Conversion of water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes into biofuel intermediate: combination subcritical water and zeolite based catalyst processes

The production of gamma-valerolactone, a biofuel intermediate, from water hyacinth is reported in this article. Gamma-valerolactone is an attractive platform chemical that can be further converted into a variety of chemical derivatives for wide use in industrial applications. In this study, we emplo...

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Main Authors: Edi Soetaredjo Felycia, Ismadji Suryadi, Ju Yi-Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CAN THO UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING HOUSE 2016-07-01
Series:Can Tho University Journal of Science
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Online Access:https://ctujs.ctu.edu.vn/index.php/ctujs/article/view/146