Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 268, Issue -, Pages 488-495Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.08.033
Keywords
Ionic liquid; Methyl levulinate; Duckweed; Process efficiency
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [21676108, 21503050, 21464005]
- Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China [201804010337]
- Construction Project of Key Laboratories of Guizhou Provincial Education Department [QJHKY[2015] 329]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou Province [QKHJC[2016] 1111]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, SCUT
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In this study, an efficient strategy is proposed for selective methyl levulinate production from duckweed, a typical fast-growing aquatic microalgae in warm and humid regions, in the presence of acidic ionic liquids (ILs). The results show that IL structure has a significant effect on its acidic strength, which finally determines the process efficiency for levulinate methyl generation. With the optimized catalyst of [C3H6SO3HPy]HSO4, 88.0% duckweed is consumed, resulting in a comparable methyl levulinate yield of 73.7% and a process efficiency of 81.8% at 170 degrees C for 5 h. Furthermore, this process is substantially influenced by the reaction condition, particularly, it is significantly temperature-dependent. In addition, solvent has a remarkable intensified effect on the process efficiency, which dramatically decreases from 81.8 to 53.7% when methanol is replaced by water.
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