Molten salt hydrate, also called inorganic ionic liquid, is an aqueous solution of inorganic salt at extraordinarily high concentration. The system has many unique properties such as high boiling point, low vapor pressure, and liquid state at moderate temperature with low viscosity. More attractively, some molten salt hydrates are able to swell and dissolve cellulose and biomass. This presentation reports our recent research activities on using molten salt hydrates for fractionation, conversion, and valorization of lignocellulosic biomass, including cellulose dissolution and hydrolysis, biomass saccharification and fractionation, glucose isomerization, sugars/biomass to furan-based chemicals and hydrocarbons, lignin quantitation, and lignin depolymerization.<br/>

Biorefining of lignocellulosic biomass in inorganic ionic liquid (molten salt hydrate)

2019 Spring National Meeting

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