SowopropanolIngabe i-solvent yezimboni esetshenziswa kabanzi, futhi izinto zayo ezingavuthiwe zithathwe ikakhulu kumafutha e-fossil. Izinto zokusetshenziswa ezijwayelekile kakhulu zingu-n-butane ne-ethylene, ezisuselwa kumafutha aluhlaza. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-sopropanol nayo ingahle iguqulwe kusuka ku-propylene, umkhiqizo ophakathi kwe-ethylene.

Inqubo yokukhiqiza ye-isopropanol iyinkimbinkimbi, futhi izinto ezingavuthiwe zidinga ukubhekana nochungechunge lokuphendula kwamakhemikhali kanye nezinyathelo zokuhlanzwa ukuze uthole umkhiqizo owufunayo. Ngokuvamile, inqubo yokukhiqiza ifaka ama-dehydrogenation, i-oxidation, i-hydrogenation, ukwahlukana kanye nokuhlanzwa, njll.

Okokuqala, i-n-butane noma i-ethylene ihlukunyezwa ukuthola i-propelene. Ngemuva kwalokho, i-propenene ichazwa ukuthola i-acetone. I-Acetone i-actrogenated i-hydrogenated ukuthola i-isopropanol. Ekugcineni, i-sopropanol idinga ukubhekana nokuhlukaniswa nezinyathelo zokuhlanza ukuze uthole umkhiqizo ophakeme wokuhlanzeka.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-sopropanol nayo ingahle iguqulwe kwezinye izinto ezingavuthiwe, ezinjengoshukela kanye ne-biomass. Kodwa-ke, lezi zinto ezingavuthiwe azisetshenziswa kabanzi ngenxa yesivuno sazo esiphansi nezindleko eziphakeme.

Izinto ezivuthiwe zokukhiqizwa kwe-isopropanol zithathwe ikakhulu ezivela kuma-fossil fuels, ezingasebenzisi kuphela izinsizakusebenza ezingavuselelwa kepha futhi zibangela nezinkinga zemvelo. Ngakho-ke, kuyadingeka ukuthuthukisa izinto ezintsha ezivuthiwe nezinqubo zokukhiqiza ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamafutha okugcwala kanye nokungcoliswa kwemvelo. Njengamanje, abanye abacwaningi sebeqalile ukuhlola ukusetshenziswa kwezinsizakusebenza ezivuselelekayo (i-biomass) njengezinto zokukhiqiza ezivuthiwe zokukhiqizwa kwe-isopropanol, ezinganikeza izindlela ezintsha zokuthuthuka okuqhubekayo kwemboni ye-isopropanol.