Optimization of renewable levulinic acid production from glucose conversion catalyzed by Fe/HY zeolite catalyst in aqueous medium

Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli; Nor Aishah Saidina Amin

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2015.02.013

Optimization of renewable levulinic acid production from glucose conversion catalyzed by Fe/HY zeolite catalyst in aqueous medium

Nur Aainaa Syahirah Ramli
, Nor Aishah Saidina Amin^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Levulinic acid (LA) is a versatile chemical with numerous applications. In this study, the conversions of glucose and oil palm fronds (OPF) to LA have been conducted over 10% Fe/HY zeolite catalyst. The optimization of LA yield from glucose conversion using Box-Behnken design and response surface methodology reported 61.8% yield, which can be achieved at temperature 173.4 °C, reaction time 3.3 h, 0.93 g of glucose and 0.89 g 10% Fe/HY zeolite. The LA yield from OPF conversion conducted at the optimum conditions was 17.6% with 54.8% process efficiency. It was also observed that Fe leaching from 10% Fe/HY zeolite was insignificant and recycled 10% Fe/HY zeolite gave sufficient performance for five successive cycles. This study emphasizes the potential of Fe/HY zeolite catalyst for catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to LA.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10-19
Number of pages	10
Journal	Energy Conversion and Management
Volume	95
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2015.02.013
State	Published - 1 May 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Fe/HY zeolite
Glucose
Levulinic acid
Oil palm fronds
Optimization
Response surface methodology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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