Lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol: an overview on pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bodjui Olivier Abo ◽  
Ming Gao ◽  
Yonglin Wang ◽  
Chuanfu Wu ◽  
Hongzhi Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Lignocellulosic Biomass ◽  
Greenhouse Effect ◽  
Sugar Cane ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Agricultural Residues ◽  
High Availability ◽  
Fermentation Processes ◽  
Pre Treatment

Abstract Bioethanol is currently the only alternative to gasoline that can be used immediately without having to make any significant changes in the way fuel is distributed. In addition, the carbon dioxide (CO2) released during the combustion of bioethanol is the same as that used by the plant in the atmosphere for its growth, so it does not participate in the increase of the greenhouse effect. Bioethanol can be obtained by fermentation of plants containing sucrose (beet, sugar cane…) or starch (wheat, corn…). However, large-scale use of bioethanol implies the use of very large agricultural surfaces for maize or sugarcane production. Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) such as agricultural residues for the production of bioethanol seems to be a solution to this problem due to its high availability and low cost even if its growth still faces technological difficulties. In this review, we present an overview of lignocellulosic biomass, the different methods of pre-treatment of LCB and the various fermentation processes that can be used to produce bioethanol from LCB.

scholarly journals Modelling key market impacts and land allocation for biofuel production and forestry

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
A. Korobeinikov ◽  
P. Read ◽  
A. Parshotam ◽  
J. Lermit
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Biofuel Production ◽  
Fuel Wood ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Levels ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

It has been suggested that the large scale use of biofuel, that is, fuel derived from biological materials, especially in combination with reforestation of large areas, can lead to a low-cost reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. In this paper, a model of three markets: fuel, wood products, and land are considered with the aim of evaluating the impact of large scale biofuel production and forestry on these markets, and to estimate the cost of a policy aimed at the reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It is shown that the costs are lower than had been previously expected.

scholarly journals Biomining – Biotechnological Systems for the Extraction and Recovery of Metals from Secondary Sources

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 737-742 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Biological Systems ◽  
Bottom Ash ◽  
Precious Metals ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Hydrometallurgical Processing ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Pyrometallurgical Processing

<p>Biomining is the common term used to define processes that utilize biological systems to facilitate the extraction of metals from ores. Nowadays, a biomining concept can be defined as a two stage combined biological systems (1st stage bioleaching and 2nd stage biosorption) in order to perform the extraction and recovery of the metals from secondary sources such as industrial and mining waste, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), bottom ash and end of life vehicles. Overwhelming demand and limited sources of metals have resulted in searching new sources so that attentions have been shifted from mining process towards recycling of secondary resources for the recovery of metals. There are several metallurgical processes for metal recovery from the secondary sources such as pyrometallurgical processing, hydrometallurgical and bio/hydrometal-lurgical processing. Biomining processes are estimated to be relatively low-cost, environmentally friendly and suitable for both large scale as well as small scale applications under the bio/hydrometallurgical processing. Thus, the process involves physical separation (pre-treatment) and biomining (bioleaching and biosorption) and hydrometallurgical processes for recovery of base metals, rare earth elements (REEs) and precious metals from e-waste was evaluated.</p>

scholarly journals Facile and Sustainable Modification for Improving the Adsorption Ability of Sugarcane Bagasse Towards Cationic Organic Pollutants

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengcheng Luan ◽  
Jianming Liao ◽  
Li Chen ◽  
Yishan Kuang ◽  
Xi Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lignocellulosic Biomass ◽  
Sugarcane Bagasse ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Industrial Wastes ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Cationic Polymers ◽  
Charge Densities ◽  
Nacl Concentration ◽  
Adsorption Capability

Abstract Using low-cost agro-industrial wastes and by-products derived from lignocellulosic biomass for adsorption is believed to an affordable and sustainable way to tackle the burning issue of cationic pollution in the marine, while its relatively low adsorption capability limits its large-scale application. Chemical modifications to improve the adsorption abilities of lignocellulosic biomass usually has problems such as long reaction time, high operational cost, rigorous reaction conditions (high temperature and pressure) as well as the second pollution. In this study, a green, rapid, simple, and mild method was developed by using ozone to improve the adsorption abilities of sugarcane bagasse (SB). The effects of ozone modification on the SB and its related adsorption abilities towards cationic polymers were quantitatively investigated. Results showed that ozone modification under very low ozone consumption (~ 1.5 wt%) could efficiently increase the carboxyl groups, change the chemical compositions of SB, and does not significantly change its morphology, thereby ensuring the good recovery and adsorption performance of SB. The maximum adsorption rate and capacity of SB for positively charged methylene blue (MB) were increased about 33.3% and 11.3% than the original SB. Besides, ozone modified SB maintained its high adsorption capability even at high NaCl concentration (0.6 M). For cationic polymer with high charge densities, the adsorption capacity of milled SB increased about 125.4%.

Use of coffee grind with cocoa shell as the basis for a filter to reduce lead from contaminated water from a river, Peru

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Valeria Morales Diaz ◽  
Jorge Jave Nakayo ◽  
Elmer Benites Alfaro
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Organic Waste ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Design System ◽  
Contaminated Water ◽  
Sampling Point ◽  
Cocoa Shell ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Chemical Activator ◽  
Different Doses

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the efficiency of coffee grind residues with cocoa shell as the basis for a filter to reduce lead from the contaminated water of the Chirino River, San Ignacio - Cajamarca, 2018. Providing a method of low cost and without the use of large-scale technologies, by taking advantage of the organic waste mentioned above, thus improving its final disposal. The experimentation was carried out in a conventional design system, where the placed filter presented a spongy structure containing 60% of coffee borage with cocoa shell applied in three different doses (15g coffee grind with 15 g cocoa shell, 10g coffee grind with 20g cocoa shell and 20g coffee grind with 10 g cocoa shell) and 40% of sugar in silicone elastomer solution; having bioadsorbent properties to reduce metals. The sampling point and the amount of sample in liters was for convenience, evaluating the concentration of Lead present in the water of the river Chírinos in the stages of pre-treatment and post treatment. The results obtained with respect to the efficiency to reduce Lead of the three doses applied coded with T-1, T-2 and T-3 were 77.1%, 98.53% and 87.36% respectively; being the most efficient T-2 contiendo the dose of 10g coffee grind with 20g cocoa shell, without the need to add a chemical activator, making the application friendly with the environment.

Facile self-templating large scale preparation of biomass-derived 3D hierarchical porous carbon for advanced supercapacitors

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (35) ◽  
pp. 18154-18162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shijiao Song ◽  
Fangwei Ma ◽  
Guang Wu ◽  
Di Ma ◽  
Weidan Geng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Hierarchical Porous Carbon ◽  
Renewable Biomass ◽  
Corn Husk ◽  
Large Scale Preparation ◽  
Hierarchical Porous ◽  
Scale Preparation ◽  
Pre Treatment

Corn husk, a renewable biomass, has been successfully explored as a low-cost crude carbon source to prepare advanced higher-value 3D HPCs by means of KOH pre-treatment and direct pyrolysis, the synthesis route is simple, self-templating and easy to scale-up for industrialization.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Examination on Small Scale Sugarcane Harvesting Machine

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 5265-5268
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Cane ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Large Scale Production ◽  
By Products

The work in this paper is focused , about the sugarcane harvesting machine, as India is considered as one of the higher consumers and producers of sugarcane and its by products and to due to huge population, there is a high demand of sugarcane and to meet the demand of population, large scale production has to be adopted, hence for farming and harvesting the sugarcane an automated, low cost harvester is necessary for the farmers to reduce the efforts of sugarcane harvesting and to increase the rate of sugar cane cutting. This machine will be helpful for the farmers having both small and big farms, the work on this paper was carried to identify the major options along with the opportunities and major chances for future enhancement in the field of agriculture industries.

scholarly journals Rapid mechanoenzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass without bulk water or chemical pre-treatment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabien Hammerer ◽  
Shaghayegh Ostadjoo ◽  
Karolin Dietrich ◽  
Marie-Josée Dumont ◽  
Luis F. Del Rio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lignocellulosic Biomass ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Enzymatic Reaction ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Bulk Water ◽  
Biomass Saccharification ◽  
Crude Product ◽  
Fuels And Chemicals ◽  
Multiple Cycles ◽  
Pre Treatment

AbstractLignocellulosic material is an abundant renewable resource with the potential to replace petroleum as a feedstock for the production of fuels and chemicals. The large scale deployment of biomass saccharification is, however, hampered by the necessity to use aggressive reagents and conditions, formation of side-products, and the difficulty to reach elevated monosaccharide concentrations in the crude product. Herein we report the high efficacy of Reactive Aging (or Raging, a technique where enzymatic reaction mixtures, without any bulk aqueous or organic solvent, are treated to multiple cycles of milling and aging) for gram-scale saccharification of raw lignocellulosic biomass samples from different agricultural sources (corn stover, wheat straw, and sugarcane bagasse). The solvent-free enzymatic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass was found to proceed in excellent yields (ca. 90%) at protein loadings as low as 2% w/w, without the need for any prior chemical pre-treatment or high temperatures, to produce highly concentrated (molar) monosaccharides. This crude product of mechanoenzymatic depolymerization is non-toxic to bacteria and can be used as a carbon source for bacterial growth.

scholarly journals Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Materials as Substrates for Fermentation Processes

Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina Kucharska ◽  
Piotr Rybarczyk ◽  
Iwona Hołowacz ◽  
Rafał Łukajtis ◽  
Marta Glinka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lignocellulosic Biomass ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Biomass Pretreatment ◽  
Lignocellulosic Materials ◽  
Fermentation Processes ◽  
Cellulose Digestibility

Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant and renewable resource that potentially contains large amounts of energy. It is an interesting alternative for fossil fuels, allowing the production of biofuels and other organic compounds. In this paper, a review devoted to the processing of lignocellulosic materials as substrates for fermentation processes is presented. The review focuses on physical, chemical, physicochemical, enzymatic, and microbiologic methods of biomass pretreatment. In addition to the evaluation of the mentioned methods, the aim of the paper is to understand the possibilities of the biomass pretreatment and their influence on the efficiency of biofuels and organic compounds production. The effects of different pretreatment methods on the lignocellulosic biomass structure are described along with a discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of each method, including the potential generation of inhibitory compounds for enzymatic hydrolysis, the effect on cellulose digestibility, the generation of compounds that are toxic for the environment, and energy and economic demand. The results of the investigations imply that only the stepwise pretreatment procedure may ensure effective fermentation of the lignocellulosic biomass. Pretreatment step is still a challenge for obtaining cost-effective and competitive technology for large-scale conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars with low inhibitory concentration.

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