Hydrothermal Processing of Biomass and Its Derived Sugar Compounds in Hot-Compressed Gamma-Valerolactone/Water Mixtures
| dc.contributor.author | Song, Bing | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Prof. Hongwei Wu | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-25T06:49:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-25T06:49:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70546 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
This PhD thesis reports new knowledge on hydrothermal decomposition mechanisms of fructose, glucose, cellobiose, cellulose and lignocellulosic biomass in hot-compressed water/gamma-valerolactone (GVL) mixtures under catalyst-free conditions. GVL is a biomass-derived solvent. The presence of GVL in hot-compressed GVL/water enhances the dehydration reactions but supresses the isomerization reactions of monomers. It also enhances hydrolysis reactions but suppresses the isomerization reactions of glucose polymers and cellulose. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Curtin University | en_US |
| dc.title | Hydrothermal Processing of Biomass and Its Derived Sugar Compounds in Hot-Compressed Gamma-Valerolactone/Water Mixtures | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dcterms.educationLevel | PhD | en_US |
| curtin.department | Department of Chemical Engineering | en_US |
| curtin.accessStatus | Open access | en_US |
| curtin.faculty | Science and Engineering | en_US |