Research Article
Midinfrared FT-IR as a Tool for Monitoring Herbaceous Biomass Composition and Its Conversion to Furfural
Table 4
Ternary mixtures compositional data of a raw giant reed sample (stem + leaf) and of its solid residues coming from the hydrolysis reaction, by adopting different reaction temperatures. Reagents and operating conditions: 0.35 g of biomass, 0.10 mL of HCl 37 wt%, and 5.0 g of water. Ramping time = 5 min. All tests were performed in a CEM Discover S-Class MW reactor. Furfural yield is calculated as furfural Yield (wt%) = [furfural recovered after hydrolysis reaction (g)/dried starting biomass (g)] × 100. Solid residue yield is calculated as solid residue yield (wt%) = [solid recovered after hydrolysis reaction (g)/dried starting biomass (g)] × 100.
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