Journal article
Hydrolysis of cellulose using HCl: A comparison between liquid phase and gaseous phase processes
Agricultural Wastes, Vol.4(2), pp.97-116
1982
Abstract
Cellulose constitutes a significant portion of a large amount of agricultural and forest residues, as well as urban waste derived from forest products (e.g. waste paper), and represents a potential for the production of ethanol, a liquid fuel. To realise this potential it is necessary to hydrolyse the cellulose to fermentable sugars. Hydrolysis using HCl in solution and as a gas was investigated using α-cellulose, newspaper, wheat straw and wheat hulls as substrates, at room temperature and also when the reaction was heated. It was found that the use of HCl gas resulted in a more rapid hydrolysis of crystalline cellulose and a significant increase was observed in the hydrolysis rate when the reaction, which had proceeded at room temperature, was heated to 50°C, when either HCl acid or gas was used. Similar results were obtained with whole newspaper and wheat straw as substrates.
Details
- Title
- Hydrolysis of cellulose using HCl: A comparison between liquid phase and gaseous phase processes
- Authors/Creators
- F.J. Higgins (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityG.E. Ho (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Agricultural Wastes, Vol.4(2), pp.97-116
- Publisher
- Applied Science Publishers
- Identifiers
- 991005544195107891
- Copyright
- © 1982 Published by Elsevier Ltd
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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