Potential of Waste Biomass from the Sugar Industry as a Source of Furfural and Its Derivatives for Use as Fuel Additives in Poland
Poland is one of the leading producers of sugar from sugar beet in Europe. However, the production of sugar generates large amounts of lignocellulosic waste, in the form of beet pulp and leaves. Currently, this waste is not reutilized in the chemical industry, but is only used as food for farm anima...
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| author | Magdalena Modelska Michal J. Binczarski Piotr Dziugan Szymon Nowak Zdzisława Romanowska-Duda Adam Sadowski Izabela A. Witońska |
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| description | Poland is one of the leading producers of sugar from sugar beet in Europe. However, the production of sugar generates large amounts of lignocellulosic waste, in the form of beet pulp and leaves. Currently, this waste is not reutilized in the chemical industry, but is only used as food for farm animals. This paper assesses the potential of using bio-waste from the sugar industry as a raw material for the production of furfurals via acid hydrolysis. Further processing of furfural into derivatives such as furfuryl alcohol (FA) or tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) could increase the economic profitability of the initiative. Furfuryl alcohol can be used as a fuel additive in sugar factories. Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol can be used as a component in agricultural fertilizers, increasing the yield of sugar beet. This approach reduces the amount of post-production waste and brings the sugar industry closer to the concept of a circular economy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bcc0da54f1f84d398433cb4c6259a2ce2023-11-21T01:23:04ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-12-011324668410.3390/en13246684Potential of Waste Biomass from the Sugar Industry as a Source of Furfural and Its Derivatives for Use as Fuel Additives in PolandMagdalena Modelska0Michal J. Binczarski1Piotr Dziugan2Szymon Nowak3Zdzisława Romanowska-Duda4Adam Sadowski5Izabela A. Witońska6Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 Lodz, PolandInstitute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 Lodz, PolandDepartment of Environmental Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 Lodz, PolandBranch of the National Sugar Company, “Polski Cukier” S.A. “DOBRZELIN Sugar Factory”, 99-319 Dobrzelin, PolandDepartment of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, PolandFaculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz, 90-255 Lodz, PolandInstitute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, 90-924 Lodz, PolandPoland is one of the leading producers of sugar from sugar beet in Europe. However, the production of sugar generates large amounts of lignocellulosic waste, in the form of beet pulp and leaves. Currently, this waste is not reutilized in the chemical industry, but is only used as food for farm animals. This paper assesses the potential of using bio-waste from the sugar industry as a raw material for the production of furfurals via acid hydrolysis. Further processing of furfural into derivatives such as furfuryl alcohol (FA) or tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) could increase the economic profitability of the initiative. Furfuryl alcohol can be used as a fuel additive in sugar factories. Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol can be used as a component in agricultural fertilizers, increasing the yield of sugar beet. This approach reduces the amount of post-production waste and brings the sugar industry closer to the concept of a circular economy.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/24/6684furfuralfurfuryl alcoholtetrahydrofurfuryl alcoholfuel additivescircular economy |
| spellingShingle | Magdalena Modelska Michal J. Binczarski Piotr Dziugan Szymon Nowak Zdzisława Romanowska-Duda Adam Sadowski Izabela A. Witońska Potential of Waste Biomass from the Sugar Industry as a Source of Furfural and Its Derivatives for Use as Fuel Additives in Poland Energies furfural furfuryl alcohol tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol fuel additives circular economy |
| title | Potential of Waste Biomass from the Sugar Industry as a Source of Furfural and Its Derivatives for Use as Fuel Additives in Poland |
| title_full | Potential of Waste Biomass from the Sugar Industry as a Source of Furfural and Its Derivatives for Use as Fuel Additives in Poland |
| title_fullStr | Potential of Waste Biomass from the Sugar Industry as a Source of Furfural and Its Derivatives for Use as Fuel Additives in Poland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential of Waste Biomass from the Sugar Industry as a Source of Furfural and Its Derivatives for Use as Fuel Additives in Poland |
| title_short | Potential of Waste Biomass from the Sugar Industry as a Source of Furfural and Its Derivatives for Use as Fuel Additives in Poland |
| title_sort | potential of waste biomass from the sugar industry as a source of furfural and its derivatives for use as fuel additives in poland |
| topic | furfural furfuryl alcohol tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol fuel additives circular economy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/24/6684 |
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