Table 20. Methanol as Co-feed for Catalytic Pyrolysis of Furans^a.

							Conv. (%)				Aromatics distribution (%)
Entry	Feed	MeOH/feed ratio	Catalyst (Si/Al ratio)	Furan WHSV (h–1)	T (°C)	Reaction time (min)	Furan	MeOH	Aromatics sel. (%)	Aromatics carbon yield (%)	Benzene	Toluene	Xylene	Ref
1	2-MF	–	ZSM-5 (25)b	6	550	15	39.8	–	19.8	7.9	35.4	46.9	15.9	(285)
2	2-MF	1	ZSM-5 (25)b	6	550	15	48.3	100	31.0	15.0	20.9	49.1	25.6	(285)
3	2-MF	2	ZSM-5 (25)b	6	550	15	94.8	100	50.8	48.2	22.5	47.5	27.5	(285)
4	2-MF	3	ZSM-5 (25)b	6	550	15	96.5	100	37.8	36.5	22.9	47.1	25.9	(285)
5	2-MF	2	ZSM-5 (25)b	1	550	15	100	100	56.7	56.7	24.2	49.9	23.0	(285)
6	2,5-DMF	2	ZSM-5 (25)b	6	550	15	100	100	55.0	55.0	20.3	46.2	29.7	(285)
7	2,5-DMF	2	ZSM-5 (25)b	6	450	15	76.2	100	48.6	37.0	14.6	37.7	38.7	(285)
8	FF	2	ZSM-5 (25)b	6	550	15	100	100	29.4	29.4	31.9	48.5	17.8	(285)
9	FA	2	ZSM-5 (25)b	6	550	15	100	100	24.2	24.2	24.6	44.1	28.7	(285)
10	2-MF	5	H-ZSM-5 (25)	2	500	60	100	94.6	43.5	43.5	8.1	13.2	23.6	(286)
11	2-MF	–	H-ZSM-5 (25)	2	500	60	64.7	–	20.5	13.3	9.2	6.6	9.9	(286)
12	2-MF	2	H-ZSM-5 (25)	2	500	60	90.8	88.0	31.8	28.9	9.3	9.4	17.6	(286)
13	2-MF	3	H-ZSM-5 (25)	2	500	60	96.5	92.4	40.0	38.6	8.8	12.0	26.0	(286)
14	2-MF	10	H-ZSM-5 (25)	2	500	60	100	94.9	39.6	39.6	5.3	10.2	38.7	(286)
15	2,5-DMF	5	H-ZSM-5 (25)	2	500	60	100	94.7	41.4	41.4	8.8	11.7	30.0	(286)
16	FF	5	H-ZSM-5 (25)	2	500	60	100	94.1	29.0	29.0	10.3	12.5	25.3	(286)
17	FA	5	H-ZSM-5 (25)	2	500	60	100	94.2	27.5	27.5	8.1	10.0	29.5	(286)
18	2-MF	2	15% La/10% Ce/ZSM-5 (80)	1	400	–	–	–	–	25.6	6.2	23.3	42.4	(287)
19	2-MF	2	15% La/10% Ce/ZSM-5 (80)	1	450	–	–	–	–	45.2	6.5	26.8	41.7	(287)
20	2-MF	2	15% La/10% Ce/ZSM-5 (80)	1	500	–	–	–	–	47.6	8.1	33.8	37.8	(287)
21	2-MF	2	15% La/10% Ce/ZSM-5 (80)	1	550	–	–	–	–	40.7	12.3	41.8	34.7	(287)

^aReactions were performed in a fixed-bed reactor with N₂ as carrier gas; products were analyzed by GC-FID-TCD and GC-MS.

^bAr as carrier gas.