Furfural Formation from Corn Cobs in a One-Pot Method Catalyzed by ZSM-5

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10.2991/icaees-15.2015.148How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Hemicellulose; Xylose; Furfural; Organic solvent; Zeolite

Abstract

This study designed a green one-pot method for furfural production from corn cobs that were heterogeneously catalyzed by recoverable solid-acid ZSM-5. The highest furfural yield of 78.5% was obtained under the following conditions: 473 K, 30% ZSM-5, 15 mL of toluene, and 500 mM of NaCl for 2 h. Catalyst recycling study showed that ZSM-5 could be repeatedly reused with high catalytic activity. The furfural yield was still up to 64.0% even when reused five times. The results showed that corn cobs are a suitable feedstock to produce furfural catalyzed by ZSM-5. This study not only provides basic data for the furaldehyde industry, but also offers an environmentally friendly way to make full use of crops.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jian Du
AU  - Hongling Gao
AU  - Jing Guan
AU  - Guang Yu
AU  - Yuedong Zhang
AU  - Haisong Wang
AU  - Xindong Mu
PY  - 2015/07
DA  - 2015/07
TI  - Furfural Formation from Corn Cobs in a One-Pot Method Catalyzed by ZSM-5
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environmental Science 2015
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 808
EP  - 812
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icaees-15.2015.148
DO  - 10.2991/icaees-15.2015.148
ID  - Du2015/07
ER  -