Hokkaido university development of bagasse sugar catalyst

On March 14, Hokkaido university chemical catalysts, director of the center for fukuoka chun announced with showa denko, successfully developed a catalyst to promote biomass, sugar.

aws a5 29 e81t1 ni1jc, New catalyst is made through the study of the alkali treatment of activated carbon, can be catalytic decomposition of bagasse, and efficient synthesis of sugar. Combine the new type of catalyst and bagasse after smashing into weakly acidic water, the main components of the bagasse, cellulose and xylan is broken down, into glucose and xylose, respectively. From cellulose to glucose decomposition efficiency of 80%, from xylan to xylose decomposition efficiency over 90%. The sugar can be used as a biological ethanol and biodegradable resin raw materials.