The production of furfural directly from hemicellulose in lignocellulosic biomass: A review

Y Luo, Z Li, X Li, X Liu, J Fan, JH Clark, C Hu - Catalysis Today, 2019 - Elsevier
As one main component of lignocellulosic biomass, hemicellulose is a promising alternative
for the replacement of limited fossil resources to produce furfural, thus preserving a high …

Biphasic solvent systems enabled lignocellulosic biomass fractionation: A pathway towards comprehensive biomass utilization

B Gao, C Sun, T Yang, Q Wen, S You, Q Yang… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is mainly composed of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, which
can be valorized into myriad fuels and chemicals. Most developed processes for its …

Rapid and efficient microwave-assisted guanidine hydrochloride deep eutectic solvent pretreatment for biological conversion of castor stalk

L Zhong, C Wang, G Yang, J Chen, F Xu, CG Yoo… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microwave-assisted guanidine hydrochloride deep eutectic solvents (DESs) was developed
for rapid and efficient pretreatment of castor stalk. The DES synthesized with guanidine …

[HTML][HTML] Design and techno–economic analysis of levulinic acid production process from biomass by using co-product formic acid as a catalyst with minimal waste …

R Ukawa-Sato, N Hirano, C Fushimi - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Levulinic acid (LA) is an essential biomass-derived platform chemical that can be converted
into value–added chemicals such as polymers, fertilisers, and pharmaceuticals. However …

Aqueous choline chloride: a novel solvent for switchgrass fractionation and subsequent hemicellulose conversion into furfural

Z Chen, WD Reznicek, C Wan - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The performance of aqueous choline chloride (ChCl) solution on switchgrass fractionation
and further utilization was evaluated. Under a relatively mild pretreatment condition (120° C …

Furfural production in a biphasic system using a carbonaceous solid acid catalyst

GG Millán, J Phiri, M Mäkelä, T Maloney… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2019 - Elsevier
The formation of furfural from xylose was investigated under heterogeneously catalyzed
conditions with Starbon® 450-SO 3 H as a catalyst in a biphasic system. Experiments were …

One-pot selective conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into furfural and co-products using aqueous choline chloride/methyl isobutyl ketone biphasic solvent system

Z Chen, X Bai, A Lusi, WA Jacoby, C Wan - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated simultaneous lignocellulose fractionation and conversion in a one-
pot reaction using an aqueous choline chloride/methyl isobutyl ketone (ChCl/MIBK) biphasic …

Model‐Assisted Optimization of Xylose, Arabinose, Glucose, Mannose, Galactose and Real Hemicellulose Streams Dehydration To (Hydroxymethyl) Furfural and …

A Jakob, B Likozar, M Grilc - ChemSusChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Conversion of hemicellulose streams and the constituent monosaccharides, xylose,
arabinose, glucose, mannose, and galactose, was conducted to produce value‐added …

A comparative study of water-immiscible organic solvents in the production of furfural from xylose and birch hydrolysate

GG Millán, S Hellsten, AWT King, JP Pokki… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Furfural (FUR) was produced from xylose using a biphasic batch reaction system. Water-
immiscible organic solvents such as isophorone, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF) and …

Study on the removal of lignin from pre-hydrolysis liquor by laccase-induced polymerization and the conversion of xylose to furfural

J Liu, H Liu, L Chen, Y An, X **, X Li, Z Liu, G Wang… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Eucalyptus dissolving kraft pulp pre-hydrolysis liquor (PHL) is rich in sugar and other
biomass resources, which can produce furfural and may serve as a platform molecule for …