@article {46676,
	title = {Highly efficient micro-meso acidic H-USY catalyst for one step conversion of wheat straw to ethyl levulinate (biofuel additive)},
	journal = {Microporous and Mesoporous Materials},
	volume = {306},
	year = {2020},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {110474},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Ethyl Levulinate (EL), biofuel additive can blend up to 20\% with biodiesel to improve its fuel properties. Till the date, there are reports on homogeneous catalysts (H2SO4, ionic liquid) for synthesis of EL from raw biomass like wheat straw. To best of our knowledge, there is no single report on heterogeneous catalyst for one step synthesis of EL directly from wheat straw. This work is a successful attempt to use heterogeneous micro-meso acidic H-USY (post dealumination and desilication) for direct one step conversion of wheat straw to EL with higher EL yield 24.5 wt\%, which is probably the highest so far.</p>
},
	keywords = {Acidity, ethyl levulinate, H-USY, Micro-meso, Wheat straw},
	issn = {1387-1811},
	doi = {10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110474},
	author = {Heda, Jidnyasa and Niphadkar, Prashant and Mudliar, Sandeep and Bokade, Vijay}
}
@article {48257,
	title = {Effect of acidity and mesoporosity in H-USY on conversion of wheat straw to ethyl levulinate (Biofuel additive)},
	journal = {Journal of the Indian Chemical Society},
	volume = {100},
	year = {2023},
	month = {FEB},
	pages = {100883},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>
	Cold flow properties of biodiesel can be improved by addition of additives especially ethyl levulinate (EL up to 20\%). There are very limited information on synthesis of EL from actual raw biomass like wheat straw over heterogeneous catalyst. The present article elaborated on optimization of Acidity to Mesoporosity ratio in H-USY, which is crucial for its application in conversion of raw wheat straw to selective formation of EL in one-step. The acidity and mesoporosity is monitor by systematic post treatment of desilication and dealumination. Optimum acidity/mesoporosity ratio of 3.6 in HUSY resulted in to maximum EL yield of 24.5\%, which is probably the highest so far.</p>
},
	keywords = {Acidity, Biofuel additive, Dealumination, Desilication, ethyl levulinate, H-USY, Mesoporosity, Wheat straw},
	issn = {0019-4522},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jics.2023.100883},
	author = {Heda, Jidnyasa and Niphadkar, Prashant and Nandanwar, Sachin and Bokade, Vijay}
}
