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Kinetic Modeling, Operational Conditions, and Biorefinery Products from Hemicellulose: Depolymerization and Solubilization During Hydrothermal Processing

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Hydrothermal Processing in Biorefineries

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Hydrothermal processing is an interesting technology for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass in biofuels and compounds in terms of a biorefinery. This process is based on the selective solubilization and depolymerization of hemicellulose fraction (xylan), producing a liquid phase of hemicellulose rich in oligomers (xylooligosaccharides), monosaccharides (mainly xylose), and degradation compounds (furfural and formic acid). Therefore, this chapter presents an overview of mathematical modeling based on pseudo-first-order kinetics and the operating conditions as temperature and time (“severity factor”) during the hydrothermal processing in order to predict the conversion and the produced compounds with high value-added in terms of biorefinery.

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Financial support from the Energy Sustainability Fund 2014-05 (CONACYT-SENER), Mexican Centre for Innovation in Bioenergy (Cemie-Bio), and Cluster of Bioalcohols (Ref. 249564) is gratefully acknowledged. We also gratefully acknowledge support for this research by the Mexican Science and Technology Council (CONACYT, Mexico) for the infrastructure project—INFR201601 (Ref. 269461) and CB-2015-01 (Ref. 254808). The authors Daniela Aguilar, Anely Lara, and Jesús Velázquez thank the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT, Mexico) for their master fellowship grant, and Elisa Zanuso thanks Energy Sustainability Fund 2014-05 (CONACYT-SENER, Ref. 249564) for undergraduate fellowship grant.

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    Elisa Zanuso, Anely A. Lara-Flores, Daniela L. Aguilar, Jesús Velazquez-Lucio, Cristóbal N. Aguilar, Rosa M. Rodríguez-Jasso & Héctor A. Ruiz

  2. Cluster of Bioalcohols, Mexican Centre for Innovation in Bioenergy (Cemie-Bio), Mexico City, Mexico

    Elisa Zanuso, Anely A. Lara-Flores, Daniela L. Aguilar, Jesús Velazquez-Lucio, Rosa M. Rodríguez-Jasso & Héctor A. Ruiz

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Zanuso, E. et al. (2017). Kinetic Modeling, Operational Conditions, and Biorefinery Products from Hemicellulose: Depolymerization and Solubilization During Hydrothermal Processing. In: Ruiz, H., Hedegaard Thomsen, M., Trajano, H. (eds) Hydrothermal Processing in Biorefineries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56457-9_5

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