Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2022, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (02): 272-282.DOI: 10.19894/j.issn.1000-0518.210083

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Optimization on the Production of Furfural from Corncob in Cheap Ionic Liquid System

Ou-Wen HE1,2(), Chang-Fu SUN3, Hong-Bing YU1()   

  1. 1.College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
    2.Department of Civil Engineering, Queen′s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
    3.Shenzhen Federation of Energy Conservation Experts, Shenzhen 518029, China
  • Received:2021-03-01 Accepted:2021-06-22 Published:2022-02-10 Online:2022-02-09
  • Contact: Ou-Wen HE,Hong-Bing YU
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(BE210751);Research on the Index System of Cleaner Production Performance Evaluation of Liquor Brewing Industrial Based on LCA(CP-2018-YB10)

Abstract:

A cheap green ionic liquid triethylammonium hydrogen sulfate [TEA] [HSO4] was applied as solvent to prepare furfural by microwave heating assisted hydrolysis and dehydration of corncob. The reaction conditions of furfural formation are optimized by the response surface method (RSM), and the total pentose in corncob is effectively converted to obtain 82.2% of furfural. 2-Butanol is used as the extractant to recover furfural. After 4repeatedextractionexperiments, 99.7% of furfural is effectively recovered from [TEA] [HSO4]. In the recovery experiment of [TEA] [HSO4], 58.3% and 63.2% of [TEA] [HSO4] are recycled after the first [TEA] [HSO4] repeated experiment and the second [TEA] [HSO4] repeated experiment, respectively. The results of the first and second recycling experiments in [TEA] [HSO4] show that the yield of 5-hydroxymethylfulfural (HMF) does not decrease significantly, while the yield of furfural decreases from 82.2% to 52.2% and 41.3%, respectively. This experiment provides a new idea for the efficient production of furfural in corncob by catalytic conversion in cheap and green ionic liquid system.

Key words: Corncob, Furfural, Hydroxymethylfulfural, Ionic liquid, Response surface method

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