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Production of Furfural and its Application in Biorefinery

Author(s) -

Seung-Soo Kim

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

applied chemistry for engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.144

H-Index - 11

eISSN - 2288-4505

pISSN - 1225-0112

DOI - 10.14478/ace.2016.1001

Subject(s) - furfural , biorefinery , levulinic acid , biofuel , raw material , renewable energy , lignocellulosic biomass , pulp and paper industry , biomass (ecology) , chemistry , renewable fuels , renewable resource , fossil fuel , environmental science , waste management , organic chemistry , engineering , catalysis , oceanography , electrical engineering , geology

In this new energy economy era, the importance of renewable energy resource needs to be highly addressed, as the demand of energy dramatically increases and fossil fuel is being exhausted. Lignocellulosic biomass is considered as the sustainable and renewable feedstock to produce biochemicals and biofuels that are the alternative for petroleum derived products. Furfural is a natural precursor for the range of furan based chemicals and solvents such as methylfuran, tetrahydrofuran, methyltetrahydrofuran, ethyltetrahydrofuryl ether, ethyl levulinate, levulinic acid, and alkanes. Thus, furfural should be a renewable platform chemical for biochemicals and renewable biofuels. In this paper, the concept of biorefinery, furfural production and its applications are briefly reviewed.

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