An integrated effluent free process for the production of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF), levulinic acid (LA) and KNS-ML from aqueous seaweed extract
2020
Kholiya, Faisal | Rathod, Meena R. | Gangapur, Doddabhimappa R. | Adimurthy, S. | Meena, Ramavatar
This paper demonstrates an integrated zero liquid discharge (ZLD) process for time-dependent recovery of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF), levulinic acid (LA) and potassium, nitrogen and sulphur rich mother liquor (KNS-ML) - manure from agar/agarose containing seaweed aqueous solution using transition metal-free KHSO₄ as an eco-friendly and reusable catalyst. The selectivity of HMF is higher at 115 °C in 3 h and favorable to LA in 6 h in autoclave conditions. The proposed concept could be fine-tuned for the selective production of 5-HMF (up to 91% yield) or levulinic acid (56% yield) in the presence of the KHSO₄ catalyst. We have also achieved recyclability of KHSO₄ up to nine (09) cycles and the gram-scale reaction has been demonstrated. The (KNS-ML) obtained after nine cycles followed by neutralization with ammonia solution utilized for manure makes the process zero-liquid discharge and more cost-effective. The efficacy of the KNS-ML after nine cycles has been tested on groundnut plants.
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