Furfural production in a biphasic system using a carbonaceous solid acid catalyst

Gerardo Gómez Millán; Josphat Phiri; Mikko Mäkelä; Thad Maloney; Alina M. Balu; Antonio Pineda; Jordi Llorca; Herbert Sixta

doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2019.117180

Furfural production in a biphasic system using a carbonaceous solid acid catalyst

Gerardo Gómez Millán
, Josphat Phiri
, Mikko Mäkelä
, Thad Maloney
, Alina M. Balu
, Antonio Pineda
, Jordi Llorca
, Herbert Sixta^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Aalto University
Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Universidad de Cordoba

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	117180
Journal	Applied Catalysis A: General
Volume	585
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2019.117180
Publication status	Published - 5 Sept 2019
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

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 . 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.

Keywords

Biorefinery
Carbonized starch
Cyclopentyl methyl ether
Furfural
Heterogeneous catalysis
Xylose

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