Leaching Characteristics of Organic and Inorganic Matter from Biomass by Water: Differences between Batch and Semi-continuous Operations
Leaching Characteristics of Organic and Inorganic Matter from Biomass by Water: Differences between Batch and Semi-continuous Operations
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DOI:
10.1021/ie3031168
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发表时间:
2013-03
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Sui Boon Liaw;Hongwei Wu
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作者:
Sui Boon Liaw;Hongwei Wu
Over 30% and ∼2% (on a carbon basis) organic matter can be leached from mallee leaf and wood by water, respectively, producing acidic leachates containing organic acids. As a result, there are significant differences in the leaching characteristics of both organic and inorganic species in biomass between batch and semi-continuous leaching operations. Under conventional batch leaching, the acidic leachate continuously contacts the biomass for a prolonged period, resulting in the leaching of at least some water-insoluble inorganic species (e.g., organically bound) from biomass. Therefore, the batch leaching method clearly overestimates the amount of water-soluble inorganic species in biomass and exhibits two-step leaching kinetics, i.e. a rapid leaching step for an initial short period followed by a slow leaching step for a relatively long period. This study further develops a semi-continuous leaching method to address this issue via minimizing the contact between the leachate and the biomass sample. The se...