Hot Water Pretreatment of Boreal Aspen Woodchips in a Pilot Scale Digester
Hot water extraction of aspen woodchips was treated at about 160 °C for 2 h with a liquor-to-solid ratio of 4.76:1 in a 1.84 m3 batch reactor with external liquor circulation. Both five-carbon and six-carbon sugars are obtained in the extraction liquor. Xylose and xylooligomers are the main five-car...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-02-01
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| Series: | Energies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/2/1166 |