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Synthesis of Hyper-cross-linked Nonpolar Polystyrene Divinylbenzene Resins by Pendent Vinyl Groups and Application to the Decolorization of Cane Molasses

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APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 195, Issue 5, Pages 3406-3424

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-022-04308-6

Keywords

Hyper-cross-linked adsorption resins; Post-cross-linking reaction; Decolorization; Cane molasses; Adsorption behaviors

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Nonpolar hyper-cross-linked adsorption resins (HCARs) were synthesized and applied to decolorize molasses. The results showed that the surface area and pore volume of the resin significantly increased after the alkylation reaction. The HCARs achieved a decolorization rate of 74% and exhibited stable recycling performance.
Cane molasses is a by-product of sugar industry. It is widely used in fermentation field, but pigment compounds affect its further application. In this study, nonpolar hyper-cross-linked adsorption resins (HCARs) were synthesized by pendent vinyl groups cross-linking reaction, and were applied to decolorization of molasses. The correlation between the structure and the decolorization performance of HCARs was studied, and the results showed that the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area and the pore volume of the resin significantly increased to 574.4 m(2)center dot g(-1) and 1.40 cm(3)center dot g(-1) after the Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction with a catalyst dosage of 2.25% at 343 K for 7 h. Furthermore, the decolorization rate of molasses by the HCAR was 74%, and recycle decolorization performance of the resin was stable. The adsorption kinetics results showed that the pseudo-second-order dynamic model could more realistically reflect the decolorization mechanism of molasses on HCARs, and liquid film diffusion is the main rate-limiting step. The results of fixed-bed experiments show that D-ST-DVB resin has a good decolorization effect and recycling ability. Therefore, it is a feasible strategy for the decolorization of molasses with nonpolar HCAR.

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