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Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
Published in: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 3/2019

24-01-2019 | Original Article

Catalytic hydrolysis of cellulose to levulinic acid by partly replacing sulfuric acid with Nafion® NR50 catalyst

Authors: Yongjun Xu, Guiheng Liu, Jinxia Fu, Shimin Kang, Yukui Xiao, Pingju Yang, Wenbo Liao

Published in: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery | Issue 3/2019

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Abstract

Acid catalytic hydrolysis of cellulose to levulinic acid (LA) was conducted by partly replacing homogeneous catalyst sulfuric acid (H2SO4) with solid acid Nafion® NR50. With the presence of Nafion® NR50, 75% of H2SO4 catalyst can be saved, and a high LA yield, 40.4 wt%, was realized even without stirring the reaction solution. Although stirring favored the LA yield and shortened the reaction time, the deactivation of Nafion® NR50 was observed. In fact, non-stirring condition is advocated, under which the Nafion® NR50 still maintains excellent catalytic activity and reusability.
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Metadata
Title
Catalytic hydrolysis of cellulose to levulinic acid by partly replacing sulfuric acid with Nafion® NR50 catalyst
Authors
Yongjun Xu
Guiheng Liu
Jinxia Fu
Shimin Kang
Yukui Xiao
Pingju Yang
Wenbo Liao
Publication date
24-01-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 2190-6815
Electronic ISSN: 2190-6823
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-019-00373-w

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