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Catalytic Conversion of Bamboo Meal to High‐Yield Furfural With Solid Acid Catalyst FePO 4 ⋅2H 2 O
Author(s) -
Ye Jun,
Zhou Minghao,
Wang Kui,
Chen Shuigen,
Xu Junming,
Jiang Jianchun
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.201702115
Subject(s) - furfural , catalysis , xylose , chemistry , yield (engineering) , biomass (ecology) , bamboo , levulinic acid , solvent , nuclear chemistry , fermentation , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , agronomy , metallurgy , composite material , biology , engineering
Furfural has been identified as an attractive platform chemical for production of valuable bio‐based chemicals and bio‐fuels. Therefore, to exploit a new catalyst which directly synthesized furfural from biomass was meaningful. In this work, FePO 4 ⋅2H 2 O was novelty applied in H 2 O/THF solvent system to produce furfural from bamboo meal. The influence of catalyst type, solvent type, catalyst dosage, reaction temperature and times on furfural production was comparatively evaluated. The results indicated that the FePO 4 catalyst displayed an excellent catalytic activity over mineral acids, metal chlorate and solid acids, achieving the highest furfural yield of 90.5% (from d‐xylose) and 83.1 mol % (from bamboo meal) at 170 °C (60 min) and 180 °C (60 min), respectively. Moreover, characterization indicated that FePO 4 can recrystallize after the reaction, which provided a convenience for the catalyst recovery. Considering the excellent catalytic activity and recovering characteristic of FePO 4 catalyst, systematical research of this new technique was required before the process could be considered as an industrial scale.