Scale-Up of a Two-Stage Cu-Catalyzed Alkaline-Oxidative Pretreatment of Hybrid Poplar

Dülger, Dilara N.; Yuan, Zhaoyang; Singh, Sandip K.; Omolabake, Surajudeen; Czarnecki, Celeste R.; Nikafshar, Saeid; Li, Mingfei; Bécsy-Jakab, Villő E.; Park, Seonghyun; Park, Sunkyu; Nejad, Mojgan; Stahl, Shannon S.; Hegg, Eric L.; Hodge, David B.

doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.3c04466

Scale-Up of a Two-Stage Cu-Catalyzed Alkaline-Oxidative Pretreatment of Hybrid Poplar

Journal Article · Tue Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c04466· OSTI ID:2328124

Dülger, Dilara N. ^[1]; ^[2]; Singh, Sandip K. ^[3]; Omolabake, Surajudeen ^[4]; Czarnecki, Celeste R. ^[2]; Nikafshar, Saeid ^[2]; ^[5]; Bécsy-Jakab, Villő E. ^[6]; Park, Seonghyun ^[7]; ^[7]; ^[2]; ^[4]; ^[2]; ^[8]

Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (United States); Montana State University
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (United States)
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (United States); University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)
University of Wisconsin─Madison, WI (United States)
Beijing Forestry University (China)
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (United States)
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (United States); Luleå University of Technology (Sweden)

A two-stage alkaline-oxidative pretreatment of hybrid poplar was investigated at scale (20 L reactor volume) with the goals of understanding how reaction conditions as well as interstage mechanical refining impact downstream process responses. The pretreatment comprises a first stage of alkaline delignification (alkaline pre-extraction) followed by a second delignification stage employing Cu-catalyzed alkaline hydrogen peroxide with supplemental O₂ (O₂-enhanced Cu-AHP). Increasing pre-extraction severity (i.e., temperature and alkali loading) and pre-treatment oxidation (increasing H₂O₂ loading) were found to increase mass and lignin solubilization in each stage. Lignin recovered from the first stage was subjected to oxidative depolymerization and led to aromatic monomer yields as high as 23.0% by mass. As a result, lignins recovered from the second stage Cu-AHP pretreatment liquors were shown to exhibit aliphatic hydroxyl contents more than six-fold higher than for a typical hardwood kraft lignin, indicating these lignins could serve as a biobased polyol for a range of polyurethane applications.

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Research Organization:: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0008148

OSTI ID:: 2328124

Journal Information:: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal Name: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 63; ISSN 0888-5885

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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