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    Energy analysis and life cycle assessment of furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural integrated biorefinery processes with heat pump-assisted reactive distillation
    (2025-03-15)
    Wiranarongkorn, Kunlanan
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    Im-Orb, Karittha
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    Saebea, Dang
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    Patcharavorachot, Yaneeporn
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    Arpornwichanop, Amornchai
    Bio-based products, such as biochemicals and bioenergy, have received considerable attention in efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. In this study, an integrated biorefinery process for the production of furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) using sugarcane bagasse is proposed. Three process scenarios were compared: the integrated process of HMF and furfural production using (i) conventional reactive distillation (RD), (2) heat pump-assisted RD, and (3) heat pump-assisted RD with heat integration. The comparison focused on energy efficiency and life cycle analysis. The simulation results revealed that the overall energy efficiency of the proposed process could increase by 14.5 % with the additional heat pump to the RD column at a pressure ratio of 1.4 due to a reduction of external energy consumption. This improvement reduced the environmental impact of natural gas combustion for utility production. Specifically, the global warming potential of processes involving heat pump-assisted RD without and with heat integration decreased by 16.66 % and 80.08 %, respectively, compared to conventional RD. These results indicate that incorporating heat pump-assisted RD and implementing effective heat management within the integrated biorefinery process significantly decreased external energy consumption, leading to substantial environmental benefits.
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    Facile synthesis of the atomically dispersed hydrotalcite oxide supported copper catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of 5–hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan
    (2023-07-15)
    Kumar, Raju
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    Lee, Hsin Hui
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    Chen, En
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    Du, Yuan Peng
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    Lin, Chan Yi
    The selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan (BHMF) using the atomically dispersed supported copper catalyst is investigated. The hydrotalcite oxide supported copper materials (Cu<inf>(x)</inf>HTO) are facilely prepared by coprecipitating metal precursors in a methanolic solution under a tuned pH. The surface characterization involving PXRD, TEM, H<inf>2</inf>/N<inf>2</inf>O-TPR, and XAS reveals unequivocal evidence for the presence of the atomically dispersed copper on HTO surface. XAS specifically indicates the formation of mononuclear copper species, and H<inf>2</inf>/N<inf>2</inf>O-TPR strongly supports the copper atoms of Cu<inf>(5)</inf>HTO are evenly distributed in 99% dispersion. Moreover, the reduced Cu<inf>(5)</inf>HTO (r-Cu<inf>(5)</inf>HTO) enables to completely hydrogenate HMF to BHMF under mild conditions, in comparison to the poor reactivity catalyzed by the hydrotalcite oxide supported copper nanoparticles (r-Cu<inf>(4)</inf>@HTO). The dramatic enhancement of HMF hydrogenation catalyzed by r-Cu<inf>(5)</inf>HTO can be attributed to the fine distribution of copper atoms which are situated homogeneously over HTO surface as well as chemically reactive for the carbonyl group.