Table 1. Sugars and degradation products in the hydrolysate obtained from wet torrefaction
| Glucose (g/L) | Xylose (g/L) | Mannose (g/L) | Formic acid (g/L) | Acetic acid (g/L) | HMF (g/L) | Furfural (g/L) | TPC (g/L) | pH |
WT-10 min | 1.40 (0.36) | 0.26 (0.04) | 2.43 (0.94) | 0.19 (0.06) | 0.78 (0.12) | 0.61 (0.14) | 0.86 (0.14) | 1.10 (0.16) | 3.75 |
WT-30 min | 0.19 (0.01) | 0.19 (0.11) | 3.45 (0.78) | 0.44 (0.23) | 1.59 (0.21) | 1.99 (0.22) | 1.61 (0.10) | 1.39 (0.17) | 3.45 |
WT-60 min | 0.17 (0.02) | 0.13 (0.04) | 5.46 (0.78) | 0.32 (0.11) | 2.04 (0.42) | 3.31 (0.18) | 1.85 (0.08) | 1.47 (0.21) | 3.39 |
HMF, hydroxymethylfurfural; TPC, total phenolic compounds; WT, wet torrefaction.