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Critical factors for levulinic acid production from starch-rich food waste: solvent effects, reaction pressure, and phase separation

Published:2022 Issue:1 Volume:24 Page:163-175
ISSN:1463-9262
Container-title:Green Chemistry
language:en
Short-container-title:Green Chem.

Author:

Dutta Shanta¹^ORCID,Yu Iris K. M.¹²^ORCID,Fan Jiajun³^ORCID,Clark James H.³^ORCID,Tsang Daniel C. W.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 181 Chatham Road South, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

2. Department of Chemistry and Catalysis Research Institute, TU München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany

3. Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK

Abstract

This study provides new and critical insights into sustainable catalytic conversion of food (bread) waste to platform chemicals for achieving sustainable development goals and fostering a circular economy.

Funder

Hong Kong International Airport

Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Pollution,Environmental Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/GC/D1GC01948A

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