Design, fabrication and operation of a biomass fermentation facility. Technical progress report No. 3, April 1-July 31, 1979
Further studies on process economics and optimization for hexose production from wood by dilute acid hydrolysis were conducted. In the previous report, detailed studies on process economics and optimization of hexose production were undertaken for a continuously stirred reactor (CSTR) and a plug flow reactor (PFR). These studies were based on Saeman's kinetics for a Douglas fir substrate. The studies in this report are based on Fagan's kinetics for a Kraft paper substrate. Application to a plug flow reactor and to a fixed bed reactor (FBR) have been undertaken. The initial results, as predicted in an earlier report, indicate that the FBR is at least comparable to a PFR in terms of process economics. Results of these studies are presented in Section 2.0. Section 4.0 describes the progress which has been achieved under Task 2 of this contract, Detailed Engineering Design, which had been interrupted by the unanticipated revisions, and concomitant delay, experienced in obtaining final approval of the conceptual design for the process development unit. The conceptual design of the process development unit is included.
- Research Organization:
- Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta (USA). Engineering Experiment Station; Sverdrup and Parcel and Associates, Inc., St. Louis, MO (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5478330
- Report Number(s):
- DSE-3060-T3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANTS
CARBOHYDRATES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
DATA
DATA FORMS
DECOMPOSITION
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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LYSIS
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MONOSACCHARIDES
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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PAPER
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SACCHARIDES
SOLVOLYSIS
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TABLES
THEORETICAL DATA
TIME DEPENDENCE
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