2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Production of Bio-levulinate from Cellulosic Biomass as a Liquid Fuel
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24380097
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Wood science
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| Research Institution | Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMADA Tatsuhiko 独立行政法人森林総合研究所, バイオマス化学研究領域, 室長 (90353903)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HISHIKAWA Yukako 森林総合研究所, バイオマス化学研究領域, 主任研究員 (80343797)
KUBO Satoshi 森林総合研究所, バイオマス化学研究領域, 主任研究員 (50399375)
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| Research Collaborator |
YAMAGUCHI Mami 愛媛県産業技術研究所紙産業技術センター, 主任研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | バイオレブリネート / バイオマス変換 / セルロース / 液体燃料 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
A simple method of producing bio-levulinates, which were expected to be useful alternative liquid bio-fuel or fuel additives, was studied. Bio-levulinates are ester compounds derived from alcohols and levulinic acid that is prepared from cellulosic biomass. Reactions were performed by refluxing alcohols such as 1-butanol, 1-pentanol, and 1-hexanol at their boiling points of 117, 138, and 157 °C, respectively, with sulfuric acid under atmospheric pressure. Although the process involved simple treatment under atmospheric pressure, the alkyl levulinate yield was quite high: 60-80% based on the hexose content of the cellulosic biomass.
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| Free Research Field |
バイオマス変換化学
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