Biomass to chemicals. Design of an extractive reaction process for the production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Ana I. Torres, Prodromos Daoutidis, Michael Tsapatsis

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Abstract

Furanic compounds such as 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) can be obtained from sugars and have the potential to serve as substitutes of petroleum derived building blocks in the production of fuels and chemicals. In this work, we propose a process for the production of HMF from fructose based on extractive-reaction and formulate an optimization problem in order to find the operating conditions that minimize its cost of production.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)236-240
Number of pages5
JournalComputer Aided Chemical Engineering
Volume29
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 20 2011

Keywords

  • Biorefinery
  • HMF
  • Process design

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