An efficient porous coir–polyurethane composite with high porosity and high oil sorption efficiency has been successfully prepared by incorporating coir into a polyurethane matrix.
A feasible
catalytic process was developed for the simultaneous
direct production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and furfural from
corncob biomass using porous HSO3-ZSM-5 zeolite solid-acid
catalyst in organic/water cosolvents. This research work demonstrated
and optimized the catalytic performance of sulfonated ZSM-5 zeolite
and a highly tunable cosolvent system to significantly improve the
coproduction of HMF and furfural from lignocellulosic biomass in a
single-phase reaction process by integrating biomass hydrolysis with
catalytic dehydration of sugars. The sulfonated ZSM-5 zeolite exhibited
high catalytic activity for the corncob biomass conversion to HMF
and furfural, the important and useful platform chemicals in the industry.
The reaction conditions including solvent, catalyst loading, temperature,
and reaction time were investigated. Combining modified ZSM-5 catalyst
with the THF/H2O cosolvent gave high simultaneous yields
of HMF (49 ± 0.5%) and furfural (89 ± 0.5%) directly from
the corncob biomass with low levulinic acid formation (11%) at suitable
reaction conditions.
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