A review of the methods for levulinic acid separation and extraction

V Rajendaren, SM Saufi, M Zahari - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2024 - Springer
Levulinic acid (LA) and its valuable derivatives are in great demand in various applications.
LA manufacturing from renewable resources through biorefinery processes has gained …

Conversion of biomass and its derivatives to levulinic acid and levulinate esters via ionic liquids

YW Tiong, CL Yap, S Gan… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Biomass has emerged as an abundant and relatively low cost carbon resource alternative to
fossil fuel resources in the sustainable production of specialty chemicals and biofuel …

Optimization of ionic liquid pretreatment of sugar palm fiber for cellulose extraction

AS Norfarhana, RA Ilyas, N Ngadi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Various techniques have been utilized to extract cellulose from sugar palm fiber (SPF). This
research aims to determine the optimal yield of sugar palm cellulose employing ionic liquid …

Optimization of renewable levulinic acid production from glucose conversion catalyzed by Fe/HY zeolite catalyst in aqueous medium

NAS Ramli, NAS Amin - Energy Conversion and Management, 2015 - Elsevier
Levulinic acid (LA) is a versatile chemical with numerous applications. In this study, the
conversions of glucose and oil palm fronds (OPF) to LA have been conducted over 10 …

Esterification of renewable levulinic acid to levulinate esters using amberlyst-15 as a solid acid catalyst

NAS Ramli, NH Zaharudin, NAS Amin - Jurnal Teknologi, 2017 - journals.utm.my
Levulinic acid (LA) is a versatile biomass-derived building block as it can be used for the
synthesis of organic chemicals as alternative to the depleting fossil fuel resources …

Pretreatment of agroindustry waste by ozonolysis for synthesis of biorefinery products

NS Ab Rasid, MM Zainol, NAS Amin - Refining Biomass Residues for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Agroindustry waste has huge potential to be utilized by adopting the concept “waste to
wealth.” Ozonolysis is one of the effective methods to break down the lignin structure without …

Carboxymethyl cellulose synthesis from treated oil palm empty fruit bunch using ionic liquid and hydrogen peroxide

MM Zainol, NS Ab Rasid, M Asmadi… - ASEAN Engineering …, 2021 - journals.utm.my
The synthesis of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) generally uses isolated crude cellulose
with alkaline or acid pretreatment followed by bleaching with sodium chlorite. In this study …

Optimization of hollow fiber-supported liquid membrane operating parameters for levulinic acid separation: Modeling and experimental investigation

V Rajendaren, SM Saufi, M Zahari - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Hollow fiber-supported liquid membrane (HFSLM) is a highly promising technology for the
separation of levulinic acid (LA), which is one of the leading biomass products. This process …

Furfural production under subcritical alcohol conditions: effect of reaction temperature, time, and types of alcohol

N Mohamad, NNM Yusof, TLK Yong - Journal of the Japan Institute of …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
1. Introduction The exponential development of palm oil industries in Malaysia starting from
early 1960s until present has been largely attributed to various government efforts by …

[PDF][PDF] Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Palm Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment Methods.

AZA Rahman, NAS Amin - CET Journal-Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - eprints.utm.my
Malaysia produces great quantities of waste lignocellulosic biomass every year from oil
palm cultivation. Palm wastes are not currently utilised in a very productive manner because …