Utilization of waste biomass for catalytic conversion to glucaric acid: from multiscale reaction modelling to reactor production

Climate change and limited resources of fossil fuels have made research of green technologies a necessity if we wish to maintain the current standard of living. Glucaric acid is an example of a chemical that is still being produced in a non-sustainable way, using toxic chemicals. Research into alternative production routes must be and is being conducted because glucaric acid is one of the most important dicarboxylic acids, used in the pharmaceutical, food, perfume and chemical industry. Multiscale modelling is a novel ground-breaking methodology for understanding, improving and devising new catalytic processes, which has only recently become available. It allows for faster, cheaper and environmentally friendlier ways of catalyst screening and process optimization.