Extremely low sulfuric acid catalyst system for synthesis of methyl levulinate from glucose

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-144

  Peng, Lincai ^a   Lin, Lu ^b   Li, Hui ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extremely low sulfuric acid; Glucose; Kinetics; Methyl levulinate

Indexed keywords

ACID CATALYST; CATALYST SYSTEM; DEHYDRATION OF METHANOL; DIMETHYL ETHERS; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; KINETIC INVESTIGATIONS; KINETIC MODELS; METHYL LEVULINATE; PROCESS VARIABLES; REACTION MEDIUM; REACTION PATHWAYS; SIDE REACTIONS; SPENT ACID; VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS;

CARBOHYDRATES; ENZYME KINETICS; FUELS; GLUCOSE; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; METHANOL; REACTION KINETICS;

SULFURIC ACID;

CARBOHYDRATE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLUCOSE; KINETICS; METHANOL; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 84860529406     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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