TY - JOUR AU - Greenwood, Ava A. AU - Farrell, Troy W. AU - Zhang, Zhanying AU - O’Hara, Ian M. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/02/19 TI - A novel population balance model for the dilute acid hydrolysis of hemicellulose JO - Biotechnology for Biofuels SP - 26 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Acid hydrolysis is a popular pretreatment for removing hemicellulose from lignocelluloses in order to produce a digestible substrate for enzymatic saccharification. In this work, a novel model for the dilute acid hydrolysis of hemicellulose within sugarcane bagasse is presented and calibrated against experimental oligomer profiles. The efficacy of mathematical models as hydrolysis yield predictors and as vehicles for investigating the mechanisms of acid hydrolysis is also examined. SN - 1754-6834 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-015-0211-5 DO - 10.1186/s13068-015-0211-5 ID - Greenwood2015 ER -