Abstract In order to reduce the oxygen content of biomass oil and improve its quality such as combustion value, the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) process of biomass oil was studied using phenol and anisole as model compounds. According to the experimental data of phenol HDO over Pd/C catalyst, at reaction temperature of 473 K, H2 pressure of 4 MPa, and the experimental data of anisole HDO over Pt/Al2O3 catalyst, at reaction temperature of 673 K, H2 partial pressure of 1.4 MPa, the possible kinetic models of phenol and anisole HDO reaction were proposed. And the phenol and anisole HDO reaction under corresponding conditions were simulated by Aspen Plus software, respectively. The results show that the simulated values agree well with the experimental values under the experimental conditions, indicating that the established kinetic model is credible.
