Acrolein and acrylic acid from biomass

In this article a review of the best results obtained in the production of acrolein and acrylic acid from biomass are presented. The platform molecules derived from biomass that are used in these catalytic processes are glycerol, lactic acid, fumaric acid, and 1-3-hydroxypropionic acid. The most pro...

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Published inAtti della Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze fisiche e naturali Vol. 28; no. Suppl 1; pp. 59 - 67
Main Authors Grasselli, Robert Karl, Trifirò, Ferruccio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.07.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Acrolein
Acrylic acid
Acrylics
Biomass
Biomedicine
Catalysis
Concepts in Catalysis
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Energy costs
Environment
Fumaric acid
Glycerol
History of Science
Lactic acid
Life Sciences
Petroleum
Propylene
Purification
Acrylic acid from 3-hydroypropionic acid
Acrylic acid from fumaric acid
Acrylic acid from lactic acid
Acrolein and acrylic acid from glycerol
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Summary:In this article a review of the best results obtained in the production of acrolein and acrylic acid from biomass are presented. The platform molecules derived from biomass that are used in these catalytic processes are glycerol, lactic acid, fumaric acid, and 1-3-hydroxypropionic acid. The most promising approaches for the production of acrylic acid from biomass platform molecules are those from 3-hydroxypropionic acid, requiring minimum feed purification, and from glycerol using a two stage catalytic process with interstage purification. None of the bio-based processes are commercially competitive with petroleum (propylene) based processes because of the high energy costs of the former processes therefore research to optimize the processes is necessary.
ISSN:2037-4631
1720-0776
DOI:10.1007/s12210-017-0610-6