Towards Sustainable Lactic Acid Production: Avoiding Gypsum as a Byproduct by using Selective Liquid‐Phase Adsorption
Autor: | Jonas Lins, Ezra Koh, Marcus Rose, Lukas Rübenach |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
Aqueous solution Downstream processing General Chemical Engineering 02 engineering and technology Polymer 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Lactic acid chemistry.chemical_compound General Energy Adsorption chemistry Chemical engineering Desorption medicine Environmental Chemistry General Materials Science 0210 nano-technology Selectivity Activated carbon medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | ChemSusChem. 12:3627-3634 |
ISSN: | 1864-564X 1864-5631 |
DOI: | 10.1002/cssc.201900847 |
Popis: | The utilization of biomass is one of the major challenges for the transition from fossil to renewable resources. Often, the separation of the desired product from the reaction mixture is the most energy-intensive step. Liquid-phase adsorption is a promising separation technology that could significantly improve downstream processing in biorefineries. Highly hydrophobic adsorbents were applied for the separation of lactic acid (LA) from aqueous solutions and to avoid the formation of gypsum as a byproduct. High uptakes and selectivity were obtained in single-solute and co-adsorption experiments. Porous hyper-crosslinked polymers (HCP) and polymer-based spherical activated carbon performed best and showed excellent selectivity for the selective removal of LA. Desorption experiments revealed that HCP was the ideal adsorbent for the separation of LA from aqueous solution and enabled the production of gypsum-free LA. |
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