One-pot direct conversion of bamboo to aromatics under methane

The direct conversion of bamboo to aromatics was investigated over Zn and/or Ga modified zeolite catalysts under a methane environment. Aromatics are the main liquid products from bamboo conversion on a batch reactor. The reaction over Zn-Ga/ZSM5(30) gives 19.2 wt% yield of aromatics with 55.6% selectivity towards BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) at 400 °C. Zn loading promotes the deoxygenation of oxygenated intermediates from...