Conversion of Cellulosic Biomass into Renewable Gasoline, Aviation Biofuels and Bio-based Chemicals – towards the Development of 5-HMF-Platform Biorefinery

将纤维素生物质转化为可再生汽油、航空生物燃料和生物基化学品 — 致力于开发 5-HMF 平台生物精炼厂

基本信息

批准号：
RGPIN-2014-05463
负责人：
Xu, Chunbao
金额：
$ 2.11万
依托单位：
University of Western Ontario
依托单位国家：
加拿大
项目类别：
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
加拿大
起止时间：
2016-01-01 至 2017-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=611659
关键词：
Conversion Cellulosic Biomass into Renewable

项目摘要

Cellulosic biomass is abundant and inexpensive, and is generated at large quantities in the agricultural and forestry sectors as residues (cornstalks, wheat straw, sawdust, bark, etc.). Glucose is the main building block of cellulosic biomass, and it can be readily and inexpensively produced from cellulosic biomass via acid or enzymatic hydrolysis. Glucose can be converted into 5-hydroxymethyl-furfural (5-HMF) via catalytic de-hydration. 5-HMF is considered by the U.S. Department of Energy to be among the “top 10 list of bio-based chemicals” in terms of the market potential as it is a versatile intermediate platform precursor for the syntheses of a wide range of biofuels and bio-based chemicals. Compared with other bio-platform chemicals, such as bio-ethanol and levulinic acid, 5-HMF is particularly promising in terms of carbon utilization efficiency as it retains all six carbon-atoms of glucose. The long-term goal of this research program is to develop novel 5-HMF-platform biorefinery for conversion of cellulosic biomass into renewable fuels and chemicals. As short-term objectives, my research efforts in the next five years will be centered on developing novel continuous processes and heterogeneous catalysts for conversion of glucose into biofuels (renewable gasoline and aviation biofuels) and bio-based chemicals, specifically (1) to develop highly efficient continuous processes and heterogeneous catalysts to convert glucose to 5-HMF; (2) to produce renewable gasoline and aviation biofuels from 5-HMF in a continuous reactor; (3) to transform 5-HMF into 2,5-dihydroxymethyl furan and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and produce biopolymers. In this project, a novel continuous process using heterogeneous catalysts will be developed and used for cost-effective conversion of glucose to 5-HMF. 5-HMF will be further catalytically converted to 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) and 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran (DMTF). DMF and DMTF can be renewable gasoline with a much higher energy content than5-HMF. With the continuous process and heterogeneous catalysts, 5-HMF will also be converted to 2,5-dihydroxymethyl furan and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) for production of biopolymers such as bio-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by replacing terephthalic acid with FDCA. Furthermore, as an aromatic aldehyde compound, 5-HMF will be transformed to a coupled product - C12 furoin via self-benzoin condensation and then to C12 hydrocarbons as a potential aviation biofuel by hydrogenation. The glucose-to-5-HMF processes reported so far in the literature are mostly lab-scale batch systems with homogeneous catalysts. In order to produce 5-HMF more economically on a large scale, developing continuous processes and highly active heterogeneous catalysts (to ease catalyst recycling) is the key. The success of this NSERC DG research program could enhance Canada’s economic sustainability in a long term, by creating additional profit streams to the Canadian forest and agricultural sectors and offering renewable chemicals/materials to the Canadian chemical industries. Moreover, this program is expected to train more than 10 highly qualified personnel in a broad area of biorefinery – an area of great significance to Canada’s bioeconomy development.

纤维素生物质丰富且廉价，在农业和林业部门以残留物（玉米秆、麦秆、锯末、树皮等）的形式大量产生。葡萄糖是纤维素生物质的主要组成部分，并且可以很容易地进行加工。通过酸或酶水解，以纤维素生物质廉价生产，可通过催化将葡萄糖转化为 5-羟甲基糠醛 (5-HMF)。 5-HMF 被美国能源部认为是具有市场潜力的“十大生物基化学品”之一，因为它是合成多种物质的多功能中间体平台前体。与生物乙醇和乙酰丙酸等其他生物平台化学品相比，5-HMF 在碳利用效率方面特别有前景，因为它保留了葡萄糖的全部六个碳原子。该研究计划的长期目标是开发新型 5-HMF 平台生物精炼技术，将纤维素生物质转化为可再生燃料和化学品。作为短期目标，我未来五年的研究工作将集中于开发新型生物精炼技术。将葡萄糖转化为生物燃料（可再生汽油和航空生物燃料）和生物基化学品的连续工艺和多相催化剂，特别是（1）开发高度连续的工艺和多相高效催化剂，将葡萄糖转化为5-HMF；（2）在连续反应器中由5-HMF生产可再生汽油和航空生物燃料；（3）将5-HMF转化为2,5-二羟甲基呋喃和2,5-呋喃二甲酸并生产生物聚合物。在该项目中，将开发一种使用非均相催化剂的新型连续工艺，用于将葡萄糖经济高效地转化为 5-HMF，并进一步催化转化为 2,5-二甲基呋喃 (DMF) 和 2,5-HMF。二甲基四氢呋喃（DMTF）和DMTF可以是比5-HMF更高能量的可再生汽油，通过连续工艺和多相催化剂， 5-HMF还将转化为2,5-二羟甲基呋喃和2,5-呋喃二甲酸(FDCA)，用于生产生物聚合物，例如用FDCA代替对苯二甲酸，生产生物基聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)。此外，作为芳香族化合物醛类化合物5-HMF通过自身安息香缩合转化为偶联产物C12糠醛，然后迄今为止，文献中报道的葡萄糖转化为 5-HMF 的工艺大多是采用均相催化剂的实验室规模间歇系统，以便更经济地大规模生产 5-HMF。，开发连续工艺和高活性多相催化剂（以简化催化剂回收）是关键。NSERC DG 研究计划的成功可以通过为加拿大森林和农业创造额外的利润流来增强加拿大的经济可持续性。此外，该项目预计将在生物精炼广泛领域培训 10 多名高素质人才，该领域对加拿大生物经济发展具有重要意义。