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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 53-59.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2014.05.009

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Liquefaction of Fermentation Residue of Corn Stover in Polyhydric Alcohols

WEI Bing1, CHEN Fan-geng1,2, LI Zhi-hao1, CHENG Yuan-chao2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Automotive Biofuel Technology, Tianguan Group Co., Ltd., Nanyang 473000, China
  • Received:2013-09-16 Online:2014-10-25 Published:2015-08-18
  • Contact: 谌凡更,研究员,博士,博士生导师,研究领域为植物资源化学与生物质转化;E-mail:fgchen@scut.edu.cn E-mail:fgchen@scut.edu.cn

Abstract: Fermentation residue of corn stover was liquefied in polyhydric alcohols in the presence of sulfuric acid as the catalyst at the temperature from 140 to 180 ℃. The liquefied product was used as polyol component for the preparation of rigid polyurethane foam. The results indicated that the highest yield of liquefaction was 64.54%, which was achieved in the mixed solvents of polyethylene 200 and glycol(mass ratio 7:3)with a liquid/solid mass ratio of 4:1, and a mass fraction of sulfuric acid 4 % at 160 ℃ after 2 h. The hydroxyl number and the viscosity of the liquefied product were 349 mg/g and 979 mPa·s, respectively. The benzene/ethanol extractives from fermentation residue was 96.59 % using the optimum reaction conditions. The liquefied product of the extractives, which has a hydroxyl number of 474 mg/g and a viscosity of 791 mPa·s, could be used for the preparation of rigid PU foam, too.

Key words: corn stover, fermentation residue, liquefaction, rigid polyurethane foam

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