Table 4.
Raw material composition of SPWS and recovery factors used in Aspen Plus
| Raw material composition SPWS | Recovery factors used in Aspen Plus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid fraction (WIS) (%) | Liquid fraction (%) | |||
| Total solids (%) | 17.0 | |||
| WIS content (%) | 12.0 | |||
| Solid fraction (% of WIS) | ||||
| Glucan | 59.5 | Glucan | 85.3 | 6.6 |
| Xylan | 4.4 | Xylan | 1.0 | 59.1 |
| Arabinan | 0.6 | Arabinan | 10.3 | 84.6 |
| Lignin | 24.9 | Acetate | 10.0 | 90.0 |
| Ash | 5.8 | Lignin | 97.5 | 2.5 |
| Liquid fraction (g/L) | ||||
| Sugarsa | ||||
| Glucose | 7.0 | Ash | 80.0 | 20.0 |
| Xylose | 40.4 | Extractives | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| Arabinose | 4.7 | |||
| By-products | ||||
| Furfural | 3.3 | |||
| HMF | 0.3 | |||
| Acetic acid | 3.9 | |||
aTotal sugars containing both monomer and oligomer sugars