1. Obtaining xylitol by hydrolysis-hydrogenation of liquors derived from sugarcane bagasse
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Cerioni Julieta L., Vallejos Maria E., Felissia Fernando E., Area María C., Nichio Nora N., and Santori Gerardo F.
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sugarcane bagasse ,hydrolysis ,hydrogenation ,xylose ,xylitol ,Chemical engineering ,TP155-156 ,Chemical industries ,HD9650-9663 - Abstract
This work presents the study of heterogeneous catalysis of sugarcane bagasse hydrothermal treatment spent liquors using a sulfonated resin. Besides, results were compared with those obtained by a conventional route using sulfuric acid as a homogeneous catalyst. Heterogeneous catalysis is suitable for the hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse hydrothermal liquors under mild conditions (100°C and 6 h). The obtained maximum xylose yield was 82% due to furfural formation, which causes a xylose selectivity drop. The hydrogenation of this xylose-rich liquor at 100 °C and 3 MPa of hydrogen pressure employing a supported Ni/γ-Al2O3 produced the total conversion of xylose with a selectivity towards xylitol of 100% by using a catalyst to xylose mass ratio of 0.5. Heterogeneous catalysis in a two-step route (hydrolysis and hydrogenation) constitutes an outstanding alternative to producing xylitol from sugarcane bagasse hydrothermal spent liquors since materials can be easily separated and reused in several reaction cycles.
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- 2023
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