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Table 5 Large horizontal reactor

From: Assessing pretreatment reactor scaling through empirical analysis

Temperature (\(\,^\circ \mathrm {C}\))

Residence time (min)

Log R\(_0\) severity

Liquor pH

Total xylose yield (−)

Total sugar yield (−)

150

10

2.47

2.02

0.704

0.814

165

10

2.91

2.04

0.771

0.963

165

17.5

3.16

2.19

0.717

0.951

180

25

3.75

2.24

0.479

0.863

150

17.5

2.72

2.12

0.727

0.900

165

17.5

3.16

2.14

0.697

0.917

165

25

3.31

2.15

0.733

0.928

180

10

3.36

2.13

0.569

0.925

150

25

2.87

1.98

0.741

0.943

165

17.5

3.16

1.99

0.732

0.962

180

17.5

3.60

2.12

0.559

0.933