Characteristics | Pretreatment conditions | |||
P201 | P195 | P190 | ||
 Acid concentration | 0.7% (w/v) | 1.2% (w/v) | 1.75% | |
 Residence time | 7 min | 7 min | 10 min | |
 Temperature | 201 ± 4 °C; | 195 ± 2 °C, | 190 ± 2 °C | |
Composition of pretreated slurry | ||||
Sugars in liquid (g /L) and solid (g/g dry substrate) fraction | ||||
 Arabinan | Liquid | 5.04 ± 0.1 | 6.6 ± 0.2 | 15.02 ± 0.14 |
Solid | 0.031 ± 0.003 | 0.028 ± 0.001 | 0.022 ± 0.002 | |
 Glucan | Liquid | 2.8 ± 0.2 | 4.6 ± 0.4 | 11.53 ± 0.06 |
Solid | 0.302 ± 0.010 | 0.246 ± 0.02 | 0.235 ± 0.01 | |
 Xylan | Liquid | 15.8 ± 0.4 | 31.6 ± 0.1 | 16.1 ± 0.1 |
Solid | 0.016 ± 0.003 | 0.028 ± 0.007 | 0.037 ± 0.006 | |
Fermentation Inhibitors (g /L) in liquid fraction | ||||
 Acetic acid | 2.1 ± 0.0 | 2.8 ± 0.1 | 1.82 ± 0.03 | |
 Furfural | 3.2 ± 0.3 | 5.6 ± 0.4 | 2.71 ± 0.12 | |
 HMF | 0.39 ± 0.02 | 0.53 ± 0.02 | 0.89 ± 0.03 |