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Table 2 Chemical composition of untreated and steam exploded lignocellulosic biomasses

From: Understanding the structural and chemical changes of plant biomass following steam explosion pretreatment

Lignocellulosic biomass

Pretreatment severity (CSF)

Moisture content

Glucose

Hemicellulosea

AILb

ASLc

Total lignind

Ash

Miscanthus × giganteus

Untreated

3.3 ± 0.2

45.3 ± 0.8

25.3 ± 0.7

23.8 ± 0.5

1.7 ± 0.1

25.5 ± 0.6

0.5 ± 0.1

2.0

2.8 ± 0.1

65.5 ± 3.4

5.6 ± 0.4

25.7 ± 0.5

1.5 ± 0.2

27.2 ± 0.7

0.5 ± 0.1

2.6

2.5 ± 0.3

66.7 ± 2.7

1.9 ± 0.5

27.3 ± 0.4

1.8 ± 0.1

29.1 ± 0.5

0.7 ± 0.4

2.7

2.8 ± 0.2

65.8 ± 1.9

2.0 ± 0.1

27.8 ± 0.9

1.8 ± 0.1

29.6 ± 1.0

0.8 ± 0.3

2.8

3.3 ± 0.1

64.7 ± 4.1

1.8 ± 0.3

27.7 ± 0.3

2.0 ± 0.1

29.7 ± 0.4

0.9 ± 0.1

Poplar

Untreated

3.9 ± 0.3

43.2 ± 2.6

20.2 ± 1.3

27.8 ± 0.2

1.7 ± 0.1

29.5 ± 0.3

0.5 ± 0.2

2.0

3.0 ± 0.1

59.4 ± 3.3

6.4 ± 1.5

28.8 ± 0.1

1.7 ± 0.1

30.5 ± 0.2

0.4 ± 0.1

2.6

3.2 ± 0.1

61.6 ± 3.3

2.0 ± 0.4

31.0 ± 0.5

2.0 ± 0.1

33.0 ± 0.6

0.8 ± 0.1

2.8

3.2 ± 0.1

62.7 ± 1.1

1.6 ± 0.2

31.1 ± 0.6

2.3 ± 0.1

33.4 ± 0.7

0.8 ± 0.1

Wheat straw

Untreated

5.2 ± 0.1

39.1 ± 2.2

29.4 ± 1.8

22.6 ± 0.5

2.0 ± 0.1

24.6 ± 0.6

2.0 ± 0.3

2.0

3.6 ± 0.1

59.5 ± 1.6

10.0 ± 0.4

23.0 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.1

24.6 ± 0.4

1.3 ± 0.2

2.6

3.4 ± 0.3

63.4 ± 2.0

4.3 ± 0.3

25.4 ± 0.4

1.9 ± 0.1

27.3 ± 0.5

1.5 ± 0.3

2.7

3.1 ± 0.1

63.7 ± 2.3

3.9 ± 0.2

25.2 ± 0.4

2.0 ± 0.1

27.2 ± 0.5

1.7 ± 0.3

2.8

3.3 ± 0.1

63.2 ± 0.7

3.4 ± 0.1

28.0 ± 0.3

2.1 ± 0.1

30.1 ± 0.4

2.0 ± 0.1

  1. Compositions are expressed as percentage (% w/w) of the residues
  2. aHemicellulose (%) = Xyl (%) + Ara (%) + Gal (%) + Rha (%) + Man (%) + galacturonic acid (%) + glucuronic acid (%)
  3. bAcid insoluble Klason lignin
  4. cAcid soluble lignin
  5. dTotal lignin (%) = acid insoluble lignin (%) + acid soluble lignin (%)