Steam explosion of lignocellulosic biomass for multiple advanced bioenergy processes: A review

2022 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 111871
Author(s):  
Yan Yu ◽  
Jie Wu ◽  
Xueyong Ren ◽  
Anthony Lau ◽  
Hamid Rezaei ◽  
...  
Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 4288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Bertini ◽  
Mattia Gelosia ◽  
Gianluca Cavalaglio ◽  
Marco Barbanera ◽  
Tommaso Giannoni ◽  
...  

Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) is a promising crop from which to obtain oilseeds and lignocellulosic biomass. Acid-catalyzed steam explosion is a thermochemical process that can efficiently pre-treat lignocellulosic biomass. The drawback is the production of a high number of carbohydrate degradation products in the liquid fraction that could inhibit microbial growth. In this work, the lignocellulosic biomass of cardoon, gathered from a dedicated field, were used as the raw material for the production of fermentable monosaccharides by employing acid-catalyzed steam explosion. The raw material was pre-soaked with a dilute 1% (w/w) sulfuric acid solution and then subjected to steam explosion under three different severity conditions. The recovered slurry was separated into solid and liquid fractions, which were individually characterized to determine total carbohydrate and inhibitor concentrations. The slurry and the washed solid fraction underwent enzymatic hydrolysis to release glucose and pentose monosaccharides. By conducting the pre-treatment at 175 °C for 35 min and hydrolyzing the obtained slurry, a yield of 33.17 g of monosaccharides/100 g of cardoon was achieved. At the same conditions, 4.39 g of inhibitors/100 g of cardoon were produced.


2012 ◽  
Vol 06 ◽  
pp. 715-720
Author(s):  
Maki Takano ◽  
Kazuhiro Hoshino

To develop biofuel production from waste lignocellulosic biomass materials the rice straw was selected one of renewable material and the degradation condition about pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis to obtain effectively fermentable sugars was investigated. Rice straw was pretreated by five kinds of methods and then the components ratio of rice straw was examined. First, the steam explosion was selected based on the degradability and the requirement energy. In addition, the best suitable combination of two cellulases to effective and economical hydrolyze was determined from the degradability of these pretreated rice straws. In the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of the steam explosion rice straw by combining cellulase cocktail and a novel fermenting fungus, 13.2 g/L ethanol was able to product for 96 h.


RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (69) ◽  
pp. 36603-36614 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyun Peng ◽  
Lingling Gao ◽  
Mengjiao Li ◽  
Yibin Shen ◽  
Qiongqiu Qian ◽  
...  

Bio H2conversion from wetland lignocellulosic biomass is one of the promising alternatives to fossil fuels.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Walker ◽  
Joe Gallagher ◽  
Ana Winters ◽  
Abhishek Somani ◽  
Sreenivas R. Ravella ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 269-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph-M. Seidel ◽  
Thomas Pielhop ◽  
Michael H. Studer ◽  
Philipp Rudolf von Rohr

For the production of second generation biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass, pretreatment of the biomass feedstock is necessary to overcome its recalcitrance in order to gain fermentable sugars. Due to many reasons, steam-explosion pretreatment is currently the most commonly used pretreatment method for lignocellulosic biomass on a commercial scale [S. Brethauer and M. H. Studer, CHIMIA, 2015, 69, 572–581]. In contrast to others, we showed that the explosive decompression at the end of this pretreatment step can have a positive influence on the enzymatic digestibility of softwood, especially in combination with high enzyme dosages [T. Pielhop, et al., Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2016, 9, 152]. In this study, the influence of the explosive decompression on the enzymatic digestibility of hardwood and herbaceous plants was systematically studied. Beech and corn stover were pretreated under different pretreatment conditions and enzymatically hydrolysed with different enzyme dosages. The maximum enhancement of the digestibility of corn stover was 16.53% after a 2.5 min pretreatment step at 15 barg steam pressure. For beech, a maximum relative enhancement of 58.29% after a 10 min pretreatment step at 15 barg steam pressure could be reached. With this, we show that the explosive decompression can also enhance the enzymatic cellulose digestibility of hardwood and herbaceous plants.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Ziegler-Devin ◽  
Laurent Chrusciel ◽  
Nicolas Brosse

Steam Explosion (SE) is one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly processes for the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. It is an important tool for the development of the biorefinery concept to mitigate the recalcitrance of biomass. However, the two distinct steps of SE, steam cracking and explosive decompression, leading to the breakdown of the lignocellulosic matrix have generally been studied in empiric ways and clarification are needed. This mini-review provides new insights and recommendations regarding the properties of subcritical water, process modeling and the importance of the depressurization rate.


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