Numerical Studies on Cellulose Hydrolysis in Organic–Liquid–Solid Phase Systems with a Liquid Membrane Catalysis Model

The catalytic hydrolysis of cellulose to produce 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is a powerful means of biomass resources. The current efficient hydrolysis of cellulose to obtain HMF is dominated by multiphase reaction systems. However, there is still a lack of studies on the synergistic mechanisms and component transport between the various processes of cellulose hydrolysis in a complex multiphase system. In this paper, a liquid membrane catalytic model was developed to simulate the hydrolysis of cellulose and its further reactions, including the adsorption of the liquid membrane on cellulose particles, the consumption of cellulose solid particles, the complex chemical reactions in the liquid membrane, and the transfer of HMF at the phase interface. The simulations show the synergistic effect between cellulose hydrolysis and multiphase mass transfer. We defined an indicator () to characterize the sensitivity of HMF yield to the initial liquid membrane thickness at different reaction stages. decreased gradually when the glucose conversion increased from 0 to 80%, and increased with the thickening of the initial liquid membrane thickness. It was shown that the thickening of the initial liquid membrane thickness promoted the HMF yield under the same glucose conversion. In summary, our results reveal the mechanism of the interaction between multiple physicochemical processes of the cellulose liquid membrane reaction system.

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