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Polyols from Biomass

The purpose of the polyols from biomass LIBPF process model is to simulate the process for the conversion of biomass feedstocks to polyols of short-chain carbohydrates.

The process scheme is based on IPCI process type 3:

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and US patent 6479713 (T A Werpy, J G Frye Jr., A H Zacher, D J Miller: Hydrogenolysis of 5-carbon sugars, sugar alcohols, and other methods and compositions for reactions involving hydrogen, Battelle Memorial Institute - 2001):

chemistry scheme

Have a look at the C++ source code, download the sample results in the form of the mass and energy balance table or download and play with the interactive model developed with LIBPF 0.9:

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The demo requirements are:

  • operating system: Window 2000, XP, Vista or W7
  • Administrator access to the computer during installation
  • [optional] Excel 2003 or later for displaying the mass and energy balance table
  • [optional] OpenOffice 3.0 or later for displaying the mass and energy balance table

 

Please send any feedback to this model to the address: here.

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