Process for producing furan from furfural aldehyde

Patent · Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:7044480

Diebold, J P; Evans, R J

A process of producing furan and derivatives thereof as disclosed. The process includes generating furfural aldehyde vapors and then passing those vapors over a zeolite catalyst at a temperature and for a residence time effective to decarbonylate the furfural aldehydes to form furans and derivatives thereof. The resultant furan vapors and derivatives are then separated. In a preferred form, the furfural aldehyde vapors are generated during the process of converting biomass materials to liquid and gaseous fuels.

• Research Organization: Solar Energy Research Inst. (SERI), Golden, CO (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10093
• Assignee: TIC; EDB-88-178699
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A6034358
• OSTI ID: 7044480
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
FURANS
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
FURFURAL
CONVERSION
PALLADIUM
SILICA
BIOMASS
CATALYSTS
EFFICIENCY
INVENTIONS
VAPORS
ZEOLITES
ALDEHYDES
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
GASES
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
MATERIALS
METALS
MINERALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLATINUM METALS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
SYNTHESIS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
400201* - Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
360601 - Other Materials- Preparation & Manufacture