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bce ›› 2015, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (5): 39-46.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5854.2015.05.008

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Review on Experimental and Theoretical Study of Furfural Production from Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass

DONG Xiao-chen, YE Xiao-ning, JIANG Xiao-yan, HU Bin, LU Qiang, DONG Chang-qing   

  1. National Engineering Laboratory for Biomass Power Generation Equipment, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2015-03-31 Online:2015-09-30 Published:2015-10-12

Abstract: Furfural was an important product of fast pyrolysis of biomass. It could be selectively produced from controlled fast pyrolysis of biomass. This provided a new way for the production of furfural and value-added utilization of biomass. This paper firstly summarized the experimental studies and density functional theory analysis on the formation mechanism of furfural from pyrolysis of cellulose and hemicellulose. Then this paper concluded the catalytic pyrolysis techniques for the selective production of furfural. Finally, the future research was proposed to reveal the pyrolytic formation mechanism of furfural and optimize the selective furfural production technique.

Key words: biomass, holocellulose, furfural, fast pyrolysis mechanism, selective production

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