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Chemical conversion and liquid–liquid extraction of 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural from fructose by slug flow microreactor
Author(s) -
Shimanouchi Toshinori,
Kataoka Yoshitaka,
Tanifuji Tatsuya,
Kimura Yukitaka,
Fujioka Satoko,
Terasaka Koichi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.15201
Subject(s) - methyl isobutyl ketone , slug flow , chemistry , yield (engineering) , extraction (chemistry) , microreactor , chromatography , fructose , mass transfer , volumetric flow rate , dehydration , phase (matter) , flow (mathematics) , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical engineering , ketone , two phase flow , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , materials science , biochemistry , mechanics , catalysis , metallurgy , physics , engineering
A dehydration of fructose in the water/methyl isobuthyl ketone (MIBK) biphasic system can yield 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to be successfully extracted into the organic MIBK phase. The HMF production and yield in MIBK phase was discussed by using a simplified model taking into consideration of the slug flow. The extraction resistance of HMF across the interface between water and MIBK depended on the line velocity and the flow rate ratio. It was likely that the velocity field generated in the slug flow contributed to an increase in the mass transfer of HMF. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J , 62: 2135–2143, 2016