Taiying Zhang

TL;DR: Furfural is a natural precursor to furan-based chemicals and has the potential to become a major renewable platform chemical for the production of biochemicals and biofuels.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results from experimental studies and techno-economic analysis of a catalytic process for the conversion of whole biomass into drop-in aviation fuels with maximal carbon yields.

TL;DR: In this article, a single phase co-solvent system using tetrahydrofuran (THF) promotes hydrolysis of maple wood to sugars, sugar dehydration, and lignin extraction simultaneously and achieves higher overall yields of the fuel precursors furfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), and levulinic acid (LA) than previously reported from biomass.

TL;DR: In this article, the carbon efficiency of combining hydrolysis and pyrolysis processes using maple wood as a feedstock was studied, and three possible options for the integration of hydropolymerization with pyro-probe processes were evaluated based on their material and carbon balances.

TL;DR: In this paper, an integrated process for the production of high octane gasoline from maple wood by hydrolysis of maple wood into aqueous carbohydrate solutions followed by an integrated phase hydrodeoxygenation of the sugar solutions.