FDCA Production from Glucose - Cost Analysis - FDCA E11A

Book excerpt: This report presents a cost analysis of 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid (FDCA) production from glucose syrup via the furan pathway. The process examined is similar to the Avantium YXY process, which is being scaled up to become a commercial process. In this process, glucose is isomerized to fructose. Then, fructose is converted to methoxy methyl furan (MMF) intermediate, which is oxidized to FDCA. The process uses a 70 wt% glucose-water syrup as raw material and generates methyl acetate and methyl levulinate as by-products. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): (1) US Patent 20100299991, issued to Furanix Technologies B.V. in 2010 (2) US Patent 8519167, issued to Furanix Technologies B.V. in 2013 (3) US Patent 20160024039, issued to Furanix Technologies B.V. in 2016 Keywords: Polyethylene Furanoate, PEF, Green FDCA, Hydroxyl Methyl Furfural, HMF, Purified Terephthalic Acid