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Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.72, 354-363, April, 2019
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2018.12.037  Export Citation
A comparative study of water-immiscible organic solvents in the production of furfural from xylose and birch hydrolysate
Gerardo Gomez Millan1, 2, Sanna Hellsten1, Alistair W.T. King3, Juha-Pekka Pokki4, Jordi Llorca2, and Herbert Sixta1, †
  • 1Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Vuorimiehentie 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland
  • 2Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Energy Technologies and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain
  • 3Materials Chemistry Division, Chemistry Department, University of Helsinki, AI Virtasen Aukio 1, Helsinki, Finland
  • 4Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, PL 16100, 00076 Espoo, Finland
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Furfural (FUR) was produced from xylose using a biphasic batch reaction system. Water-immiscible organic solvents such as isophorone, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF) and cyclopentyl methyl ether (CPME) were used to promptly extract FUR from the aqueous phase in order to avoid the degradation to humins as largely as possible. The effect of time, temperature, organic solvent and organic-to-aqueous ratio on xylose conversion and FUR yield were investigated in auto-catalyzed conditions. Experiments at three temperatures (170, 190 and 210 °C) were carried out in a stirred microwave-assisted batch reactor, which established the optimal conditions for achieving the highest FUR yield. The maximum FUR yields from xylose were 78 mol% when using CPME, 48 mol% using isophorone and 71 mol% in the case of 2- MTHF at an aqueous to organic phase ratio of 1:1 (v/v). Birch hydrolysate was also used to show the high furfural yield that can be obtained in the biphasic system under optimized conditions. The present study suggests that CPME can be used as a green and efficient extraction solvent for the conversion of xylose into furfural without salt addition.
Keywords:Xylose;Furfural;Prehydrolysate liquor;2-MTHF;CPME;Isophorone
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