Scale-up of catalytic furandicarboxylic acid production at room temperature

该项目将利用我们从实验室规模的发现中获得的新知识，开发一种可用于工业规模生产2，5-呋喃二甲酸（FDCA）的新工艺。该方法使FDCA成为未来化学工业的平台化学品，来自植物糖的完全可再生来源，5-羟甲基糠醛。这是从尚未商业化的糖生产可生物降解塑料的必要过程。该技术将以低成本和无需加热的方式实现FDCA的大规模工业化生产。从可再生植物糖中生产这种有价值的商品将为未来的绿色化学生产方法提供高质量的研究生培训。

This project will use new knowledge acquired from our laboratory-scale discoveries to develop a new process feasible for industrial-scale production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). The method makes FDCA, a platform chemical for future chemical industry, from a completely renewable source derived from plant sugars, 5-hydroxymethyl-furfural. This is an essential process for production of biodegradable plastic from sugar that has not been commercialised. This technology will realise sizeable industrial-scale production of FDCA at low costs and without heating. The production development of this valuable commodity from renewable plant sugars will provide high-quality postgraduate training in future green chemical production methods.