Environmental and Safety Assessments of Industrial Production of Levulinic Acid via Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration.

ABSTRACT: These days, there is a need to develop novel and emerging processing pathways that permit production of value-added substances and fuels considering sustainability aspects. In this sense, levulinic acid (LA) is one of the most promising biorefinery products. This paper presents environmental and safety assessments of LA production via acid-catalyzed dehydration (ACD) of biomass. The process was modeled by using Aspen Plus process simulation software based on a capacity of 132 000 tons per annum of banana rachis (main raw material). Likewise, environmental and safety assessments were developed. Parameters such as heats of reaction, explosivity, toxicity of substances, and operational conditions along with extended mass and energy balances were used to perform safety and environmental analys

SUBMITTER: Meramo-Hurtado SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6941184 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature