Advanced Glycerol Oxidation to Formic Acid in a Multiphasic Jet Loop Reactor Using Polyoxometalate Catalysts.

ABSTRACT: Glycerol is a common byproduct of commercial biodiesel production and can be used for the production of green platform chemicals such as biogenic formic acid (FA). Biogenic FA is industrially produced via selective catalytic oxidation in the OxFA process using various biomass in conventional stirred-tank reactors (STR). However, the reaction is limited by the low oxygen solubility in the aqueous reaction media that typically requires high oxygen pressures of 10-30 bar. This study aims to implement the multiphasic selective oxidation of glycerol to FA in a jet loop reactor (JLR), highlighting the economic and mass transfer advantages compared to the conventional used STR. The multiphasic approach was catalyzed by the homogeneous H₅PV₂Mo₁₀O₄₀ (HPA-

SUBMITTER: Wirth IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12801389 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature