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Yao JW, Huang XY, Lin YH, Liu CG, Bai FW. Online monitoring lignocellulosic particles by focus beam reflectance measurement for efficient bioprocessing. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 406:131053. [PMID: 38944318 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Revised: 06/26/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/01/2024]
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Lignocellulose presents a promising alternative to fossil fuels. Monitoring the mass and size changes of lignocellulosic particles without disrupting the process can assist in adjusting pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis, where conventional sieving methods fall short. A method utilizing focused beam reflectance measurement (FBRM) was developed to establish mathematical correlations between FBRM chord information (chord length and count) and particle characteristics (weight and size) quantified through sieving. Results indicate particle size exhibits a linear correlation with the square weighted median chord length (Lsqr) with R2 at 0.93. Further, real-time bulk particle mass can be predicted using Lsqr and chord count (R2 0.98). These correlations are applicable in range 53 μm to 358.5 μm. Real-time monitoring of enzymatic hydrolysis of corn stalks has demonstrated the practical applicability of FBRM. This study introduces a novel approach for online characterization of lignocellulosic particles, thereby enhancing lignocellulosic biorefineries.
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- Ji-Wen Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A9, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Zhang B, Liu X, Bao J. High solids loading pretreatment: The core of lignocellulose biorefinery as an industrial technology - An overview. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 369:128334. [PMID: 36403909 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Pretreatment is the first and most determinative, yet the least mature step of lignocellulose biorefinery chain. The current stagnation of biorefinery commercialization indicates the barriers of the existing pretreatment technologies are needed to be unlocked. This review focused on one of the core factors, the high lignocellulose solids loading in pretreatment. The high solids loading of pretreatment significantly reduces water input, energy requirement, toxic compound discharge, solid/liquid separation costs, and carbon dioxide emissions, improves the titers of sugars and biproducts to meet the industrial requirements. Meanwhile, lignocellulose feedstock after high solids loading pretreatment is compatible with the existing logistics system for densification, packaging, storage, and transportation. Both the technical-economic analysis and the cellulosic ethanol conversion performance suggest that the solids loading in the pretreatment step need to be further elevated towards an industrial technology and the effective solutions should be proposed to the technical barriers in high solids loading pretreatment operations.
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- Bin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Cathay Biotech Inc, 1690 Cailun Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China.
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Simulation Analysis of Power Consumption and Mixing Time of Pseudoplastic Non-Newtonian Fluids with a Propeller Agitator. ENERGIES 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/en15134561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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In order to study the effect of a high twist rate propeller on the flow field characteristics of pseudoplastic non-Newtonian fluids, the numerical simulation method was used to analyze the mixing flow field of pseudoplastic non-Newtonian fluids at different concentrations in this paper. By changing the rotational speed and the blade installation height, the vorticity, turbulent energy, mixing power consumption, mixing time and mixing energy of the flow field were analyzed. By analyzing and comparing the research results, it was found that increasing the mixing propeller speed can effectively improve the mixing effect. Single-layer arrangement of mixing propeller is not suitable to be placed close to the bottom of the tank, and the mixing of the upper flow field is weaker. Under the same conditions, when the viscosity of pseudoplastic non-Newtonian fluid is increased, the high vorticity and high turbulence energy area is reduced to the mixing propeller area, and the time required for mixing 1.25% CMC solution is 246 times longer than that for mixing 0.62% CMC solution and the required mixing energy also increases sharply. The accuracy of the numerical simulation was verified by experiments. Considering the mixing effect and the mixing power consumption, the single-layer arrangement propeller is more suitable for mixing pseudoplastic non-Newtonian fluids with mass fraction of 0.62% CMC or below. This study can provide a reference for the practical application of propeller mixers to mix pseudoplastic non-Newtonian fluids.
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Climent Barba F, Rodríguez-Jasso RM, Sukumaran RK, Ruiz HA. High-solids loading processing for an integrated lignocellulosic biorefinery: Effects of transport phenomena and rheology - A review. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 351:127044. [PMID: 35337992 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This review aims to present an analysis and discussion on the processing of lignocellulosic biomass in terms of biorefinery concept and circular bioeconomy operating at high solids lignocellulosic (above 15% [w/w]) at the pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis stage, and fermentation strategy for an integrated lignocellulosic bioprocessing. Studies suggest high solids concentration enzymatic hydrolysis for improved sugars yields and methods to overcome mass transport constraints. Rheological and computational fluid dynamics models of high solids operation through evaluation of mass and momentum transfer limitations are presented. Also, the review paper explores operational feeding strategies to obtain high ethanol concentration and conversion yield, from the hydrothermal pretreatment and investigates the impact of mass load over the operational techniques. Finally, this review contains a brief overview of some of the operations that have successfully scaled up and implemented high-solids enzymatic hydrolysis in terms of the biorefinery concept.
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- Fernando Climent Barba
- Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioenergy, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom; Institute of Process Research and Development, School of Chemistry and School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Biorefinery Group, Food Research Department, School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila, 25280 Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
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- Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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- Biorefinery Group, Food Research Department, School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila, 25280 Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
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Long J, He Y, Zhan X, Sun Z, Shen B, Li X. Study of kneading pressure and power consumption in a twin-blade planetary mixer for mixing highly viscous fluids. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Mixing viscoplastic fluids in stirred vessels over multiple scales: A combined experimental and CFD approach. Chem Eng Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2019.07.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cortada-Garcia M, Dore V, Mazzei L, Angeli P. Experimental and CFD studies of power consumption in the agitation of highly viscous shear thinning fluids. Chem Eng Res Des 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2017.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Oroná JD, Zorrilla SE, Peralta JM. Computational fluid dynamics combined with discrete element method and discrete phase model for studying a food hydrofluidization system. FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2017.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Hou W, An R, Zhang J, Bao J. On-site measurement and modeling of rheological property of corn stover hydrolysate at high solids content. Biochem Eng J 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2015.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhang Y, Yu G, Yu L, Siddhu MAH, Gao M, Abdeltawab AA, Al-Deyab SS, Chen X. Computational fluid dynamics study on mixing mode and power consumption in anaerobic mono- and co-digestion. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 203:166-172. [PMID: 26722816 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Revised: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was applied to investigate mixing mode and power consumption in anaerobic mono- and co-digestion. Cattle manure (CM) and corn stover (CS) were used as feedstock and stirred tank reactor (STR) was used as digester. Power numbers obtained by the CFD simulation were compared with those from the experimental correlation. Results showed that the standard k-ε model was more appropriate than other turbulence models. A new index, net power production instead of gas production, was proposed to optimize feedstock ratio for anaerobic co-digestion. Results showed that flow field and power consumption were significantly changed in co-digestion of CM and CS compared with those in mono-digestion of either CM or CS. For different mixing modes, the optimum feedstock ratio for co-digestion changed with net power production. The best option of CM/CS ratio for continuous mixing, intermittent mixing I, and intermittent mixing II were 1:1, 1:1 and 1:3, respectively.
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- Yuan Zhang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology & College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology & College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Biomass Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Center, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology & College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China
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- Petrochemicals Research Chair, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Petrochemicals Research Chair, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology & College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, PR China.
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Rheology evolution and CFD modeling of lignocellulose biomass during extremely high solids content pretreatment. Biochem Eng J 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2015.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Liu K, Zhang J, Bao J. Two stage hydrolysis of corn stover at high solids content for mixing power saving and scale-up applications. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2015; 196:716-720. [PMID: 26253418 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.07.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Revised: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A two stage hydrolysis of corn stover was designed to solve the difficulties between sufficient mixing at high solids content and high power input encountered in large scale bioreactors. The process starts with the quick liquefaction to convert solid cellulose to liquid slurry with strong mixing in small reactors, then followed the comprehensive hydrolysis to complete saccharification into fermentable sugars in large reactors without agitation apparatus. 60% of the mixing energy consumption was saved by removing the mixing apparatus in large scale vessels. Scale-up ratio was small for the first step hydrolysis reactors because of the reduced reactor volume. For large saccharification reactors in the second step, the scale-up was easy because of no mixing mechanism was involved. This two stage hydrolysis is applicable for either simple hydrolysis or combined fermentation processes. The method provided a practical process option for industrial scale biorefinery processing of lignocellulose biomass.
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- Ke Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China.
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Reactors for High Solid Loading Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 152:75-90. [PMID: 25757450 DOI: 10.1007/10_2015_307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The review summarized the types, the geometry, and the design principle of pretreatment reactors at high solid loading of lignocellulose material. Among the reactors used, the explosion reactors and the helical stirring reactors are to be considered as the practical form for high solids loading pretreatment operation; the comminution reactors and the extruder reactors are difficult to be used as an independent unit, but possible to be used in the combined form with other types of reactors. The principles of the pretreatment reactor design at high solid loading were discussed and several basic principles for the design were proposed. This review provided useful information for choosing the reactor types and designing the geometry of pretreatment operation at the high solids loading.
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