TY - JOUR
T1 - Furfural production in a biphasic system using a carbonaceous solid acid catalyst
AU - Gómez Millán, Gerardo
AU - Phiri, Josphat
AU - Mäkelä, Mikko
AU - Maloney, Thad
AU - Balu, Alina M.
AU - Pineda, Antonio
AU - Llorca, Jordi
AU - Sixta, Herbert
N1 - Funding Information:
This research has been completed in collaboration with Stora Enso and funded through Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Programme SELECT+, the support of which is gratefully acknowledged. GGM acknowledges the support of COST Action FP1306 to embark upon a Short-Term Scientific Mission at Universidad de Cordoba. GGM was supported also by CONACyT-SENER-Sustentabilidad Energética 2016 (the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology-Secretariat of Energy-Sustainable Energy 2016). The authors are also grateful for the support of the staff at the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems at Aalto University, especially to Carlo Bertinetto and Hans Orassaari; and at Universidad de Cordoba in the Nanoscale Chemistry and Biomass/Waste Valorisation group . This work made use of Aalto University Bioeconomy Facilities. JL is a Serra Húnter Fellow and is grateful to ICREA Academia program and grant GC 2017 SGR 128 .
Funding Information:
This research has been completed in collaboration with Stora Enso and funded through Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Programme SELECT+</GS1>, the support of which is gratefully acknowledged. GGM acknowledges the support of COST Action FP1306 to embark upon a Short-Term Scientific Mission at Universidad de Cordoba. GGM was supported also byCONACyT-SENER-Sustentabilidad Energ?tica 2016 (the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology-Secretariat of Energy-Sustainable Energy 2016). The authors are also grateful for the support of the staff at the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems at Aalto University, especially to Carlo Bertinetto and Hans Orassaari; and at Universidad de Cordoba in the Nanoscale Chemistry and Biomass/Waste Valorisation group. This work made use of Aalto University Bioeconomy Facilities. JL is a Serra H?nter Fellow and is grateful to ICREA Academia program and grant GC 2017 SGR 128.
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© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/9/5
Y1 - 2019/9/5
N2 - The formation of furfural from xylose was investigated under heterogeneously catalyzed conditions with Starbon®450-SO3H as a catalyst in a biphasic system. Experiments were performed based on a statistical experimental design. The variables considered were time and temperature. Starbon®450-SO3H was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, N2-physisorption, thermogravimetric analysis, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform, Raman spectroscopy, pyridine titration and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results indicate that sulfonated Starbon®450-SO3H can be an effective solid acid catalyst for furfural formation. A maximum furfural yield and selectivity of 70 mol% was achieved at complete xylose conversion under optimum experimental conditions. The present paper suggests that functionalized Starbon®450-SO3H can be employed as an efficient solid acid catalyst that has significant hydrothermal stability and can be reused for several cycles to produce furfural from xylose.
AB - The formation of furfural from xylose was investigated under heterogeneously catalyzed conditions with Starbon®450-SO3H as a catalyst in a biphasic system. Experiments were performed based on a statistical experimental design. The variables considered were time and temperature. Starbon®450-SO3H was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, N2-physisorption, thermogravimetric analysis, diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform, Raman spectroscopy, pyridine titration and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results indicate that sulfonated Starbon®450-SO3H can be an effective solid acid catalyst for furfural formation. A maximum furfural yield and selectivity of 70 mol% was achieved at complete xylose conversion under optimum experimental conditions. The present paper suggests that functionalized Starbon®450-SO3H can be employed as an efficient solid acid catalyst that has significant hydrothermal stability and can be reused for several cycles to produce furfural from xylose.
KW - Biorefinery
KW - Carbonized starch
KW - Cyclopentyl methyl ether
KW - Furfural
KW - Heterogeneous catalysis
KW - Xylose
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071043075&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.apcata.2019.117180
DO - 10.1016/j.apcata.2019.117180
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85071043075
SN - 0926-860X
VL - 585
JO - Applied Catalysis A: General
JF - Applied Catalysis A: General
M1 - 117180
ER -