Experimental studies for levulinic acid production from water hyacinth plant

Author

Lai Huanran ; Peng Jinping ; Liao Bin ; Xian Jiaxing ; Zhang Zhiguo ; Guo Jianwei ; Cui Yihua

Author_Institution

Fac. of Chem. Eng. & Light Ind., Guangdong Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China

Volume

1

fYear

2011

fDate

20-22 May 2011

Firstpage

373

Lastpage

376

Abstract

This work uses water hyacinth as the raw material and the methanesulfonic acid as the hydrolytic catalyst to prepare LA (levulinic acid) with microwave heating techniques, and discusses the effects of reaction time, reaction pressure, liquid-solid ratios and methanesulfonic acid concentration on the yield of LA. Experiment results show that the optimal conditions for the preparation are: reaction time 10 minutes, reaction pressure 4 MPa, methanesulfonic acid concentration 4%, liquid-solid ratios 30:1, and the highest yield of LA is 9. 43 wt%.

Keywords

biotechnology; catalysts; microwave heating; renewable materials; hydrolytic catalyst; levulinic acid production; methanesulfonic acid; microwave heating techniques; raw material; water hyacinth plant; Detectors; Electromagnetic heating; Electromagnetics; Medical services; Rivers; Water heating; catalytic hydrolysis; levulinic acid; methanesulfonic acid; microwave heating techniques; water hyacinth;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Materials for Renewable Energy & Environment (ICMREE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-749-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMREE.2011.5930833

Filename

5930833