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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 Results reported for 1-pentanol fractionation of lignocellulosic substrates using H2SO4 as a catalyst

From: One-pot Eucalyptus globulus wood fractionation in acid-catalyzed mixtures of water and 1-pentanol: an optimization study

Feedstock

Fixed variables

Optimal conditions

Solid yield

Cellulose content, %

Lignin content, %

Cellulose loss, %

Lignin removal, %

%Hemicellulose removal

Ref.

Sorghum bagasse

%Pent, 12.5%

CatCh, 1%

T, 180 ºC

LSR, 13.3 mL/g

t, 45 min

All the operational variables were fixed

38

62.2

29

28.1

74.3

Not reported

22

Wheat straw

%Pent, 60%

CatCh, 1%

LSR, 10 mL/g

T, 170 ºC

t, 45 min

Not reported

96.4

2.3

7.9

94.5

93.3

5

Moso bamboo

LSR = 6 mL/g

%Pent, 80%

CatCh, 4%

T, 130 ºC

t, 20 min

40.9

85.4

7.7

9.0

87.8

96.2

16

Acacia confusa wood

t, 60 min

%Pent, 65%

CatCh, 45 mM

T, 170 °C

LSR, 7 mL/g

Not reported

72.1

Not reported

11.5

70.3

92

14

Aspen wood

CatCh, 1%

t, 60 min

LSR, 10 mL/g

%Pent, 60%

T, 160 ºC

49

78.3

3.2

8.9

85

91

15

Monterey pine

%Pent, 60%

CatCh, 1%

LSR, 10 mL/g

T, 170 ºC

t, 45 min

Not reported

94.3

3.1

7.9

89.7

89.2

5