Rocio Sierra, Ingenieria Quimica, Universidad de los Andes, Edificio Mario Laserna, Cra. 1 Este 19 A 40, Bogota, Colombia and Mark Holtzapple, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Chemical Engineering, 3122 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843.
Oxidative lime pretreatment has shown effective to increase digestiblity of lignocellulosic resources. Kinetic models for oxygen delignification have been developed to gain insight into the pretreatment method. These models can be used in the design of comercial-scale equipment and process control and optimization.