CONVERSION OF SUGARS INTO 5-HMF

Amutha Chinnappan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore)
Shikha Baskar (Women Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India)
Chinnappan Baskar (THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology Tehri, Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India)

Pattimura Proceeding : Conference of Science and Technology
2017: Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar of Basic Science

At present, fossil fuels are playing the major role to meet the energy requirements of the world. The large consumption of fossil fuels creates so many environmental problems, such as green-house gases have motivated the search for alternative, renewable fuel options. Biomass is one of the few resources that have the potential to meet the challenges of sustainable and green energy systems. Current biomass resources comprise primarily industrial waste materials such as sawdust or pulp process wastes, hog fuel, forest residues, clean wood waste from landfills, and agricultural prunings and residues from plants such as lignocellulosic materials. There are already a considerable range of chemical building blocks derived from renewable resources. Among them, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is a versatile platform chemical for the synthesis of a wide range of industrially important materials, including biofuels.