Kinetic studies on conversion of mischantus giganteus to levulinic acid Available to Purchase

Levulinic acid (LA) derived from biomass is a building block chemical for synthesizing various chemical derivatives, which can be used to manufacture different compounds to replace fossil-based fuels. The kinetics study was carried out to redetermine the optimum reactions conditions such as temperature and catalyst concentration also to predict the performance of the reaction if a continuous reactor (CSTR and PFR) is used. The number of experiments conducted by Dussan (2013) was 8 experiments results in 186 data. Kinetic parameter studies were carried out using PYTHON 3.8 with the Curve_Fit function method. The results of this study show that the kinetic model still prevails with different simulation methods. The reaction at 150 °C and 0.526 M H₂SO₄ gives the highest LA yield of 72 mol% and hence is concluded to be the optimum condition. In a given residence time, higher LA yields obtain in PFR continuous reactor than the CSTR continuous reactor.