High Temperature Acid Hydrolysis of Biomass Using an Engineering-Scale Plug Flow Reactor: Results of Low Solids Testing

Ann Herlevich Brennan; William Hoagland; Daniel J. Schell

High Temperature Acid Hydrolysis of Biomass Using an Engineering-Scale Plug Flow Reactor: Results of Low Solids Testing

Ann Herlevich Brennan, William Hoagland, Daniel J. Schell

Catalytic Carbon Transformation and Scale-Up Center

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

This article describes an engineering-scale experiment at the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) investigating dilute acid hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass using a 3. 8-cm (1. 5-in. ) diameter plug flow reactor. The system hydrolyzes wood slurries at rates up to 900 kg/h (2000 lb/h) at 200-260 degree C and 4-20 s residence time. Initial experiments, now complete, operated with 10 wt% solids slurries to verify that yields obtained in bench-scale experiments could be maintained at a larger scale. The results of these tests will serve as a baseline for research addressing prehydrolysis of the slurry high solids pumping, pretreatment requirements, and fermentability.

Original language	American English
Pages	53-70
Number of pages	18
State	Published - 1986
Event	Eighth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals - Gatlinburg, Tennessee Duration: 13 May 1986 → 16 May 1986

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Conference	Eighth Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals
City	Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Period	13/05/86 → 16/05/86

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ACNR/CP-232-7730

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High Temperature Acid Hydrolysis of Biomass Using an Engineering-Scale Plug Flow Reactor: Results of Low Solids Testing

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