Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation for improving the xylose utilization of steam exploded corn stover at high solid loading

2016 ◽  
Vol 201 ◽  
pp. 15-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Hua Liu ◽  
Hong-Zhang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Corn Stover ◽  
Solid Loading ◽  
Xylose Utilization ◽  
High Solid ◽  
High Solid Loading ◽  
Simultaneous Saccharification

scholarly journals A Whole-Slurry Fermentation Approach to High-Solid Loading for Bioethanol Production from Corn Stover

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo G. del Río ◽  
Patricia Gullón ◽  
F.R. Rebelo ◽  
Aloia Romaní ◽  
Gil Garrote ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corn Stover ◽  
Crop Residue ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Solid Loading ◽  
High Solid ◽  
High Solid Loading ◽  
Second Generation Bioethanol ◽  
Liquid Phases ◽  
Solid Phases ◽  
Whole Slurry

Corn stover is the most produced byproduct from maize worldwide. Since it is generated as a residue from maize harvesting, it is an inexpensive and interesting crop residue to be used as a feedstock. An ecologically friendly pretreatment such as autohydrolysis was selected for the manufacture of second-generation bioethanol from corn stover via whole-slurry fermentation at high-solid loadings. Temperatures from 200 to 240 °C were set for the autohydrolysis process, and the solid and liquid phases were analyzed. Additionally, the enzymatic susceptibility of the solid phases was assessed to test the suitability of the pretreatment. Afterward, the production of bioethanol from autohydrolyzed corn stover was carried out, mixing the solid with different percentages of the autohydrolysis liquor (25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%) and water (0% of liquor), from a total whole slurry fermentation (saving energy and water in the liquid–solid separation and subsequent washing of the solid phase) to employing water as only liquid medium. In spite of the challenging scenario of using the liquor fraction as liquid phase in the fermentation, values between 32.2 and 41.9 g ethanol/L and ethanol conversions up to 80% were achieved. This work exhibits the feasibility of corn stover for the production of bioethanol via a whole-slurry fermentation process.

scholarly journals Ethanol Production from High Solid Loading of Rice Straw by Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation in a Non-Conventional Reactor

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2090
Author(s):  
Inês C. Roberto ◽  
Rafael C. A. Castro ◽  
João Paulo A. Silva ◽  
Solange I. Mussatto
Keyword(s):  
Rice Straw ◽  
Simultaneous Saccharification And Fermentation ◽  
Feeding Strategy ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Solid Loading ◽  
Inoculum Level ◽  
Batch Mode ◽  
High Solid ◽  
High Solid Loading ◽  
Simultaneous Saccharification

Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) at high solid loading is a potential approach to improve the economic feasibility of cellulosic ethanol. In this study, SSF using high loading of rice straw was assessed using a vertical ball mill reactor. First, the conditions of temperature and number of glass spheres were optimized at 8% (w/v) initial solids (41.5 °C, 18 spheres). Then, assays were carried out at higher solid loadings (16% and 24% w/v). At 8% or 16% solids, the fermentation efficiency was similar (ηF~75%), but the ethanol volumetric productivity (QP) reduced from 1.50 to 1.14 g/L.h. By increasing the solids to 24%, the process was strongly affected (ηF = 40% and QP = 0.7 g/L.h). To overcome this drawback, three different feeding profiles of 24% pre-treated rice straw were investigated. Gradual feeding of the substrate (initial load of 16% with additions of 4% at 10 and 24 h) and an inoculum level of 3 g/L resulted in a high ethanol titer (52.3 g/L) with QP of 1.1 g/L.h and ηF of 67%. These findings demonstrated that using a suitable fed-batch feeding strategy helps to overcome the limitations of SSF in batch mode caused by the use of high solid content.

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