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iomass has been recognized as the most promising renewable
resource for the production of high value bio-chemicals, as
5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and levulinic acid (LA) which are biofuel
precursors. Our research group works on agro food and lignocellulosic
residues focusing on their carbohydrate contents. Carbohydrates
are dehydrated in acidic medium at high temperature to obtain HMF
and LA, which are interesting compounds as they involve in obtaining
renewable precursors for the production of biofuels. The aim of this
work involves the carbohydrate dehydration from the beer bagasse
and the study of other agro-industrial wastes. Thereby environmentally
friendly techniques, such as microwave radiation as energy source
will be used for meeting some of the Green Chemistry Principles.
Thus, we have obtained good HMF and LA recoveries, calculated by
quantitative NMR (qNMR) and we compare these results when the
reactions are carried out with conventional heating. Moreover, we have
been able to obtain biofuel precursors from waste using a green and
environmentally friendly energy such us microwave radiation. Also,
we have developed different methods to obtain one precursor or other
changing experimental conditions. As conclusion, a method based
on Green Chemistry Principles has been developed, being clean and
environmental-friendly practices and thanks to the use of microwave
energy. Thismethod approaches the problemof the sugarcane bagasse,
beer bagasse and melon rind as a residue and tries to palliate it; also
they have been transformed in a source of biofuel precursors.
Biography
Andres Moreno Moreno has completed his PhD
degree in Organic Chemistry from Universidad
de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain in 1990. He carried
out Post-doctoral studies at University of Oxford
and University of Paris-Sud. He became Assis-
tant Professor in Organic Chemistry in 1995. In
2015, he obtained a full-time Professor position
by Spanish Educational Government.
andres.moreno@uclm.esMICROWAVE CATALYTIC
CONVERSION OF
LIGNOCELLULOSIC WASTES
INTO BIOFUEL PRECURSORS
Andres Moreno Moreno
A. Lorente, A.J. Huertas-Alonso, M. Salgado,
C. Lucas-Torres, M.P. Sánchez-Verdú and B.
Cabañas
University of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain
Andres Moreno Moreno, J Ind Environ Chem 2018, Volume 2 | DOI: 10.4066/2591-7331-C1-001