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TY - JOUR
T1 - Nuclear Cogeneration of Methanol and Acetaldehyde from Ethylene Glycol Using Ionizing Radiation
AU - Plant, Arran
AU - Kos, Bor
AU - Jazbec, Anze
AU - Snoj, Luca
AU - Joyce, Malcolm
AU - Najdanovic‐Visak, Vesna
PY - 2023/12/13
Y1 - 2023/12/13
N2 - Despite offering low-carbon and reliable energy, the utilization of nuclear energy is declining globally due to high upfront capital costs and longer returns on investments. Nuclear cogeneration of valuable chemicals from waste biomass-derived feedstocks could have beneficial impacts while harnessing the underutilized resource of ionizing energy. Here, we demonstrate selective methanol or acetaldehyde production from ethylene glycol, a feedstock derived from glycerol, a byproduct of biodiesel, using irradiations from a nuclear fission reactor. The influence of radiation quality, dose rate, and the absorbed dose of irradiations on radiochemical yields (G-value) has been studied. Under low-dose-rate, γ-only radiolysis during reactor shutdown rate (
AB - Despite offering low-carbon and reliable energy, the utilization of nuclear energy is declining globally due to high upfront capital costs and longer returns on investments. Nuclear cogeneration of valuable chemicals from waste biomass-derived feedstocks could have beneficial impacts while harnessing the underutilized resource of ionizing energy. Here, we demonstrate selective methanol or acetaldehyde production from ethylene glycol, a feedstock derived from glycerol, a byproduct of biodiesel, using irradiations from a nuclear fission reactor. The influence of radiation quality, dose rate, and the absorbed dose of irradiations on radiochemical yields (G-value) has been studied. Under low-dose-rate, γ-only radiolysis during reactor shutdown rate (
U2 - 10.1021/acs.iecr.3c03317
DO - 10.1021/acs.iecr.3c03317
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38107750
VL - 62
SP - 21152
EP - 21163
JO - Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
JF - Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
SN - 0888-5885
IS - 49
ER -