Furfuryl Alcohol Production Cost Reports

Furfuryl Alcohol production cost report provides a comprehensive analysis and know-how for setting up a Furfuryl Alcohol production plant. The study covers all the requisite aspects that one needs to know for the production of Furfuryl Alcohol. This includes manufacturing processes, raw material requirements, utility requirements, infrastructure requirements, machinery and technology requirements, manpower requirements, packaging requirements, transportation requirements, etc.

The report also provides detailed insights into project economics including capital investments, project funding, operating expenses, income and expenditure projections, fixed costs vs variable costs, direct and indirect costs, expected ROI and NPV, profit and loss account, financial analysis, etc.

Furfuryl Alcohol (C4H3OCH2OH) is a furan bearing a hydroxymethyl substituent at the 2-position. It functions like a Maillard reaction product that is a primary alcohol and a member of Furans. Its naturally found in Prunus mume, Campsis grandiflora, and other organisms. It is mainly produced by the hydrogenation of furfural that uses organic biomass material, including sugarcane bagasse, corncobs, and rice hulls.

The liquid appears to be a clear, colourless liquid but turns amber when aged. It is denser than water and has a molecular weight of 98.098 g/mol. It is also known for its low viscosity and excellent solvent properties. It has a respective flash and boiling point of 167 °F and 171 °F. It is a highly reactive compound and plays a role in the production of binder compounds. Upon contact, it can irritate the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes and might be toxic upon ingestion and inhalation.

Furfuryl Alcohol is primarily employed as a monomer to synthesise furan resins that are further used to make several coatings, adhesives, and cement. In the chemical industry, it works like an intermediate to carry out chemical synthesis and to synthesise lysine, vitamin C and levulinic acid. It can also be used as a lubricant and as a dispersing agent. It has various end uses, such as producing corrosion-resistant fibre-reinforced plastics, cement, and mortars.

It is also used in the formulation of paint thinners and cleaning compounds and as a chemical building block for drug synthesis. It also works like a viscosity reducer for epoxy resins. Furthermore, the alcohol is used to fabricate foundry resins, producing P-series fuels in liquid alkanes as well as for food production.

The substance also finds use as a carbon source to synthesise titanium carbide nanofibers/nanoribbons, which can be employed in carbide-derived carbon (CDC) material preparation. Other applications of the product include synthesise ethyl levulinate, a biofuel from lignocellulosic residues as a starter material; making colloidal microporous carbon spheres; and preparing cyclopentanone via aqueous phase hydrogenation reaction using metal catalysts.