Journal
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
Volume 40, Issue -, Pages 608-620Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.209
Keywords
gamma-Valerolactone; Platform chemical; Biofuels; Heterogeneous catalytic systems; Biomass
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China
- National Basic Research Program of China, China [2010CB732201]
- National High Technology Project (863 project), China [2012AA051802]
- Key Research Program from Science and Technology Bureau of Xiamen City, China [3502Z20131016]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China, China [21106121]
- Key Program for Cooperation Between Universities and Enterprises in Fujian Province, China [2013N5011]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Xiamen University, China [201312G009]
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Recently, valorization of lignocellulosic biomass, the most abundantly available biomass raw material on the Earth, to biofuels and chemicals has attracted great attention worldwide for the purpose of reducing our overwhelming reliance on the non-renewable petroleum resources. gamma-Valerolactone (GVL) has recently been hailed as a versatile building block which can be derived from renewable lignocellulosic biomass resource for energy, chemical and material sectors. In this review, focus was principally put on the applications of GVL as a renewable carbon source for green solvents and transportation fuels. In addition, advances in the GVL production through selective reduction of commercial or biomass-derived levulinic acid (LA) and its esters using various hydrogen sources, mainly including molecule H-2, formic acid (FA) and alcohols, have been carefully summarized. Moreover, assessment of the relative merits of different hydrogen sources for the GVL production has also been performed. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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