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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (1): 21-28.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2022.01.003

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Hydrolysis Kinetics of Poplar During Thermal Hydrolysis

Yan WU1, Zhongjian TIAN1,2,3, Jiachuan CHEN1, Fengshan ZHANG2, Guigan FANG3, Xingxiang JI1,*()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking; Qilu University of Technology(Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China
    2. Huatai Group, Dongying 257335, China
    3. Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, Nanjing 210042, China
  • Received:2021-01-28 Online:2022-02-28 Published:2022-03-11
  • Contact: Xingxiang JI E-mail:xxjt78@163.com

Abstract:

The effects of pretreatment temperature and time on the content of the hydrolysate of poplar during thermal hydrolysis were investigated. The reaction kinetic models of xylose and glucose in the hydrolysis solution were established by using the modified Saeman biphasic kinetic model. The reaction rate constants of monosaccharides generation and degradation under different conditions were determined by nonlinear fitting curve. The activation energy of lignocellulosic hydrolysis reaction was obtained by linear fitting of Arrhenius formula. The results showed that xylan was divided into an easy-to-hydrolyse fraction and a difficult-to-hydrolyse fraction during the pretreatment of poplar. The activation energies of easy-to-hydrolyse(Ef) and difficult-to-hydrolyse(Es) xylan were 78.35 kJ/mol and 88.97 kJ/mol, respectively. The activation energy of xylose degradation(E2) was 80.17 kJ/mol. Furthermore, the activation energy of glucan degradation(E3=48.06 kJ/mol) was significantly lower than that of glucose degradation(E4=90.18 kJ/mol). These results indicated that glucose was more stable than xylose, and the mild treatment conditions of hydrothermal pretreatment could realize the dissolution of hemicellulose accompanied by reducing the degradation of cellulose and monosaccharide.

Key words: poplar, hydrothermal pretreatment, biphasic kinetic model

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