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Petroleomic Characterization of Bio-Oil Aging using Fourier-Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

  • Smith, Erica A.;Thompson, Christopher;Lee, Young Jin
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.811-814
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    • 2014
  • Bio-oil instability, or aging, is a significant problem for the long-term storage of fast pyrolysis oils. We investigated bio-oil aging at the molecular level using Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Petroleomic analysis suggests that bio-oil aging is resulted from the oligomerization of phenolic lignin products whereas 'sugaric' cellulose/hemicellulose products have negligible effect.