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Comparison of Various Ion Exchange Resins for the Separation of Phenols in a Wood Pyrolysis-Based Biorefinery

Kristine Meile1,*, Martins Romanovskis1,2, Thomas Nicol3, Neil Hindle3, Aivars Zhurinsh1
1 Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Riga, LV-1006, Latvia
2 University of Latvia, Riga, LV-1004, Latvia
3 Nova Pangaea Technologies, Lealholme Building, Wilton International, Wilton, Redcar, TS10 4RG, UK
* Corresponding Author: Kristine Meile. Email: email
(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advances in Biorefinery Technologies and Products – 2024)

Journal of Renewable Materials https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2024.056775

Received 30 July 2024; Accepted 23 September 2024; Published online 11 November 2024

Abstract

Fast pyrolysis of pre-treated birch wood in a super-heated steam environment produces a condensate rich in anhydrosugars. With the objective to obtain several product streams from this condensate, the possibility of extracting additional chemical species is explored, thus promoting the development of a pyrolysis-based biorefinery. In this work, the extraction and recovery of pyrolytic phenols from birch wood pyrolysis condensate was studied using ion exchange resins. With an aim to achieve effective phenol recovery, while obtaining high purity levoglucosan, basic ion exchange resins, both in OH− and Cl− form, as well as polystyrene-divinyl resins without functional groups were compared. This study characterizes the influence of sorbent matrix type and porosity, functional group and counter ion on the sorption of various aromatic compounds. It was concluded that the counter ion of the ion exchange resins had the most influence on the pyrolytic phenol adsorption, while in the case of unfunctionalized resins smaller pore size improved removal of phenols from the pyrolysis liquids. Of the resins tested, the most effective at the removal and recovery of pyrolytic phenols were strongly basic, macroporous, anion exchange resins in OH− form. The possibility to reuse the sorbents and solvents is explored to make the over-all process more environmentally friendly and economically feasible.

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Comparison of Various Ion Exchange Resins for the Separation of Phenols in a Wood Pyrolysis-Based Biorefinery

Keywords

Biorefinery; birch wood; fast pyrolysis; levoglucosan; ion exchange resins; solid phase extraction

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