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ArticleACS omega2025

Development of an Industry-Applicable Distillation Process to Prepare High-Purity Furfural.

Weibin Cai, Zezhong Wang, Gary Q Yang, Jianbing Qian

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Weibin CaiSchool of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7967-2699
Zezhong WangSchool of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing 100083, P. R. China.
Gary Q YangCollege of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330045, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9630-9704
Jianbing QianDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China.

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Abstract

Furfural can be produced by the acidification and hydrolysis of biomass raw materials, which have the advantages of low prices, abundant sources, and short renewable cycles. High-purity furfural is valuable, but currently, the processes in industry can only obtain furfural with a purity as low as 98.5%. Therefore, people urgently need an industry-applicable purification process to produce high-purity furfural. In this study, a new distillation process was proposed to produce a high-purity furfural. To our knowledge, we are the first to develop such a process. The process has the advantages of large capacity, small device size, high operation stabilities, high operability, and high product purities compared to the single-column batch distillation process. Pilot-scale experiments were performed to verify the modeling results and determine if the process is industry-applicable. The experimental results are in agreement with the modeling ones, and the concentration of furfural in the distillate product is higher than 99.5% and meets the requirements of high-purity furfural.

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