Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 162, Issue -, Pages 192-199Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.03.150
Keywords
Furans; High-temperature reaction; Kinetics; Levulinic acid; Pinus pinaster wood
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation'' [CTQ2011-22972]
- FEDER program of the European Union
- Ministry
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Water soluble compounds were removed from Pinus pinaster wood by a mild aqueous extraction, and the treated wood was subjected to hydrothermal processing to convert most hemicelluloses into soluble saccharides (including low molecular weight polymers, oligomers and monosaccharides). The liquid phase containing hemicellulose-derived saccharides was acidified with sulfuric acid and heated up to 130-250 degrees C to obtain furans and levulinic acid as major products. The concentration profiles of the major compounds participating in the reactions were interpreted by a kinetic model. A maximum conversion of pentoses into furfural near 80% was predicted at high temperature and short time, conditions leading to 24% conversion of hexoses into HMF. Production of levulinic acid was favored at low temperatures. Maximum molar conversion of hexoses into levulinic acid (66.7% at 130 degrees C) needed a long reaction time (235 h). A value of 53.0% can be achieved at 170 degrees C after 5 h. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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