Modeling of percolation process in hemicellulose hydrolysis
D R Cahela1, Y Y Lee, R P Chambers
1Department of Chemical Engineering Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
|January 1, 1983
Abstract:
A mathematical model was developed for a percolation reactor in connection with consecutive first-order reactions. The model was designed to simulated acid-catalyzed cellulose or hemicellulose hydrolysis. The modeling process resulted in an analytically derived reactor equation, including mass-transfer effects, which was found to be useful in process desing and reactor optimization. The modedl was verified by experimental data obtained from hemicellulose hydrolysis.


