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García A, Saotta A, Miguel PJ, Sánchez-Tovar R, Fornasari G, Allegri A, Torres-Olea B, Cecilia JA, Albonetti S, Dimitratos N, Solsona B. Promoter Effect of Pt on Zr Catalysts to Increase the Conversion of Furfural to γ-Valerolactone Using Batch and Continuous Flow Reactors: Influence of the Way of the Incorporation of the Pt Sites. ENERGY & FUELS : AN AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL 2024; 38:9849-9861. [PMID: 38863684 PMCID: PMC11164049 DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c01174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
Abstract
The valorization of biomass and its transformation into fuels are highly interesting due to the abundance of biomass and its almost neutral carbon emissions. In this article, we show the production of γ-valerolactone (GVL), a valuable product, from furfural (FF), a compound that can be easily obtained from biomass. This FF to GVL transformation involves a catalytic cascade reaction with two hydrogenation steps. Pt and/or Zr supported on sepiolite catalysts have been prepared and tested in the FF transformation reaction. A physical mixture of a Zr-based and a Pt-based catalyst has reached a yield to GVL of ca. 50% after 16 h at 180 °C. This performance largely exceeds that obtained by each of the single Pt or single Zr metal catalysts independently, showing a strong synergistic effect. These data suggest that each metal (Pt and Zr) plays an important and complementary role in different reaction steps. Furthermore, the physical mixture appears to be much more efficient than bimetallic Pt/Zr catalysts synthesized with the same amount of metals. The role of the type of acidity and the oxidation state of the surface platinum species on the catalytic performance has been discussed. Moreover, this reaction has been carried out in batch and continuous flow reactors, and a comparative study between the two operation modes has been undertaken. A certain correlation between the catalytic results obtained by both operation modes has been found.
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Affiliation(s)
- Adrian García
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Universitat de
València. Av. Universitat s/n, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
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- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Universitat de
València. Av. Universitat s/n, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Universitat de
València. Av. Universitat s/n, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
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- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy
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- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Crystallography and Mineralogy, Campus de
Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Crystallography and Mineralogy, Campus de
Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy
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- Department
of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, Bologna 40136, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Universitat de
València. Av. Universitat s/n, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain
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Wang J, Xiang Z, Huang Z, Xu Q, Yin D. Recent advances on bifunctional catalysts for one-pot conversion of furfural to γ-valerolactone. Front Chem 2022; 10:959572. [PMID: 36017159 PMCID: PMC9395647 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.959572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
γ-Valerolactone (GVL) is one of the most valuable compounds derived from furfural (FAL), which has been industrially produced from agricultural byproducts like corn cobs. It is extremely challenging to synthesize GVL from FAL efficiently via a one-pot cascade reaction due to the need for multiple active sites in a single pot. By focusing on the aspects of one-pot synthesis of GVL from FAL, the authors aim to shed light on the rational design and utilization of environmentally friendly bifunctional catalysts with high efficiency in this reaction. Perspectives regarding future research opportunities in bi- or multi-functional catalysts for one-pot GVL synthesis are also discussed.
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- *Correspondence: Qiong Xu, ; Dulin Yin,
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- *Correspondence: Qiong Xu, ; Dulin Yin,
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Selective Synthesis of Levulinic Ester from Furfural Catalyzed by Hierarchical Zeolites. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12070783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Furfural is a platform molecule that can be catalytically converted using a cascade series of reactions into levulinic esters, essential compounds used as fuel additives. Bifunctional catalysts containing Lewis and Brønsted acid sites such as zeolites are commonly used for these conversions. However, microporous zeolites often present diffusional restriction due to the size similarity of furfural and other molecules to the zeolites’ micropores. Thus, incorporating mesopores in these materials through post-synthetic protocols is a promising pathway to circumventing these limitations. This study presents the creation of hierarchical beta and mordenite using Si or Al removal and their employment in the furfural conversion to isopropyl levulinate (PL). Mordenite zeolite did not produce satisfactory mesopores, while the beta was more efficient in generating them by both acid and alkaline treatments. Beta zeolite treated in an alkaline solution presented larger mesopores (14.9 and 34.0 nm), maintaining a total acidity value close to its parent zeolite and a higher Lewis/Brønsted ratio. The combination of these features led to an improved diffusion of bulkier products and the highest furfural conversion (94%) and PL selectivity (90%), suggesting that a post-modification of beta zeolites produced efficient catalysts for upgrading abundantly available furfural.
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Soumoy L, Célis C, Debecker DP, Armandi M, Fiorilli S, Aprile C. Hafnium-doped silica nanotubes for the upgrading of glycerol into solketal: enhanced performances and in-depth structure-activity correlation. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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