Study on Separation of Furfural from Bio-Oil

Furfural is an important chemical in bio-oil from biomass pyrolysis, and applied widely in the petroleum refining process. The separation of furfural from bio-oil was studied by means of resin adsorption. Parameters affected the furfural separation were investigated, including such as the types of resin, feed flow rate, process temperature, and solvent. The separation process was optimized with the maximum yield of furfural of 70.43%.