Design and control of a process to produce furfuryl alcohol

Tseng, Yu-Ti; Wang, Wei-Jyun; Ward, Jeffrey D.; Lee, Hao‐Yeh

doi:10.1016/j.jtice.2015.01.001

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“…These differences between cases were not broad; thus, the capital costs for each process are similar between US$24.9 and 33.4 million. Tseng et al reported a capital cost of only US$1.0 million for a process plant with about the same FFA capacity . It is noted that this value accounts for equipment costs only, which were calculated by using cost correlations with unclear provenance.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…An important point to note is that the cost of the hydrogen donor is 74% of the cost of furfural for the IPA-based process and 36% for the ethanol-based process. For a H 2 -based process, the cost of H 2 is <1% of the cost of furfural …”

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confidence: 99%

“…GHG emission intensity was estimated using product life cycle assessment (LCA) principles for a plant based in Brisbane, Australia, to compare the climate change impacts of producing FFA from gas-phase hydrogenation of furfural using H 2 (reference case) vs the developed transfer hydrogenation processes. The mass and energy balance for the reference was determined by a model prepared on Aspen Plus (Figure S3 and Table S3), based on the work by Tseng et al…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Acetalization and etherification have also been reported but were not considered in this process model. 42−45 Following, the product FFA (T b = 171 °C) is separated from the reaction mixture and purified to 99.0 wt % in the first distillation column, as described by Tseng et al 46 The remaining stream is fed to the second distillation column for purification of the dehydrogenated hydrogen donor (>99.0 wt %) and consequent recovery of the hydrogen donor (>99.0 wt %). 33 The dehydrogenation coproducts considered for each hydrogen donor are (i) acetone from IPA and (ii) acetaldehyde from ethanol.…”

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Conceptual Process Design, Techno-Economics, and Greenhouse Gas Analysis of Furfuryl Alcohol Production via Transfer Hydrogenation

Fraga,

Ramirez,

Renouf

et al. 2024

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.

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Catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) has gained attention as a potentially more sustainable process than conventional hydrogenation with H2 gas. In this process, hydrogen is supplied in situ from a donor molecule without the need for high-pressure H2. We developed a conceptual commercial process for the transfer hydrogenation of furfural into furfuryl alcohol (FFA) and performed techno-economic and greenhouse gas (GHG) analyses aiming to identify bottlenecks and guide future research in this field. Two hydrogen donor compounds were considered: 2-propanol and ethanol. Total capital investment varies between US$24.9 and 33.4 million for these processes, and the minimum selling price for FFA is below the market price of US$1.52/kg only with ethanol as a hydrogen donor. The main impact on the profitability is from selling the dehydrogenated hydrogen donor as a coproduct. Thus, low-cost hydrogen donors that generate high-value dehydrogenation products are required for this process to be competitive with conventional hydrogenation. In addition, utilizing a hydrogen donor that comes free of embodied impact and/or that avoids a GHG release is required for CTH to have a lower GHG emission intensity than conventional hydrogenation.

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Conceptual Process Design, Techno-Economics, and Greenhouse Gas Analysis of Furfuryl Alcohol Production via Transfer Hydrogenation

Fraga,

Ramirez,

Renouf

et al. 2024

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.

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“…This market growth is attributed to the increasing demand of FuOH and other FUR-based derivates [137]. A process to produce FuOH from FUR developed by Tseng et al [138] reported an annual cost of EUR 744,000/year [139] to produce 50 kmol/h.…”

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Towards the Green Synthesis of Furfuryl Alcohol in A One-Pot System from Xylose: A Review

Millán

Sixta

2020

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In the pursuit of establishing a sustainable biobased economy, valorization of lignocellulosic biomass is increasing its value as a feedstock. Nevertheless, to achieve the integrated biorefinery paradigm, the selective fractionation of its complex matrix to its single constituents must be complete. This review presents and examines the novel catalytic pathways to form furfuryl alcohol (FuOH) from xylose in a one-pot system. This production concept takes on chemical, thermochemical and biochemical transformations or a combination of them. Still, the bulk of the research is targeted to develop heterogeneous catalytic systems to synthesize FuOH from furfural and xylose. The present review includes an overview of the economic aspects to produce this platform chemical in an industrial manner. In the last section of this review, an outlook and summary of catalytic processes to produce FuOH are highlighted.

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Novel reaction-hybrid-extraction-distillation process for furfuryl alcohol production from raw bio-furfural

Nhien

Long

Kim

et al. 2019

Biochemical Engineering Journal

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Design and control of a process to produce furfuryl alcohol

Cited by 9 publications

References 19 publications

Conceptual Process Design, Techno-Economics, and Greenhouse Gas Analysis of Furfuryl Alcohol Production via Transfer Hydrogenation

Conceptual Process Design, Techno-Economics, and Greenhouse Gas Analysis of Furfuryl Alcohol Production via Transfer Hydrogenation

Towards the Green Synthesis of Furfuryl Alcohol in A One-Pot System from Xylose: A Review

Novel reaction-hybrid-extraction-distillation process for furfuryl alcohol production from raw bio-furfural

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