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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Effect of cooling temperature for cold traps on the yields of 5-HMF and FF trapped or remained in [MIM]HSO4

From: Production and recovery system for furan compounds from rice straw using an ionic liquid (1-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate) and vacuum steam distillation

Cooling temperature (℃)

Trapped

Remained in [MIM]HSO4

5-HMF (wt%)

FF (wt%)

Total (wt%)

5-HMF (wt%)

FF (wt%)

Total (wt%)

0

12.4

0.7

13.1

0.8

0.0

0.8

− 196

9.7

5.0

14.7

0.9

0.1

1.0

  1. In both cases: inner diameter of the connector; 5 mm, tip position; 30 mm, system pressure; 3 hPa, processing temperature; 160 °C, processing duration; 30 min, sample loading; 1wt%, sample particle size; between 90 and 180 µm