Chemical Recovery in TEMPO Oxidation

Lauri Kuutti (Corresponding Author), Heikki Pajari, Stella Rovio, Juha Kokkonen, Markus Nuopponen

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    Abstract

    The environmentally and economically friendly 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl (TEMPO) oxidation process requires recycling and/or recovery of chemicals. In this work, hypochlorite recycling via electrolysis was evaluated and potential means for TEMPO recovery were explored. The most important variable affecting electrochemical hypochlorite conversion was the concentration of sodium chloride in the feed solution. With 30 g/L NaCl salt, a sufficient hypochlorite concentration of 0.8% could be obtained for pulp oxidation of up to 5% consistency. The regeneration of hypochlorite in the treated TEMPO solution was possible by electrolysis and further oxidation performed with only a small addition of make-up chemicals. During electrolysis, some TEMPO degradation took place; therefore, recovery of TEMPO should be done prior to electrolysis. For the recovery of TEMPO, solid phase extraction was tested. The best recovery of TEMPO was obtained using a combination of hydrophobic solid phase extraction SPE resin material and distillation (yields between 52% and 87%).
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)6050-6061
    JournalBioResources
    Volume11
    Issue number3
    Publication statusPublished - 2016
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Keywords

    • TEMPO oxidation
    • recovery
    • solid polymer phase
    • electrolysis
    • regeneration

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