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Hemicellulose
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European Union states have been implementing environmental- were at 200°C/30
Extraction
Yield of
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friendly methodologies and process in order to develop and optimized 20
25
min and 180°C/20
Lignin
bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass. Portugal has Oil 15
40 min with yields
invested in improving the technology for bioenergies production from values of 31 and
alternative agroindustrial residues, instead of using sources that affect
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28%, respectively.
world food supply. Wheat production in Portugal was 135,800 tons in Cellulose
H+ as
2 050 25
30
catalysts
2007 (FAO) being wheat straw an abundant by-product with wide
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185 20
180 n)
potential to serve as a low-cost raw material for obtaining higher- Tem
p 175 15
e( mi
Operation conditions for hemicellulose extraction erat
u re
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Tim
value industrial products, particularly chemical derivatives from
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(ºC) 160
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Filtrate Conclusion
This study examined a hydrothermal treatment (autohydrolysis) could
Cellulose-Lignin BIOETHANOL be an adequate process for the fractionation of lignocellulosic
materials.
Pellet
Full Factor Design 23 The present investigation also show that the hydrothermal treatment
SSF Factor (-1) (0) (+1) consequently improved ethanol production during SSF processing
Temperature (ºC) 30 37.5 45 since the ethanol concentration was 80.1 % respect of the theoretical
Hemicelluloses Substrate (% Cellulose) 2 2.5 3 ethanol yield.
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