The kinetics of inhibitor production resulting from hydrothermal deconstruction of wheat straw studied using a pressurised microwave reactor

Table 2 Fitted rate constants and activation energies for primary hydrothermal solubilisation reactions of wheat straw

Temperature (°C)	Total solubilisation		Hemicellulose solubilisation		Lignin solubilisation
	k_s(min⁻¹)	R²	k_h(min⁻¹)	R²	k_l(min⁻¹)	R²
180	0.040 (0.012)	0.987	0.040 (0.01)	0.988	0.074 (0.029)	0.974
200	0.221 (0.033)	0.994	0.219 (0.034)	0.990	0.31 (0.055)	0.950
220	0.982 (0.099)	0.999	0.993 (0.105)	0.999	1.12 (0.295)	0.990
Arrhenius analysis
Es (kJmol⁻¹)	148 (21, 1.65)	0.999	149 (16, 1.23)	0.998	126 (12, 0.90)	0.999

First or single number in brackets, ±95% confidence limits of parameter estimation; second number in brackets, ± standard error of parameter estimation.

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