PREPARATION OF FURFURAL USING MIXED SOLVENTS

摘要

The invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of furfural from a xylose containing feedstock and more particularly to an elevated temperature conversion of a xylose containing feedstock to furfural in acidic conditions. The said process using a mixture of two solvents in which condition humins formed are solubilised in the solvents and process is operated in continuous mode with no significant amounts of solid by-products formation.