Towards a green bulk-scale biobutanol from bioethanol upgrading

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• 作者：Qi Zhang^a ; Jing Dong^a ; ^b ; Yongmei Liu^a ; Yangdong Wang^b ; ^{wangyd.sshy@sinopec.com} ; Yong Cao^a ; ^{yongcao@fudan.edu.cn}
• 关键词：Catalysis ; Ethanol ; 1-Butanol ; Guerbet reaction
• 刊名：Journal of Energy Chemistry
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：25
• 期：6
• 页码：907-910
• 全文大小：821 K
• 卷排序：25

文摘

Biobutanol is attracting increasingly interest as a source of renewable energy and biofuels because of its many advantages over bioethanol that include higher energy density, fuel efficiency, and reduced engine damages. Currently, there is a growing interest in producing biobutanol from bioethanol, in view of the tremendous potential benefits of this transformation for the bulk production of biobutanol in a target specific manner. This perspective paper describes recent progress for the ethanol to butanol process. The different catalysts, including homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic systems, for ethanol to butanol are outlined and compared, and the key issues and requirements for future developments are highlighted. A major challenge for further development and application of ethanol to butanol process is to find an optimal balance between different catalytic functions and to suppress the formation of side products that has plagued most catalytic bioethanol upgrading systems.