The Study of Thermal Conversion of Mechanically Activated Aspen Wood in the Presence of High-Silica Zeolite Catalyst
The inﬂuence of zeolite catalysts in the H-form with silicate module 60 (HSZ-60) and mechanochemical treatment in the activator mill AGO-2 on the thermal conversion of aspen wood has been studied. It was found that the joint mechanochemical activation of aspen wood and HSZ-60 catalyst results in a drastic decrease in particles size of the mixture components in destruction of the main structural components of wood and increases the homogenity of zeolite catalyst distribution on the wood surface and the degree of aspen wood conversion in supercritical ethanol. Catalyst HSZ-60 increases by 1,6 - 2,2 times the yield of ethanol soluble products with boiling point up to 180 °С and promotes the etheriﬁcation reactions of acids, obtained during degradation of wood components.