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Two-step hydrolysis of Japanese cedar as treated by semi-flow hot-compressed water

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Two-step hydrolysis of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) was studied as treated by semi-flow hot-compressed water at 230°C/10 MPa for 15 min and 280°C/10 MPa for 30 min as the first and second stages, respectively. At the first stage, hemicelluloses and para-crystalline cellulose, whose crystalline structure is somewhat disordered, were found to be selectively hydrolyzed, as well as lignin decomposition, whereas crystalline cellulose occurred at the second stage. In all, 87.76% of Japanese cedar could be liquefied by hot-compressed water and was primarily recovered as various hydrolyzed products, dehydrated, fragmented, and isomerized compounds as well as organic acids in the water-soluble portion. The remainder, 12.24%, could not be hydrolyzed and remained as the water-insoluble residue composed entirely of lignin. Based on the distribution of various products from hemicelluloses in Japanese cedar, their decomposition pathways were proposed as independent.

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    Natthanon Phaiboonsilpa, Kazuchika Yamauchi, Xin Lu & Shiro Saka

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This work was presented in part at the 55th annual meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Matsumoto, Japan, March 2009, the World Renewable Energy Congress 2009 — Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, May 2009, and the 18th annual meeting of the Japanese Institute of Energy, Sapporo, Japan, July 2009

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Phaiboonsilpa, N., Yamauchi, K., Lu, X. et al. Two-step hydrolysis of Japanese cedar as treated by semi-flow hot-compressed water. J Wood Sci 56, 331–338 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-009-1099-0

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