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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND PROCESSING-PROCESS INTENSIFICATION
Volume 73, Issue -, Pages 29-37Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2013.06.015
Keywords
Microreactor; Lignin; Valorization; Continuous processing; High pressure; Oxidation
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- Commission of Technology and Invention (CTI) of the Swiss Federal Office of Professional Education and Technology (OPET)
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Lignin represents one of the most prospective renewable resources for the production of chemicals and fuels in the future. However, current research on the valorization of lignin is often limited by conventionally used batch autoclaves which feature long heating/cooling times, laborious effort in running single data points and limited experimental freedom due to safety issues. In the current article, we present a continuous microreactor setup that is able to overcome these drawbacks. With this setup, it was possible to study the acidic oxidation of kraft lignin in detail. The reaction network of the main monomeric products, their concentrations with residence time in the minute range, and the influence of temperature (150-250 C), pressure (32-96 bar) and lignin concentration (2.5-10g L-1) are presented. While the influence of pressure and lignin concentration turned out to be rather negligible, temperature was found to be the most important parameter. At elevated temperatures, products were obtained in substantially higher amounts and concentration peaks appeared within less than 1 min of residence time. Kinetic simulations on the vanillin concentration confirmed the experimental results and underline that high temperatures and short residence times are essential for obtaining high vanillin yields from lignin. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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