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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 128-134.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2016.04.018

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Preliminary Study on Pressurized Liquefaction of Three Crops Straw for Preparation of Ethyl Levulinate

GUAN Qian1, JIANG Jian-chun1,2, XU Jun-ming1,2, WANG Kui1,2, FENG Jun-feng1   

  1. 1. Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF;National Engineering Lab. for Biomass Chemical Utilization;Key and Open Lab. of Forest Chemical Engineering, SFA;Key Lab. of Biomass Energy and Material, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210042, China;
    2. Jiangsu Qianglin Bio-energy and Bio-materials Co., Ltd., Liyang 213364, China
  • Received:2015-07-17 Online:2016-08-25 Published:2016-09-01

Abstract: Three kinds of crops (wheat, corn and rice) straw were selected as raw materials for pressurized liquefaction. Ethanol and concentrated sulfuric acid (98%) were used as solvent and catalyst, respectively. The liquefaction was carried out under the conditions of reaction temperature 200℃, the dosage of catalyst 5%, the reaction time 60 min and the solid-liquid ratio 1:15. Products of liquefaction were analyzed, and ethyl levulinate (EL) was isolated from the liquefaction products. The results showed that under the same liquefaction conditions, wheat straw performed high liquefied performance. The structure of straw components was changed and degraded. Ethyl levulinate was the main component of liquefaction products. The purity and recovery rate of ethyl levulinate isolated by distillation were 92.71% and 89.93%, respectively.

Key words: crops straw, pressurized liquefaction, ethyl levulinate, distillation separation

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