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Elucidation of chemical synthesis from sugar and solvent effect on the reaction using supercritical microreactor

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14350413
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 反応・分離工学
Research InstitutionTOHOKU UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

ADSCHIRI Tadafumi  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS, Professor, 多元物質科学研究所, 教授 (60182995)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAKAMI Seiichi  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS, Research Associate, 多元物質科学研究所, 助手 (40311550)
UMETSU Mitsuo  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS, Research Associate, 多元物質科学研究所, 助手 (70333846)
SASAKI Mitsuru  KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY, THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, Research Associate, 工学部, 助手
OHARA Satoshi  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS, Researcher, 多元物質科学研究所, 研究機関研究員
SUE Kiwamu  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, Research Associate, 大学院・工学研究科, 助手 (60333845)
後藤 浩太郎  野口研究所, 研究部, 研究員(研究職)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥16,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥16,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥5,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥5,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥6,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,300,000)
KeywordsSupercritical fluids / water / cellulose / Sugar / hydrolysis / reaction mechanism
Research Abstract

We investigated chemical synthesis from sugar in supercritical water, focusing on glycol acid as a bio-degradable material. In this research, process conditions are surveyed to recover glycol aldehyde.
First of all, we analyzed decomposition process of glycol using micro-reactors. Glycols decomposed to erythrose and then glycol aldehyde by retroaldol reaction. Glycol aldehyde is converted into fructose by tautomerism and finally decomposed into glyceraldehyde and pyruvaldehyde. These reactions were accompanied with dehydration.
We estimated the reaction rate and its dependency on temperature, using micro-reactors, and revealed that higher temperature and lower water concentration promotes retroaldol reaction instead of dehydration and tautomerism. The reaction at 450℃ in water with a density of 0.1g/cm^3 produced glycol acid with a yield of 89%. We also confirmed glycol aldehyde reacted into glycol acid by Cannizzaro reaction.
The reaction rate was estimated as several tens msec, indicating that small reactor is required to enable industrial processes. We showed that the remained research theme are reaction conditions for conversion to glycol acid, reaction of concentrated reactants for industrial process, and utilization of heat from other industry.
We, further, estimated solvent effect on reaction time and the possibility of a new synthesis method for sugar, cellulose, amino acids, and lignin, using micro-reactors.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2004 Other

All Journal Article (9 results) Publications (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Disassembly of lignin and chemical recovery-rapid depolymerization of lignin without char formation in water-phenol mixtures2004

    • Author(s)
      K.Okuda et al.
    • Journal Title

      Fuel Processing Technology 85(8-10)

      Pages: 803-813

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Low-temperature catalytic gasification of lignin and cellulose with a ruthenium catalyst in supercritical water2004

    • Author(s)
      M.Osada et al.
    • Journal Title

      ENERGY & FUELS 18(2)

      Pages: 327-333

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Non-catalytic recovery of phenol through decomposition of 2-isopropylphenol2004

    • Author(s)
      T.Sato et al.
    • Journal Title

      Chemical Engineering Science 59(6)

      Pages: 1247-1253

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Control of reversible reactions in supercritical water : I.Alkylations2004

    • Author(s)
      T.Sato et al.
    • Journal Title

      AICHE JOURNAL 50(3)

      Pages: 665-672

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Efficient conversion of lignin into single chemical species by solvothermal reaction in water-p-cresol solvent2004

    • Author(s)
      K.Okuda et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics : Condensed Matter 16(14)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Kinetics of cellulose conversion at 25 MPa in sub- and Supercritical water2004

    • Author(s)
      M.Sasaki et al.
    • Journal Title

      AICHE JOURNAL 50(1)

      Pages: 192-202

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Kinetics of cellulose conversion at 25 MPa in sub-and Supercritical water2004

    • Author(s)
      M.Sasaki et al.
    • Journal Title

      AICHE JOURNAL 50(1)

      Pages: 192-202

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Efficient conversion of lignin into single chemical species by solvothermal reaction in water-p-cresol solvent2004

    • Author(s)
      K.Okuda
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics-Condenced Matter 16(14)

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Disassembly of lignin and chemical recovery - rapid depolymerization of lignin without char formation in water-phenol mixtures2004

    • Author(s)
      K.Okuda
    • Journal Title

      Fuel Processing Technology 85(8-10)

      Pages: 803-813

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Mitsuru Sasaki, Kohtaro Goto, Kiyohiko Tajima, Tadafumi Adschiri, Kunio Arai: "Rapid and selective retro-aldol condensation of glucose to glycolaldehyde in supercritical water"Green Chemistry. 4(3). 285-287 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Takafumi Sato, Gaku Sekiguchi, Motofumi Saisu, Masaru Watanabe, Tadafumi Adschiri, Kunio Arai: "Dealkylation and Rearrangement Kinetics of 2-Isopropylphenol in Supercritical Water"Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.. 41(3). 3124-3130 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Mitsuru Sasaki, Tadafumi Adschiri, Kunio Arai: "Fractionation of sugarcane bagasse by hydrothermal treatment"Bioresource Technology. 86. 301-304 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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