Journal
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 147, Issue -, Pages 916-923Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.09.064
Keywords
Furfural; Ethyl levulinate; Transfer hydrogenation; Ethanolysis; Bimetallic catalyst; Fuel bioadditive
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21676223, 21706223, 21776234]
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China [2018J01017]
- Education Department of Fujian Province [JZ160398]
- Energy Development Foundation of Energy College, Xiamen University [2017NYFZ02]
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Biomass-derived ethyl levulinate (EL) is currently deemed as a promising fuel bioadditive to improve (bio)diesel combustion performance without the sacrifice of its octane number. In this contribution, a range of Zr-Al bimetallic catalysts were prepared for the cascade conversion of furfural to EL by the integration of transfer hydrogenation and ethanolysis in ethanol. The ratio of Lewis to Bronsted acid sites (L/B) could be tuned by the ratio of Al2O3 to ZrO2 over SBA-15 support. Among these catalysts, Zr-Al/SBA-15(30:10) with appropriate LAB ratio of 2.25 exhibited an outstanding catalytic performance to give a furfural (FF) conversion up to 92.8% with a EL selectivity as high as 71.4% at 453 K in 3 h. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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