EBIO presents poster to introduce Glucose Oxidation Applying Electrochemically Produced Green Oxidants at EUBCE 2022,
Background:
In recent years, the oxidation of glucose has been widely studied. The main product of its oxidation is gluconic acid, in which only is oxidized the aldehyde group (Nikov, 1995). Gluconic acid is a mild, non corrosive, non-toxic and readily biodegradable organic acid (98% after 2 days) with an excellent sequestering power which is of great interest for many applications. It is used in the pharmaceutical, food, paper and concrete industries and, it is estimated that 100,000 tons are being produced per year (Anastassiadis, 2007). Since glucose is a cheap and renewable material, its oxidation is an economical and sustainable trade. The market demand is expected to grow over the next few years if a scalable cost-effective technology is developed (Glucaric Acid Market, 2017).
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