Abstract
Furfural can be utilized for various purposes as it is very abundant in its resources.In this review, production, property and main uses of furfural, es-pecially the application in the fuel industry are stated.In the fuel industry, fur-fural is first used for solvent refining.It has been used for refining of lubricant for many years, and recently of diesel oil, fatty oil and anthracene cake in coaltar.Furfural itself is not suitable as fuel but tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol and methyl tetrahydrofuran etc.are possible to be used for blending with gasoline.Methylfuran has high blending octane number.The others, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol and fur-furyl alcohol as anti-freezer of condensed water of a internal combustion engine and_synthesis of pyridine from furfural closely take part in the fuel industry.
