Issue 1, 2012

Liquid hydrocarbonfuels from cellulosic feedstocks via thermal deoxygenation of levulinic acid and formic acid salt mixtures

Abstract

Formic acid is demonstrated as a hydrogen source in a solid reaction system by first stabilizing the acid as a calcium salt which then decomposes at temperatures of relevance in pyrolytic reactions. High yields of deoxygenated hydrocarbons are produced by thermal decomposition of formic and levulinic acid mixtures where the optimum feed stoichiometry is consistent with that of cellulose hydrolysis and dehydration. The method promises a high-yield, robust, low-pressure, non-catalytic route for converting biomass hydrolyzates to hydrocarbon mixtures which are similar to petroleum crude oils.

Graphical abstract: Liquid hydrocarbon fuels from cellulosic feedstocks via thermal deoxygenation of levulinic acid and formic acid salt mixtures

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Jul 2011
Accepted
02 Nov 2011
First published
18 Nov 2011

Green Chem., 2012,14, 85-89

Liquid hydrocarbon fuels from cellulosic feedstocks via thermal deoxygenation of levulinic acid and formic acid salt mixtures

P. A. Case, A. R. P. van Heiningen and M. C. Wheeler, Green Chem., 2012, 14, 85 DOI: 10.1039/C1GC15914C

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