Degradative solvent extraction of biomass using petroleum based solvents

Supachai Jadsadajerm; Trairat Muangthong-On; Janewit Wannapeera; Hideaki Ohgaki; Kouichi Miura; Nakorn Worasuwannarak

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2018.03.124

Degradative solvent extraction of biomass using petroleum based solvents

Bioresour Technol. 2018 Jul:260:169-176. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.03.124. Epub 2018 Mar 30.

Authors

Supachai Jadsadajerm¹, Trairat Muangthong-On², Janewit Wannapeera³, Hideaki Ohgaki², Kouichi Miura², Nakorn Worasuwannarak⁴

Affiliations

¹ The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, Center of Excellence on Energy Technology and Environment, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangmod, Tungkru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand.
² Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji 611-0011, Japan.
³ The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, Center of Excellence on Energy Technology and Environment, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangmod, Tungkru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand; Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji 611-0011, Japan.
⁴ The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, Center of Excellence on Energy Technology and Environment, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangmod, Tungkru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand. Electronic address: nakorn_w@jgsee.kmutt.ac.th.

PMID: 29625289
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.03.124

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the possibility to use two petroleum based solvents, kerosene and a distillate rich in benzene (A150), as practical solvents for the degradative solvent extraction at 350 °C in reference to 1-MN. It was found that the thermal degradation behavior of two biomass samples, a rice straw and Leucaena, in the three solvents was rather similar and that only the distribution of Soluble, Deposit, and Residue was affected by the difference of solubility of the solvents. Preparation of solvent treated biomass (STB) using the three solvents gave the yields close to the sum of the yields of Soluble, Deposit, and Residue. It was judged that A150 may be used to preparing Soluble and that Kerosene can well be used to prepare STB.

Keywords: Biomass; Degradative solvent extraction; Kerosene; Solvent treated biomass.

MeSH terms

Benzene
Biomass*
Petroleum*
Solubility
Solvents

Substances

Petroleum
Solvents
Benzene