Table 3. Water-insoluble solid residue (WIS) and residual ratio of each component pretreated with Liriodendron tulipifera depending on the temperature (based on each initial content in unpretreated L. tulipifera)

Temp. (°C) WIS (%) Structural sugars (%) Lignins (%) Total (g)
Glucan Xylan Total Klason lignin Acid soluble lignin Total
Unpret. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
120 92.1 ± 0.1 100.0 ± 0.2 100.0 ± 1.0 100.0 ± 0.7 87.1 ± 0.4 89.8 ± 0.4 87.4 ± 0.3 97.8 ± 0.5
130 83.1 ± 1.0 96.6 ± 0.7 78.7 ± 0.2 90.7 ± 1.2 77.0 ± 0.6 78.8 ± 0.2 77.2 ± 0.2 86.8 ± 0.6
140 75.6 ± 1.5 97.3 ± 0.3 58.1 ± 0.5 84.4 ± 0.6 69.1 ± 0.3 64.4 ± 0.6 68.4 ± 0.5 79.8 ± 0.6
150 60.0 ± 1.2 94.9 ± 0.5 28.3 ± 0.1 72.9 ± 0.5 43.8 ± 0.4 33.0 ± 0.3 42.3 ± 0.1 64.1 ± 0.3
160 51.9 ± 1.9 94.0 ± 0.5 16.6 ± 0.3 68.5 ± 0.2 31.4 ± 0.1 17.2 ± 0.2 29.4 ± 0.4 57.2 ± 0.3
170 44.1 ± 1.6 90.2 ± 0.7 5.0 ± 0.2 62.1 ± 0.4 20.4 ± 0.2 10.8 ± 0.4 19.0 ± 0.2 49.7 ± 0.3
180 40.0 ± 0.6 84.1 ± 0.4 0.0 ± 0.0 56.4 ± 0.3 19.1 ± 0.5 11.4 ± 0.1 18.0 ± 0.5 45.3 ± 0.4