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Production of Furanic Biofuels with Zeolite and Metal Oxide Bifunctional Catalysts for Energy-and Product-Driven Biorefineries

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Production of Biofuels and Chemicals with Bifunctional Catalysts

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Abstract

In the last years, research on the transformation of biomass into different compounds has grown significantly with the motivation being to reduce the dependency of oil and to develop of sustainable and environmental friendly energy sources. In this context biomass appears to be as the only renewable source of carbon that is able to provide a substitute for fossil fuels. In the near future, bio-refineries, in which biomass is catalytically converted into pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, plastics and transportation fuels will take the place of current petrochemical plants. Among the transportation fuels, furanic biofuels as 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) and 2-methylfuran (2-MF) have good performance as a fuel for direct injection spark ignition type engines without important modifications of the engine. The transformation of biomass into furanic biofuel compounds takes place via 5 hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in the case of the DMF and 2-MF; in the case of the 2-MF it can be also produced from furfural (FF) via furfuryl alcohol (FOL). In these reactions it is necessary to employ of bifunctional catalysts for the hydrogenolysis. Metals are required to fix the hydrogen reaction and sometimes for the C–O and C–C bonds cleavage and the acid-base supports of the dehydration, for the C–C and C–O bonds scissions. This chapter provides an overview of current methods for converting biomass to furanic biofuels with zeolite and metal oxide bifunctional catalysts. The chapter provides state-of-the-art overview on furanic biofuel production from biomass with a brief description of the DMF production process and the 2-MF production process. Use of different bifunctional catalysts for the DMF production process and the 2-MF production process is described. The influence of the support and that of different metals will be discussed along with properties of the bifunctional catalysts like metal dispersion, catalysts acidity and operating conditions. Finally, the use of different solvents to improve the yield of biofuels will be analyzed.

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This work was supported by funds from University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Innovation (Projects: CTQ2015-64226-C3-2-R), and Basque Country Government (Project: IT993-16).

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Requies, J., Agirre, I., Iriondo, A. (2017). Production of Furanic Biofuels with Zeolite and Metal Oxide Bifunctional Catalysts for Energy-and Product-Driven Biorefineries. In: Fang, Z., Smith Jr., R., Li, H. (eds) Production of Biofuels and Chemicals with Bifunctional Catalysts. Biofuels and Biorefineries, vol 8. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5137-1_8

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