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Concentrated HCl Catalyzed 5-(Chloromethyl)furfural Production from Corn Stover of Varying Particle Sizes

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5-(Chloromethyl) Furfural (CMF) is a potential chemical building block for replacing petroleum-derived chemicals derived from lignocellulosic feedstocks. In this study, hand harvested corn stover and mechanically forage chopped corn stover was processed in a 1 L hydrolysis reactor to produce CMF in a biphasic, two solvent system. Both 1,2 dichloroethane (DCE) and dichloromethane (DCM) were tested as organic solvents. The results showed that DCE performed better than DCM due to temperature and pressure limitations of the reactor system. Using DCE as the extracting solvent, the effects of solids loading, particle size, and moisture content of the corn stover on the hydrolysis efficiency were determined. One liter acid hydrolysis reactor provides consistent and reproducible yields of 63% CMF from hand harvested corn stover as feedstock at solid loading of 10% wt/v, 100C for 1 h. For the forage chopped corn stover, increasing particle size brings an increase in the feedstock sugar content. Foraged chopped corn stover (FCCS) particle sizes larger than 19 mm (0.75 in.) results in significant reduction in CMF yield from 43 to 35%.

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Acknowledgments

This research is funded by Indiana corn marketing council (ICMC). The authors would like to thank James Streater for providing the forage chopped material. Assistance of Patrick Canepa and Caleb Leuck with reactor runs, guidance of Xingya Liu with HPLC runs, feedbacks of Ron Brander as the project consultant are deeply appreciated. Also it is important to acknowledge Aleksei Bredihhin and Lauri Vares from University of Tartu as well as Ian Klein from Purdue University for their endless support and expertise regarding CMF synthesis and purification for our HPLC standards.

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  1. Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Ximing Zhang, Necla Mine Eren, Thomas Kreke, Nathan S. Mosier, Abigail S. Engelberth & Gozdem Kilaz

  2. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Ximing Zhang, Nathan S. Mosier & Abigail S. Engelberth

  3. School of Engineering Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Necla Mine Eren & Gozdem Kilaz

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Zhang, X., Eren, N.M., Kreke, T. et al. Concentrated HCl Catalyzed 5-(Chloromethyl)furfural Production from Corn Stover of Varying Particle Sizes. Bioenerg. Res. 10, 1018–1024 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-017-9860-5

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