Title:
Preliminary Study on Furfural Production from Two Different Processes and Solvent Extraction Types
Author(s):
Songthanasak, K., Nimsiri, P., Kamsanongsri, P., Maneekiew, K., Meesin, L.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
This work studied on the feasibility on furfural production using biological process. The mixture of corncob and urine was used as fermented material. The experiment used a 34 L-thermal plastic reactors with polystyrene as insulator. The experiment was divided into 2 parts, the first part studied on comparing the two processes which were aerobic and anaerobic processes and the second part studied on comparing the solvents for furfural extraction which were water and acid. The results of the first experiment found that the maximum furfural productions were 1.575 and 6.64 microgram/ml from aerobic and anaerobic processes, respectively. Therefore, the anaerobic process was chosen to study the effect of solvent and the analytical method was adjusted. The corncob was used as carbon source with 3 different types of nitrogen sources (milk, brewery sludge, and urine). The results of the second experiment showed that the extracted furfurals by water were 28, 34, and 41 microgram/ml of milk, brewery sludge, and urine, respectively, while the extracted furfurals by acid were 915, 920, and 1,080 microgram/ml of milk, brewery sludge, and urine, respectively. In summary, the anaerobic process could produce more furfural than the aerobic process and the urine as nitrogen sources could produce the most furfural, while the furfural extraction by acid could more recovery than one of water.
Keywords:
anaerobic process, composting, furfural, corncob, urine, solvent extraction
Topic:
Biomass Chemistry
Subtopic:
Biomass chemistry: conversion processes to obtain industrial materials
Event:
18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
VP2.7.10
Pages:
1501 - 1504
ISBN-13:
978-88-89407-56-1
ISBN-10:
88-89407-56-5
Paper DOI:
10.5071/18thEUBCE2010-VP2.7.10
Price:
FREE
