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
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author Hu, Xun
Mourant, Daniel
Gunawan, Richard
Wu, L.
Wang, Yi
Lievens, Caroline
Li, Chun-Zhu
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Mourant, Daniel
Gunawan, Richard
Wu, L.
Wang, Yi
Lievens, Caroline
Li, Chun-Zhu
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description 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 separate methyl levulinate and levulinic acid from other products.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-64362017-09-13T14:41:02Z Production of value-added chemicals from bio-oil via acid catalysis coupled with liquid-liquid extraction Hu, Xun Mourant, Daniel Gunawan, Richard Wu, L. Wang, Yi Lievens, Caroline Li, Chun-Zhu 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 separate methyl levulinate and levulinic acid from other products. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6436 10.1039/c2ra21597g Royal Society of Chemistry restricted
spellingShingle Hu, Xun
Mourant, Daniel
Gunawan, Richard
Wu, L.
Wang, Yi
Lievens, Caroline
Li, Chun-Zhu
Production of value-added chemicals from bio-oil via acid catalysis coupled with liquid-liquid extraction
title Production of value-added chemicals from bio-oil via acid catalysis coupled with liquid-liquid extraction
title_full Production of value-added chemicals from bio-oil via acid catalysis coupled with liquid-liquid extraction
title_fullStr Production of value-added chemicals from bio-oil via acid catalysis coupled with liquid-liquid extraction
title_full_unstemmed Production of value-added chemicals from bio-oil via acid catalysis coupled with liquid-liquid extraction
title_short Production of value-added chemicals from bio-oil via acid catalysis coupled with liquid-liquid extraction
title_sort production of value-added chemicals from bio-oil via acid catalysis coupled with liquid-liquid extraction
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6436