Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass at Lab and Pilot Scale
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Hydrothermal Pretreatment at Pilot Scale
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Pilot Plant Pretreatment
2.3. Laboratory Pretreatment
2.4. Analysis of Samples
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Heating Profiles
3.2. Effect of Time
3.3. Temperature Effect
3.4. Biomass/Water Ratio Effect
3.5. Complete De-Acetylation
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Scale | Temperature (°C) | Glucose (g/L) | Xylose (g/L) | Formic Acid (g/L) | Acetic Acid (g/L) | HMF (g/L) | Furfural (g/L) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lab | 180 | 0.28 | 2.05 | 0.88 | 4.20 | 0.30 | 2.02 |
188 | 0.33 | 0.56 | 0.97 | 4.40 | 0.54 | 1.80 | |
Pilot | 180 | 0.28 | 1.62 | 0.96 | 4.22 | 0.31 | 2.67 |
188 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 1.06 | 4.67 | 0.65 | 2.15 |
Scale | Initial Biomass Fraction | Glucose mg/g | Xylose mg/g | Formic Acid mg/g | Acetic Acid mg/g | HMF mg/g | Furfural mg/g |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lab | 10% | 2.48 | 18.46 | 7.94 | 37.84 | 2.74 | 18.19 |
15% | 2.75 | 9.55 | 8.83 | 36.46 | 2.92 | 16.17 | |
Pilot | 10% | 2.50 | 14.62 | 8.68 | 37.96 | 2.74 | 24.05 |
16% | 2.98 | 9.91 | 9.71 | 37.63 | 3.28 | 16.85 |
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Jimenez-Gutierrez, J.M.; Verlinden, R.A.J.; van der Meer, P.C.; van der Wielen, L.A.M.; Straathof, A.J.J. Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass at Lab and Pilot Scale. Processes 2021, 9, 1518. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9091518
Jimenez-Gutierrez JM, Verlinden RAJ, van der Meer PC, van der Wielen LAM, Straathof AJJ. Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass at Lab and Pilot Scale. Processes. 2021; 9(9):1518. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9091518
Chicago/Turabian StyleJimenez-Gutierrez, Jose M. (Chema), Rob A. J. Verlinden, Peter C. van der Meer, Luuk A. M. van der Wielen, and Adrie J. J. Straathof. 2021. "Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass at Lab and Pilot Scale" Processes 9, no. 9: 1518. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9091518