Combinatorial application of ammonium carbonate and sulphuric acid pretreatment to achieve enhanced sugar yield from pine needle biomass for potential biofuel–ethanol production

Abstract Quercus infectoria is one of the most abundant native oak species in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. This study focused on utilizing leaves of Quercus infectoria for ethanol production in the region. A typical three-step conversion process of acid pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, and yeast fermentation was investigated to produce ethanol from the leaves. Under the selected acid pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis conditions, the glucose and xylose concentrations in the hydrolysates reached 11.4 g/L and 16.8 g/L, respectively, with the corresponding sugar conversions of 42.8% and 99.8%. A yeast strain, Kluyveromyces marxianus, was used to ferment mono-sugars in the hydrolysates for ethanol production. The ethanol production rate and conversion of K. marxianus in the fermentation were 0.17 g/L/h and 27%. The techno-economic analysis further concluded that a regional ethanol biorefinery can be established in the Zawita sub-district, Iraq to utilize Q. infectoria leaves to produce 200,000,000 kg ethanol/year with a positive energy balance of 745,052,623 MJ/year. The net annual revenue of the biorefinery is $123,692,804. The payback period of the biorefinery is 10 years.

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Deterministic and Stochastic Optimization of Acid Pretreatment for Lignocellulosic Ethanol Production

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering - 27th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering ◽

10.1016/b978-0-444-63965-3.50360-3 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 2149-2154

Author(s):

Sumit Kumar Verma ◽

Yogendra Shastri

Keyword(s):

Stochastic Optimization ◽

Ethanol Production ◽

Lignocellulosic Ethanol ◽

Acid Pretreatment

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Evaluation of the Interactive Effect Pretreatment Parameters via Three Types of Microwave-Assisted Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis on Sugar Yield

Processes ◽

10.3390/pr8070787 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (7) ◽

pp. 787 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Saleem Ethaib ◽

Rozita Omar ◽

Mustapa Kamal Siti Mazlina ◽

Awang Biak Dayang Radiah

Keyword(s):

Response Surface Methodology ◽

Enzymatic Hydrolysis ◽

Interactive Effect ◽

Reducing Sugar ◽

Sugar Yield ◽

Solid Loading ◽

Acid Pretreatment ◽

Glucose Yield ◽

Sago Palm ◽

Microwave Assisted

This study aims to evaluate the sugar yield from enzymatic hydrolysis and the interactive effect pretreatment parameters of microwave-assisted pretreatment on glucose and xylose. Three types of microwave-assisted pretreatments of sago palm bark (SPB) were conducted for enzymatic hydrolysis, namely: microwave-sulphuric acid pretreatment (MSA), microwave-sodium hydroxide pretreatment (MSH), and microwave-sodium bicarbonate (MSB). The experimental design was done using a response surface methodology (RSM) and Box–Behenken Design (BBD). The pretreatment parameters ranged from 5–15% solid loading (SL), 5–15 min of exposure time (ET), and 80–800 W of microwave power (MP). The results indicated that the maximum total reducing sugar was 386 mg/g, obtained by MSA pretreatment. The results also illustrated that the higher glucose yield, 44.3 mg/g, was found using MSH pretreatment, while the higher xylose yield, 43.1 mg/g, resulted from MSA pretreatment. The pretreatment parameters MP, ET, and SL showed different patterns of influence on glucose and xylose yield via enzymatic hydrolysis for MSA, MSH, and MSB pretreatments. The analyses of the interactive effect of the pretreatment parameters MP, ET, and SL on the glucose yield from SPB showed that it increased with the high MP and longer ET, but this was limited by low SL values. However, the analysis of the interactive effect of the pretreatment parameters on xylose yields revealed that MP had the most influence on the xylose yield for MSA, MSH, and MSB pretreatments.

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