SOLVENT EFFECTS ON LIQUEFACTION - SOLUBILIZATION PROFILES OF A CANADIAN PROTOTYPE WOOD, POPULUS-DELTOIDES, IN THE PRESENCE OF DIFFERENT SOLVENTS

Authors
HEITZ M BROWN A CHORNET E
Citation
M. Heitz et al., SOLVENT EFFECTS ON LIQUEFACTION - SOLUBILIZATION PROFILES OF A CANADIAN PROTOTYPE WOOD, POPULUS-DELTOIDES, IN THE PRESENCE OF DIFFERENT SOLVENTS, Canadian journal of chemical engineering, 72(6), 1994, pp. 1021-1027
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Canadian journal of chemical engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084034
Volume
72
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1021 - 1027
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4034(1994)72:6<1021:SEOL-S>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Populus deltoides was treated with straight chain alcohols from methan ol to n-hexanol, mono and triethanolamine, water, ethyleneglycol, acet one, cyclohexane and lactic acid. A batch reactor was used in all the runs and the temperature range used was from 100 to 320 degrees C. A r eaction ordinate concept was used to evaluate the treatment severities . The results of these experiments showed a significant influence of t he solvent on the extent of liquefaction of wood as well as on the hol ocellulose and lignin contents of the residues. An attempt to relate t he liquefaction profiles to the solubility parameters of the solvents is discussed.