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., Golden, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10093
• Assignee: TIC; EDB-88-178699
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A6034358
• OSTI ID: 7044480
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALDEHYDES
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
BIOMASS
CATALYSTS
CATALYTIC EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
CONVERSION
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FURANS
FURFURAL
GASES
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
INVENTIONS
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
MATERIALS
METALS
MINERALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PALLADIUM
PLATINUM METALS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SILICA
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
SYNTHESIS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VAPORS
ZEOLITES