Environmentally friendly technologies for obtaining high sugars concentrations from invasive woody species

Beatriz Gullón; Belén Gómez; José Luis Alonso; Remedios Yáñez; Beatriz Gullón; Belén Gómez; José Luis Alonso; Remedios Yáñez

doi:10.3934/environsci.2015.4.884

AIMS Environmental Science

2015, Volume 2, Issue 4: 884-898. doi: 10.3934/environsci.2015.4.884

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Environmentally friendly technologies for obtaining high sugars concentrations from invasive woody species

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Technology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Vigo (Campus Ourense), As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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CITI-Tecnopole, San Ciprian de Viñas, 32901 Ourense, Spain

Received: 28 July 2015 Accepted: 15 September 2015 Published: 25 January 2015

The efficient utilization and conversion of inexpensive invasive raw materials into bioethanol following a biorefinery approach is a priority in the research field of renewable fuel. With this purpose, Acacia dealbata wood samples were pretreated with 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate under optimized conditions, and the resulting solids were employed as a substrate for enzymatic hydrolysis. Enzymatic assays were performed according to a complete factorial experimental design, in which the effects of two independent variables (liquor to solid ratio and enzyme to substrate ratio) on the kinetics and yields of the xylan and cellulose saccharification were assessed. The Response Surface Methodology was employed for optimizing the experimental conditions. High sugar concentrations (around 80 g/L), and favorable polysaccharide conversions (CCG = 79.4% and XnCX = 77.9%). were predicted by the model under the selected operational conditions (6 g liquor/g substrate, 22 FPU/g). The results reported in this work compare well with other studies dealing with either other ionic liquids or classical pretreatments, using the same raw material or other woody substrates.
- Acacia dealbata wood,
- ionic liquid,
- pretreatment,
- enzymatic hydrolysis,
- biomass biorefinery
Citation: Beatriz Gullón, Belén Gómez, José Luis Alonso, Remedios Yáñez. Environmentally friendly technologies for obtaining high sugars concentrations from invasive woody species[J]. AIMS Environmental Science, 2015, 2(4): 884-898. doi: 10.3934/environsci.2015.4.884

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Abstract

The efficient utilization and conversion of inexpensive invasive raw materials into bioethanol following a biorefinery approach is a priority in the research field of renewable fuel. With this purpose, Acacia dealbata wood samples were pretreated with 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate under optimized conditions, and the resulting solids were employed as a substrate for enzymatic hydrolysis. Enzymatic assays were performed according to a complete factorial experimental design, in which the effects of two independent variables (liquor to solid ratio and enzyme to substrate ratio) on the kinetics and yields of the xylan and cellulose saccharification were assessed. The Response Surface Methodology was employed for optimizing the experimental conditions. High sugar concentrations (around 80 g/L), and favorable polysaccharide conversions (CCG = 79.4% and XnCX = 77.9%). were predicted by the model under the selected operational conditions (6 g liquor/g substrate, 22 FPU/g). The results reported in this work compare well with other studies dealing with either other ionic liquids or classical pretreatments, using the same raw material or other woody substrates.

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