Production of value-added chemicals from bio-oil via acid catalysis coupled with liquid-liquid extraction

Sugar/sugar derivatives in bio-oil can be effectively separated from aromatics via water/chloroform extraction. Subsequent acid-treatment in methanol converts the sugars into levulinic acid/ester and the sugar derivatives into fuel additives. Further extraction with CH2Cl2/CHCl3 could efficiently se...

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Main Authors: Hu, Xun, Mourant, Daniel, Gunawan, Richard, Wu, L., Wang, Yi, Lievens, Caroline, Li, Chun-Zhu
Format: Journal Article
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6436