Assessing pretreatment reactor scaling through empirical analysis

Table 3 Steam explosion reactor

Temperature (\(\,^\circ \mathrm {C}\))	Residence time (min)	Log R\(_0\) severity	Liquor pH	Total xylose yield (−)	Total sugar yield (−)
170	12.5	3.16	2.04	0.701	0.890
170	20	3.36	2.07	0.642	0.895
170	5	2.76	1.88	0.775	0.935
170	12.5	3.16	1.89	0.735	0.919
170	40	3.66	1.93	0.540	0.868
170	20	3.36	1.88	0.664	0.903
140	12.5	2.27	1.85	0.647	0.791
149	17.8	2.69	1.94	0.782	0.859
149	40	3.04	1.97	0.679	0.854
170	12.5	3.16	1.96	0.609	0.857
170	5	2.76	1.88	0.815	0.926
191.2	7.2	3.54	1.95	0.569	0.901
200	12.5	4.04	1.98	0.294	0.806
140	12.5	2.27	1.94	0.644	0.777
148.8	7.2	2.29	1.82	0.745	0.824
170	12.5	3.16	1.89	0.680	0.896
191.2	17.8	3.94	1.97	0.314	0.784
191.2	40	4.29	2.05	0.120	0.742
200	12.5	4.04	1.87	0.221	0.759
170	12.5	3.16	1.76	0.670	0.875

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