Analytical Quantification of Deoxygenated Compounds in Catalytic Reaction Samples as an Evaluation Technique to Determine Reaction Conversion from a Bioderived Oil in Novel Biofuel Testing

This Application Note describes an HPLC method to simultaneously separate and identify deoxygenated compounds from a guaiacol catalytic reaction to evaluate the conversion rate under varied reaction conditions, as part of the novel catalysis processes to obtain renewable biofuels from bioderived oils. The proposed methodology was applied to two different reaction batches, 13 samples were collected to quantify the efficiency of the catalyst proposed. A comparison between a GC method and the one proposed in this Application Note demonstrates time savings with the LC technique as a quality control measurement that could be implemented in biofuel manufacturing process stages.