquefaction of 100% pine, 100% algae, 75:25 pine: algae, and 50:50 pine: algae feedstocks. This analysis reveals that the composition of the 72:25 and 50:50 pine: algal HTL biocrudes is essentially a composite of the two parent feeds (i.e., pine and algae) with a lower relative abundance of O-x species and a higher relative abundance of nitrogen-containing species than the pine HTL biocrude. Alternatively, the biocrude blends have a lower relative abundance of nitrogen-containing species where N > 2 than the algal HTL biocrude. The 75:25 pine:algal HTL biocrude has more elemental formulae in common with the pine HTL biocrude than the 50:50 blend; however, both blends have more elemental formulae in common with the algal HTL biocrude. Interestingly, > 20% of the elemental formulae assigned to monoisotopic peaks within the 75:25 and 50:50 biocrude blends are species not present in either the pine or algal HTL biocrudes. The highest relative abundance of these new species belong to the N2O4-6 classes, which correspond to heteroatom classes with a moderate number of nitrogen atoms and higher number of oxygen atoms per molecules than the species within the pure algal HTL biocrude. Compositionally, the novel species have the same structural motif but are of higher DBE and carbon numbers than the species within the algal HTL biocrude. These original species are most likely generated from reactions between molecules from both feeds, which results in compounds with higher oxygen content than typically seen in the algal HTL biocrude but also higher nitrogen contents than observed in the pine HTL biocrude.

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