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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2016, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 113-120.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2016.04.016

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Organic Acids Variations during Circulation-enhanced Pre-hydrolysis of Eucalyptus

GUO Huai-ze1,2, MA Ming-shuai1, LI Hai-ming1,2, GUO Yan-zhu1, ZHOU Jing-hui1, CUI Jing-long1   

  1. 1. School of Light Industry Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
  • Received:2015-10-22 Online:2016-08-25 Published:2016-09-01

Abstract: The generation and variations of organic acids during circulation-enhanced pre-hydrolysis of eucalyptus were in present study. The time effects of eucalyptus circulation-enhanced pre-hydrolysis were examined with a 6:1 (mL:g) liquid-solid ratio at 190℃ under varied holding time, and then the hot water pre-hydrolysate obtained under the corresponding conditions was used in the circulation-enhanced pre-hydrolysis process with different ratios. The results showed that formic acid and levulic acid contents in the circulation-enhanced pre-hydrolysate firstly increased with the prolonged time and acetic acid content , and then fluctuated at a relative high level. At the same time, total sugars in pre-hydrolysate show a trend of firstly increasing and then declining.The eucalyptus circulation-enhanced pre-hydrolysis was conducted with a 6:1 liquid-solid ratio for 60 min under different temperature, and then the obtained pre-hydrolysates were used in the circulation-enhanced pre-hydrolysis process with different ratios. The results showed that formic acid, acetic acid , levulic acid and total sugars contents in the circulation-enhanced pre-hydrolysate increased with the increase of hydrolytic temperature. Among the studies mentioned above, organic acid contents increased with the rising of circulation ratio. Enrichment of organic acids during circulation-enhanced pre-hydrolysis process was beneficial for their utilization and their catalytic actions of pre-hydrolysis process.

Key words: eucalyptus, circulation, pre-hydrolysis, organic acid

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