Journal
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 162, Issue -, Pages 1576-1586Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2020.09.113
Keywords
Attapulgite; Sulfonation; Solid acid catalyst; Furfuryl alcohol; Ethyl levulinate
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51876080]
- Strategic International Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation Special Funds of National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFE0204000]
- Program for Taishan Scholars of Shandong Province Government
- Recruitment Program of Global Experts (Thousand Youth Talents Plan)
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Technology and Equipment for Biological Diagnosis and Therapy in Universities of Shandong
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Attapulgite (ATTP) is an abundant natural magnesium aluminosilicate mineral that can be used as support for manufacturing cost-effective solid acid catalysts. This study mainly focuses on structural change of ATTP and the formation of Bronsted and Lewis acid sites during sulfonation in H2SO4. The results indicate that the sulfonation leads to the drastic change of the crystal phases as sulfuric acid not only plays the roles of grafting the sulfur species but also reacts with the CaO, MgO, Al2O3 and Fe2O3 or their salts in ATTP to form the sulfates, resulting in the substantial change of the porous structure of ATTP. In such a process, the Bronsted acidic sites, which are the main active sites for the conversion of furfuryl alcohol (FA) to ethyl levulinate (EL), are introduced, while the abundance/strength of the Lewis acid sites are enhanced. The yield of EL up to 95.4% is achieved over the H2SO4/ATTP catalyst. The Fe-2(SO4)(3) and MgSO4 in the catalyst leaches in ethanol but does not affect the catalytic stability. The formed polymer also does not affect much the catalytic activity after their removal via the calcination in air. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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