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Furfural—A Promising Platform for Lignocellulosic Biofuels

Lange, Jean‐Paul, van der Heide, Evert, van Buijtenen, Jeroen, Price, Richard·2012·ChemSusChem

Abstract

Furfural offers a promising, rich platform for lignocellulosic biofuels. These include methylfuran and methyltetrahydrofuran, valerate esters, ethylfurfuryl and ethyltetrahydrofurfuryl ethers as well as various C 10–C 15 coupling products. The various production routes are critically reviewed, and the needs for improvements are identified. Their relative industrial potential is analysed by defining an investment index and CO 2 emissions as well as determining the fuel properties for the resulting products. Finally, the most promising candidate, 2‐methylfuran, was subjected to a road trial of 90 000 km in a gasoline blend. Importantly, the potential of the furfural platform relies heavily on the cost‐competitive production of furfural from lignocellulosic feedstock. Conventional standalone and emerging coproduct processes—for example, as a coproduct of cellulosic ethanol, levulinic acid or hydroxymethyl furfural—are expensive and energetically demanding. Challenges and areas that need improvement are highlighted. In addition to providing a critical review of the literature, this paper also presents new results and analysis in this area.

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  • Since furfural is industrially produced from lignocellulose on a scale of 400 kilotons a year, producing FDCA from furfural provides a potentially cheaper route to FDCA.

    “Since furfural is industrially produced from lignocellulose on a scale of 400 kilotons a year, this provides a potentially cheaper route to FDCA.115”

    From Catalysis as an Enabling Science for Sustainable Polymers (2018) · cites this paper as [115]

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Authors
Lange, J., van der Heide, E., van Buijtenen, J., & Price, R.
Affiliations
  • Shell (Netherlands) (NL)
  • Shell (United Kingdom) (GB)
Corresponding author
Lange, Jean‐Paul
Venue
ChemSusChem
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-12-23
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
150-166
ISSN
  • 1864-5631 (ISSN-L)
  • 1864-564X
OpenAlex
W2165032076
Cited by
1,323
References
118
Citations by year
2026: 27 · 2025: 64 · 2024: 67 · 2023: 82 · 2022: 76 · 2021: 107 · 2020: 114 · 2019: 121 · 2018: 136 · 2017: 129 · 2016: 108 · 2015: 101 · 2014: 90 · 2013: 67 · 2012: 32
FWCI
4.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • ChemSusChem (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Université de Namur
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
Keywords
furfural, lignocellulosic biofuels, 2-methylfuran, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, methylfuran, furfuryl ethers, levulinic acid, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, gasoline blends, road testing, CO2 emissions, investment index, fuel properties, cost competitiveness
MeSH terms
Furaldehyde, Lignin, Green Chemistry Technology, Biofuels

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