To provide an apparatus for treating biomass, enhancing a sugar yield, the reaction speed of a solid acid catalyst, and the capability of separating a solid acid catalyst.
The apparatus for treating biomass is configured to include a pressurized hydrothermal reactor that hydrolyzes biomass under a first reaction condition employed in decomposing hemicellulose, to produce a first polysaccharide solution comprising a xylooligosaccharide using pressurized hot water, and subsequently hydrolyzes the biomass under a second reaction condition employed in decomposing cellulose, to produce a second polysaccharide solution comprising a cellooligosaccharide using pressurized hot water; a first catalytic reactor that hydrolyzes the first oligosaccharide solution flowing out of the pressurized hydrothermal reactor using a solid acid catalyst to produce a first monosaccharide solution comprising xylose; and a second catalytic reactor that hydrolyzes the second polysaccharide solution flowing out of the pressurized hydrothermal reactor using a solid acid catalyst to produce a second monosaccharide solution comprising glucose.
NARAI KENTARO
KITANO MAKOTO
KANEKO NORIMITSU
HARA YUKIKAZU
YAMAGUCHI DAIZO
KANAGAWA KAGAKU GIJUTSU AKAD
TOKYO INST TECH
Masatake Shiga
Masayu Horiuchi
Takashi Watanabe