It is the objective of this work to study the pyrolysis of soybean
shell and the immediate catalytic upgrading of bio-oil vapors, that
is, without intermediate condensation, over a bed of commercial
equilibrium FCC catalyst placed downwards in the same reactor,
trying to define the potential of this residual material to produce
fuels or chemicals. Results will be compared with those of analogous
experiments using pine sawdust, with the catalyst to reactants
relationship as the controlling parameter and special emphasis on
bio-oil composition and the yield of hydrocarbons in the gasoline
boiling range.