Furan and Organic Acid Analysis Service

Analysis of Sugar Degradation Products (Furans and Organic Acids) to Help the Biomass Research

The analysis of sugar degradation products in biomass process liquid is an important part of understanding the biomass conversion process. As a leader in Biomass Analysis, Creative Biolabs provides high-quality, reliable analysis of sugar degradation products to assist our clients in their biomass conversion, pretreatment, and other process studies.

Sugar degradation products during biomass treatment and conversion include furans, organic acids, and other compounds. Our dedicated analytical team quantifies these sugar degradation products according to reliable and accurate analytical systems. All samples are analyzed in duplicate for accurate results.

Analyzing equipments
- Ion chromatography
We use ion chromatography to detect sugar degradation products in the Biomass Process Liquid. This method is easy to handle, fast, accurate, and highly sensitive, which is suitable for the detection of a variety of organic acids, furans, Sugars, Oligomers, and so on.
- Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS)
GC-MS is often used to analyze volatile small molecule compounds, providing methodological support for the determination of our sugar degradation products.
Detection indicators

We use GC-MS and ion chromatography to analyze the content of the following sugar degradation products.

Acetic acid: It is an important food and industrial chemical additive and can be obtained by sugar degradation.
Levulinic acid: It is derived from the degradation of glucose, etc., which is of great value in applications.
Furfural: It is an important precursor substance for the synthesis of many other furans.
Formic acid: As the simplest carboxylic acid, it is also a sugar degradation product with a wide range of applications in industry.
Hydroxymethylfurfural: It contains aldehyde and alcohol functional groups and is a chemical with many applications.
γ-Valerolactone: It is a derivative of acetylpropionic acid and is used in the production of a variety of biofuels.

Fig.1 Analysis of sugar degradation products including furans and organic acids.

Advantages of Analysis of Sugar Degradation Products

Individualized analytical solutions: With many years of experience in biomass analysis, we customize our sugar degradation product analysis solutions and adjust them in time according to the requirements of our clients.
Wide range of analytical methods: Our methods are easy to handle, accurate, and suitable for the determination of sugar degradation products in a wide range of biomass process liquids.
Rapid delivery of results: We use optimized analytical methods for the analysis of sugar degradation products in individual samples, with rapid delivery of results.

Creative Biolabs helps clients better monitor and optimize their biomass processes by analyzing sugar degradation products in biomass process liquid. Please feel free to contact us for more information on sugar degradation products analysis and let us know your needs if you are interested in this.

Published data

The overall value addition of lignocellulosic biomass as a renewable resource is essential for the development of sustainable biorefineries. In this study, the effect of different treatments on the value addition of wheat straw biomass was evaluated by characterizing lignin, degradation products, and sugars in the samples. The researchers finally found fewer degradation products and lignin in the extracts under optimum treatment conditions (liquid-hot-water treatment for 90 min). This suggested that lignin could be retained in the solid phase by this treatment condition for subsequent extraction and biomass value addition. This study provided a demonstration for us to detect and analyze biomass processing and sugar degradation products.

Fig.2 Comparative analysis of degradation products, sugars, and lignin under different treatment conditions. (Serna-Loaiza, et al., 2021) Fig.2 Analysis of lignin, degradation products, and sugars in samples.¹

FAQs

Q1: What studies can sugar degradation product analysis be used for?

A1: Analysis of sugar degradation products in biomass process liquid is essential for research and development of biomass conversion processes. It provides useful information on the extent of biomass sugar degradation and helps to assess the efficiency and quality of biomass conversion processes and to develop more efficient and sustainable biomass conversion technologies.

Q2: What techniques are used to analyze sugar degradation products in biomass process liquid?

A2: The analysis of sugar degradation products in biomass process liquid involves a variety of analytical techniques, including ion chromatography, GC-MS, etc. These techniques are used to separate and quantify the various degradation products present in the sample with good analytical accuracy.

Customer Review

Commendable Analysis Service
"We appreciate the rich accumulation of expertise and professionalism at Creative Biolabs. They have a very thorough understanding of the analysis of sugar degradation products and the techniques used. Through their detailed detection of sugar degradation products in the samples, we accurately assessed the utilization of the biomass to improve the process."

Contributing to Biomass Research
"We specialize in biomass quality assessment and conversion processes and often need to analyze sugar degradation products in individual process samples. Then we chose Creative Biolabs as our partner for this purpose. Their analysis of sugar degradation products was very accurate and provided us with valuable insight into the results. With their analysis, we could accurately assess the efficiency of the biomass conversion process, optimize the process, and get our research underway."

Reference

Serna-Loaiza, Sebastian, et al. "Integral analysis of liquid-hot-water pretreatment of wheat straw: evaluation of the production of sugars, degradation products, and lignin." Sustainability 14.1 (2021): 362.

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