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Table 6 Final concentrations of potential inhibitory substances in SSF experiments with 5% w/w cellulose

From: Two-stage steam explosion pretreatment of softwood with 2-naphthol as carbocation scavenger

2-Naphthol (mol/mol C9)

Concentration (g/l)

Acetic acid

HMF

Furfural

2-Naphthol

Washed solids

0 (control)

0

0

0

0

0.051

0

0

0

0.067

0.103

0

0

0

0.128

0.205

0

0

0

0.334

Filtered solids

0 (control)

0.617

1.000

0.107

0

0.051

0.537

0.875

0.105

0.086

0.103

0.551

0.940

0.084

0.135

0.205

0.538

0.896

0.085

0.358

Whole slurry

0 (control)

1.218

1.975

0.211

0

0.051

1.166

1.898

0.229

0.086

0.103

1.220

2.081

0.187

0.152

0.205

1.180

1.965

0.187

0.381

  1. 2-Naphthol was quantified after extraction of the whole fermentation slurry with chloroform