Conversion of Xylose Solution into Furfural at Atmospheric Pressure over the Solid Acid

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10.2991/mebe-15.2015.113How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Furfural; Xylose; Solid acid; Solvent extraction; Atmospheric pressure.

Abstract

This study mainly focused on the dehydration of xylose to furfural with green catalysis. The reaction was under atmospheric pressure, with the as the catalyst plus an inorganic salt (NaCl) as promoter. DMSO was used as a renewable extraction solvent in a biphasic system. The optimal catalytic reaction conditions were determined by single factor design. The results showed that the optimal catalytic reaction conditions were the following conditions: 30 mL of DMSO and 2g xylose, 1 g NaCl, 2.5g and heating for 4 h. It resulted in the maximum yield of 47.7 %. The experimental results showed that the preparation of furfural from xylose solution system with the solid acid catalyst, has the huge development potential. The addition of an inorganic salt (NaCl) to the aqueous phase was shown to improve the yield of furfural.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuankui Wang
AU  - Huizhen Jia
AU  - Yunzheng Li
AU  - Qingshan Zhang
AU  - Hongquan Yin
PY  - 2015/04
DA  - 2015/04
TI  - Conversion of Xylose Solution into Furfural at Atmospheric Pressure over the Solid Acid
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Materials, Environmental and Biological Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 488
EP  - 491
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/mebe-15.2015.113
DO  - 10.2991/mebe-15.2015.113
ID  - Wang2015/04
ER  -