Method for forming furanone from biomass
AssigneeKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
InventorsChanbasha Basheer, Ahmed Abdi Hassan
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Abstract
A method of photooxygenating furfural in a photooxygenating system, whereby a liquid mixture comprising furfural, a photosensitizer, and a reaction solvent is passed through a reaction section of the photooxygenating system, wherein the liquid mixture is exposed to solar radiation, while a portion of the furfural is oxidized in presence of the photosensitizer and a furanone compound is produced. Various embodiments of the photocatalytic water splitting reactor, and the water splitting system are also provided.
Claims16
An acid treatment method to form a furanone compound from biomass, comprising:
- extracting furfural from rice husk with an acid treatment;
- mixing the furfural, at least one photosensitizer selected from the group consisting of Rose Bengal, Basic Blue 9, Rhodamine B, methylene blue, mesotetraphenylporphine, polyene dye 2-cyano-5-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)penta-2,4-dienoic acid, Ru(byp)3Cl2, and Ru(byp)3Cl2-imidazolidinone, and a reaction solvent in a vessel to form a liquid mixture;
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- flowing at least a portion of the liquid mixture through a reaction section of a flow reactor, while concurrently exposing the liquid mixture to sunlight to oxidize the furfural to form the furanone compound.
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