Production of Furfural from Process-Relevant Biomass-Derived Pentoses in a Biphasic Reaction System
Abstract
Furfural is an important fuel precursor which can be converted to hydrocarbon fuels and fuel intermediates. In this work, the production of furfural by dehydration of process-relevant pentose rich corn stover hydrolyzate using a biphasic batch reaction system has been investigated. Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) and toluene have been used to extract furfural and enhance overall furfural yield by limiting its degradation to humins. The effects of reaction time, temperature, and acid concentration (H2SO4) on pentose conversion and furfural yield were investigated. For the dehydration of 8 wt % pentose-rich corn stover hydrolyzate under optimum reaction conditions, 0.05 M H2SO4, 170 degrees C for 20 min with MIBK as the solvent, complete conversion of xylose (98-100%) and a furfural yield of 80% were obtained. Under these same conditions, except with toluene as the solvent, the furfural yield was 77%. Additionally, dehydration of process-relevant pentose rich corn stover hydrolyzate using solid acid ion-exchange resins under optimum reaction conditions has shown that Purolite CT275 is as effective as H2SO4 for obtaining furfural yields approaching 80% using a biphasic batch reaction system. In conclusion, this work has demonstrated that a biphasic reaction system can be used to process biomass-derived pentose rich sugar hydrolyzatesmore »
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- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1371524
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-2700-67212
Journal ID: ISSN 2168-0485
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2168-0485
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; biofuels; biphasic; dehydration; furfural; pentose; xylose
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Mittal, Ashutosh, Black, Stuart K., Vinzant, Todd B., O’Brien, Marykate, Tucker, Melvin P., and Johnson, David K. Production of Furfural from Process-Relevant Biomass-Derived Pentoses in a Biphasic Reaction System. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00215.
Mittal, Ashutosh, Black, Stuart K., Vinzant, Todd B., O’Brien, Marykate, Tucker, Melvin P., & Johnson, David K. Production of Furfural from Process-Relevant Biomass-Derived Pentoses in a Biphasic Reaction System. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00215
Mittal, Ashutosh, Black, Stuart K., Vinzant, Todd B., O’Brien, Marykate, Tucker, Melvin P., and Johnson, David K. Tue .
"Production of Furfural from Process-Relevant Biomass-Derived Pentoses in a Biphasic Reaction System". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00215. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1371524.
@article{osti_1371524,
title = {Production of Furfural from Process-Relevant Biomass-Derived Pentoses in a Biphasic Reaction System},
author = {Mittal, Ashutosh and Black, Stuart K. and Vinzant, Todd B. and O’Brien, Marykate and Tucker, Melvin P. and Johnson, David K.},
abstractNote = {Furfural is an important fuel precursor which can be converted to hydrocarbon fuels and fuel intermediates. In this work, the production of furfural by dehydration of process-relevant pentose rich corn stover hydrolyzate using a biphasic batch reaction system has been investigated. Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) and toluene have been used to extract furfural and enhance overall furfural yield by limiting its degradation to humins. The effects of reaction time, temperature, and acid concentration (H2SO4) on pentose conversion and furfural yield were investigated. For the dehydration of 8 wt % pentose-rich corn stover hydrolyzate under optimum reaction conditions, 0.05 M H2SO4, 170 degrees C for 20 min with MIBK as the solvent, complete conversion of xylose (98-100%) and a furfural yield of 80% were obtained. Under these same conditions, except with toluene as the solvent, the furfural yield was 77%. Additionally, dehydration of process-relevant pentose rich corn stover hydrolyzate using solid acid ion-exchange resins under optimum reaction conditions has shown that Purolite CT275 is as effective as H2SO4 for obtaining furfural yields approaching 80% using a biphasic batch reaction system. In conclusion, this work has demonstrated that a biphasic reaction system can be used to process biomass-derived pentose rich sugar hydrolyzates to furfural in yields approaching 80%.},
doi = {10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00215},
journal = {ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering},
number = 7,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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