Solid feedstock, liners

Reactor Conditions. The experiments were performed batchwise in a one-liter, stirred autoclave. Approximately 300 g of moist-biomass was charged to the autoclave in a stainless steel liner as a water slurry containing 5 to 10 weight percent of dry solids. Sodium carbonate was added to the feedstock (approximately 0.1 g/g dry biomass) except in the case of kelp which already contains a high level of alkali as part of its chemical makeup. 

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