Experimental and Kinetic Modeling of Galactose Valorization to Levulinic Acid

Levulinic acid, a versatile chemical building block, was derived from C6-sugar galactose using sulfuric acid as the catalyst. Galactose is monosaccharide of polysaccharides constituent that is mostly contained in third generation biomass, macro-microalgae. It currently receives high attention to be a source of renewable feedstock. The effect of temperature, catalyst concentration and initial substrate loadings were studied for 60 min, in the temperature range of 150–190 °C, acid concentration of 0.25–0.75 M and initial substrate loading of 0.05–0.25 M. The highest levulinic acid yield of 40.08 wt% was achieved under the following conditions: 0.05 M galactose, 0.75 M acid concentration, 170 °C temperature, and 40 min reaction time. The kinetic model was developed by first order pseudo-irreversible reaction. The results showed that the proposed model could capture the experimental data well. These results suggested that galactose, derived from macro- and micro-algae, can potentially be converted and applied for platform chemicals. Copyright © 2022 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis - 17(2022), 2, Seite 451-465

Sprache:

Englisch ; Indonesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Retno Ringgani [VerfasserIn]
Muhammad Mufti Azis [VerfasserIn]
Rochmadi Rochmadi [VerfasserIn]
Arief Budiman [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

C6-sugar
Chemical engineering
Galactose
Kinetics
Levulinic acid
Valorization

doi:

10.9767/bcrec.17.2.14032.451-465

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DOAJ027437981