Abstract
Hydrogenation of furfural is a possible route to produce potential renewable fuel component 2-methylfuran (MF) on carbon supported nickel catalyst. This study investigates the effect of process conditions on liquid phase hydrotreatment of furfural to 2-methylfuran over 10 wt-% Ni/C catalyst. The most important parameters tested were temperature, hydrogen pressure and metal loading of the catalyst. In addition, the effect of hydrogen addition method, atmosphere in heating, calcination gas, and stirring speed were tested to analyze optimal reaction procedure. As a result, the highest yield of MF achieved was 48.9 % applying 230 °C, 40 bar hydrogen pressure, and 10 wt-% Ni/C. This high yield of 2-methylfuran is higher than typically reported yields and thus the studied catalyst and reaction conditions offer excellent potential for MF production.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5363-5373 |
| Journal | ChemistrySelect |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 16 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
This study was financially supported by the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation (TEKES) with grant number 2652/31/ 2013. Project funded is concerning Novel Catalysts for Biomass Conversion (CatBio). We would also like to give special compliments to Heidi Meriö-Talvio and Tiia Viinikainen from the help with analytical devices and to Sara Castellazzi for experimental help (Aalto University, FIN). For TEM results this work made use of the Aalto University Nanomicroscopy Center (Aalto-NMC) premises.
Keywords
- 2-methylfuran
- biofuel
- carbon
- furfural
- hydrotreatment
