scholarly journals Reaction Mechanism of the Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural from Sucrose in Sugar Beet Molasses

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1458
Author(s):  
Sebastián Rocha ◽  
Teresita Marzialetti ◽  
Matías Kopp ◽  
Mara Cea

5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) stands out among the chemical products derived from biomass as a building block in the chemical industry. The conventional production of HMF is usually carried out from fructose, glucose, or other monosaccharides as feedstock, but sugar beet molasses, a by-product of the sugar industry containing sucrose (45–55%), is promising. This exploratory study used three aqueous stock solutions and one biphasic system as the sources of sucrose. The dehydration of sucrose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural was assisted by microwave heating and subcritical water conditions. The maximum yield of HMF was 27.8 mol % for the aqueous solution of synthetic sucrose at 80 min of treatment. Although HMF yield was 7.1 mol % in the aqueous sugar beet molasses solution, it increased 2-fold after clarification (15.1 mol %) and 1.6-fold in the biphasic system (11.4 mol %). These are favorable outcomes since this is an exploratory investigation. The pseudo-first-order model fitted experimental data from the conversion of the sucrose from the stock solutions, and kinetic parameters were estimated and compared. The estimated reaction rate constant showed that inversion of sucrose is faster than fructose dehydration to HMF, but the latter reaction was the rate-determining step only for the biphasic system. The maximum partition coefficient value was four between 40 min and 60 min of reaction, calculated at room temperature. These predictions help investigators to estimate conversions and selectivity when pilot plants need to be simulated.

2000 ◽  
Vol 882 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 329-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Ulber ◽  
Robert Faurie ◽  
Peter Sosnitza ◽  
Lutz Fischer ◽  
Egbert Stärk ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesna M. Vučurović ◽  
Vladimir S. Puškaš ◽  
Uroš D. Miljić

scholarly journals The effect of changes in opportunity costs and prices of some agricultural products such as sugar beet, corn,wheat etc. used for bioethanol production on the cost of bioethanol production is not adequately known in Turkey.. Therefore, it was aimed to determine the bioethanol production cost items and unit production costs and also to put forth the effects of variations in raw material prices on cost of bioethanol.. The research data were collected via personal interviews from active bioethanol plants in Turkey. The results of previous studies and documents of related institutions and organizations were also used. The study followed classical cost analysis approach to calculate production cost. Scenario analysis was performed when exploring the effect of raw material prices on bioethanol production cost. Research findings showed that production cost per litre bioethanol produced from sugar beet molasses, corn, wheat and corn-wheat mixture were 2.50 TL, 2.84 TL, 2.95 and 2.84 TL, respectively. The share of raw material expenses in bioethanol cost per liter varied associated with the crops used in the process, it was 28.55% for bioethanol produced from sugar beet molasses, 44.81% for bioethanol produced from corn-wheat mixture and 44.87% bioethanol produced from corn. The research results also showed that the changes that occur in raw material prices significantly affected the bioethanol production cost and opportunity cost of crops created difficulties in biomass supply. Implementing the suitable policies and strategies and making the necessary arrangements in legislation would enhance the economic sustainability of bioethanol production in Turkey.

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-16
Author(s):  
Selime Canan ◽  
Vedat Ceyhan

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 947-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miljana Djordjević ◽  
Zita Šereš ◽  
Tatjana Došenović ◽  
Dragana Šoronja‐Simović ◽  
Nikola Maravić ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 779-786
Author(s):  
Alice Drobny ◽  
Hedda Meloh ◽  
Eike Wächtershäuser ◽  
Bernhard Hellmann ◽  
Andreas. S. Mueller ◽  
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