Concentrating hemicellulosic hydrolysates with different membrane technologies: A study on dewatering C5/C6 sugar streams with Nanofiltration and Membrane Distillation

This thesis constitutes a part of the "IMPRESS" project which is aiming at the production of bio-plastics by utilizing hemicellulosic hydrolysates. The hydrolysate stream, after following the steps of acid hydrolysis and neutralization, consists of monosaccharides (C5/C6 sugars), salt and sugar degradation products. The C5/C6 sugars need to be...