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Tong X, He Z, Zheng L, Pande H, Ni Y. Enzymatic treatment processes for the production of cellulose nanomaterials: A review. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 299:120199. [PMID: 36876810 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cellulose nanomaterials have attracted much attention in recent years because of their unique properties. Commercial or semi-commercial production of nanocellulose has been reported in recent years. Mechanical treatments for nanocellulose production are viable but highly energy-intensive. Chemical processes are well reported; however, these chemical processes are not only costly, but also cause environmental concerns and end-use related challenges. This review summarizes recent researches on enzymatic treatment of cellulose fibers for the production of cellulose nanomaterials, with focus on novel enzymatic processes with xylanase and lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMO) to enhance the efficacy of cellulase. Different enzymes are discussed, including endoglucanase, exoglucanase and xylanase, as well as LPMO, with emphasis on the accessibility and hydrolytic specificity of LPMO enzymes to cellulose fiber structures. LPMO acts in a synergistic way with cellulase to cause significant physical and chemical changes to the cellulose fiber cell-wall structures, which facilitate the nano-fibrillation of the fibers.
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- Xin Tong
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B5A3, Canada; Key Laboratory of Recycling and Eco-treatment of Waste Biomass of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, PR China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B5A3, Canada.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B5A3, Canada
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- Domtar Corporation, 395 Blvd Maisonneuve West, Montreal, PQ H3A 1L6, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B5A3, Canada
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Skinner C, Baker P, Tomkinson J, Richards D, Charlton A. Pressurised disc refining of wheat straw as a pre-treatment approach for agricultural residues: A preliminary assessment of energy consumption and fibre composition. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 304:122976. [PMID: 32066093 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This preliminary study assesses a potential pre-treatment approach for agricultural residues, in order to improve enzyme access and cellulose digestibility that increased with increasing refining pressure. Wheat straw, an important European agri-residue, was chopped then refined at pilot-scale under different pressures (4-10 bar) and two refiner plate configurations. The most energy efficient runs used 0.94-0.96 kWh electricity; 8.9-11.0 MJ heat per kg dry matter fibre. A scaling factor specific to the machinery used in the trial suggested that wheat straw could be refined using approximately 160 kWh electricity and 980-1900 MJ heat per tonne DM yield at commercial-scale. Hemicellulose content in wheat straw at 31.8% decreased to the lowest level of 14.6% after refining at 10 bar. Pressurised disc refining did not appear to produce significant quantities of acetic acid, a key fermentation inhibitor, that could limit microbial fermentation.
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- Campbell Skinner
- The BioComposites Centre, Alun Roberts Building, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK.
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- The BioComposites Centre, Alun Roberts Building, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK
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- NNFCC, York Science Park, Innovation Way, Heslington, York YO10 5DG, UK
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- The BioComposites Centre, Alun Roberts Building, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK
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Liu W, Wu R, Wang B, Hu Y, Hou Q, Zhang P, Wu R. Comparative study on different pretreatment on enzymatic hydrolysis of corncob residues. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 295:122244. [PMID: 31627064 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Revised: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Under the situation of increasingly severe challenge of energy consumption, it is of great importance to make full use of bioresources such as forestry and agricultural residues. Herein, the corncob residues generated after processing corncob were enzymatically hydrolyzed to yield fermentable sugars. To overcome the recalcitrance of corncob residues, three kinds of pretreatment methods, i.e., sulfonation, PFI refining, and wet grinding, were applied; their effects on enzymatic hydrolysis and main characteristics of corncob residues substrate were investigated. The results showed that the enzymatic digestibility of the substrate was greatly enhanced by employing each method. The wet grinding exhibited obvious advantages, e.g., the conversion yield of cellulose to glucose and glucose concentration reached 96.7% and 32.2 g/L after 59 h of enzymatic hydrolysis, respectively. The improvement in enzymatic hydrolysis was mainly attributed to the altered characteristics of the substrate such as swelling ability, specific surface area, and particle size and distribution.
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- Wei Liu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredercton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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Corbett DB, Knoll C, Venditti R, Jameel H, Park S. Fiber fractionation to understand the effect of mechanical refining on fiber structure and resulting enzymatic digestibility of biomass. Biotechnol Bioeng 2019; 117:924-932. [PMID: 31885079 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Mechanical refining results in fiber deconstruction and modifications that enhance enzyme accessibility to carbohydrates. Further understanding of the morphological changes occurring to biomass during mechanical refining and the impacts of these changes on enzymatic digestibility is necessary to maximize yields and reduce energy consumption. Although the degree of fiber length reduction relative to fibrillation/delamination can be impacted by manipulating refining variables, mechanical refining of any type (PFI, disk, and valley beater) typically results in both phenomena. Separating the two is not straightforward. In this study, fiber fractionation based on particle size performed after mechanical refining of high-lignin pulp was utilized to successfully elucidate the relative impact of fibrillation/delamination and fiber cutting phenomena during mechanical refining. Compositional analysis showed that fines contain significantly more lignin than larger size fractions. Enzymatic hydrolysis results indicated that within fractions of uniform fiber length, fibrillation/delamination due to mechanical refining increased enzymatic conversion by 20-30 percentage points. Changes in fiber length had little effect on digestibility for fibers longer than ~0.5 mm. However, the digestibility of the fines fractions was high for all levels of refining even with the high-lignin content.
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- Derek B Corbett
- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Corbett DB, Venditti R, Jameel H, Park S. Effect of Mechanical Refining Energy on the Enzymatic Digestibility of Lignocellulosic Biomass. Ind Eng Chem Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b02932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Derek B. Corbett
- North Carolina State University, Department of Forest Biomaterials, 2820 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
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- North Carolina State University, Department of Forest Biomaterials, 2820 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
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- North Carolina State University, Department of Forest Biomaterials, 2820 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
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- North Carolina State University, Department of Forest Biomaterials, 2820 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States
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de Assis T, Huang S, Driemeier CE, Donohoe BS, Kim C, Kim SH, Gonzalez R, Jameel H, Park S. Toward an understanding of the increase in enzymatic hydrolysis by mechanical refining. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2018; 11:289. [PMID: 30386426 PMCID: PMC6201573 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1289-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mechanical refining is a low-capital and well-established technology used in pulp and paper industry to improve fiber bonding for product strength. Refining can also be applied in a biorefinery context to overcome the recalcitrance of pretreated biomass by opening up the biomass structure and modifying substrate properties (e.g., morphology, particle size, porosity, crystallinity), which increases enzyme accessibility to substrate and improves carbohydrate conversion. Although several characterization methods have been used to identify the changes in substrate properties, there is no systematic approach to evaluate the extent of fiber cell wall disruption and what physical properties can explain the improvement in enzymatic digestibility when pretreated lignocellulosic biomass is mechanically refined. This is because the fiber cell wall is complex across multiple scales, including the molecular scale, nano- and meso-scale (microfibril), and microscale (tissue level). A combination of advanced characterization tools is used in this study to better understand the effect of mechanical refining on the meso-scale microfibril assembly and the relationship between those meso-scale modifications and enzymatic hydrolysis. RESULTS Enzymatic conversion of autohydrolysis sugarcane bagasse was improved from 69.6 to 77.2% (11% relative increase) after applying mechanical refining and an increase in enzymatic digestibility is observed with an increase in refining intensity. Based on a combination of advanced characterizations employed in this study, it was found that the refining action caused fiber size reduction, internal delamination, and increase in pores and swellability. CONCLUSIONS A higher level of delamination and higher increase in porosity, analyzed by TEM and DSC, were clearly demonstrated, which explain the faster digestibility rate during the first 72 h of enzymatic hydrolysis for disc-refined samples when compared to the PFI-refined samples. In addition, an increased inter-fibrillar distance between cellulose microfibrils at the nano-meso-scale was also revealed by SFG analysis, while no evidence was found for a change in crystalline structure by XRD and solid-state NMR analysis.
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- Tiago de Assis
- Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Reseources, NC State University, Raleigh, NC USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
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- Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP Brazil
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- Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO USA
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Reseources, NC State University, Raleigh, NC USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Reseources, NC State University, Raleigh, NC USA
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Reseources, NC State University, Raleigh, NC USA
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Reseources, NC State University, Raleigh, NC USA
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Weiss ND, Thygesen LG, Felby C, Roslander C, Gourlay K. Biomass-water interactions correlate to recalcitrance and are intensified by pretreatment: An investigation of water constraint and retention in pretreated spruce using low field NMR and water retention value techniques. Biotechnol Prog 2016; 33:146-153. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Noah D. Weiss
- Dept. of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Dept. of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Dept. of Forest Products, Biotechnology and Bioenergy; University of British Columbia; Vancouver Canada
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Review of Alkali-Based Pretreatment To Enhance Enzymatic Saccharification for Lignocellulosic Biomass Conversion. Ind Eng Chem Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b01907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Vaidya AA, Donaldson LA, Newman RH, Suckling ID, Campion SH, Lloyd JA, Murton KD. Micromorphological changes and mechanism associated with wet ball milling of Pinus radiata substrate and consequences for saccharification at low enzyme loading. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 214:132-137. [PMID: 27131293 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.04.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/16/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In this work, substrates prepared from thermo-mechanical treatment of Pinus radiata chips were vibratory ball milled for different times. In subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis, percent glucan conversion passed through a maximum value at a milling time of around 120min and then declined. Scanning electron microscopy revealed breakage of fibers to porous fragments in which lamellae and fibrils were exposed during ball milling. Over-milling caused compression of the porous fragments to compact globular particles with a granular texture, decreasing accessibility to enzymes. Carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy showed partial loss of interior cellulose in crystallites, leveling off once fiber breakage was complete. A mathematical model based on observed micromorphological changes supports ball milling mechanism. At a low enzyme loading of 2FPU/g of substrate and milling time of 120min gave a total monomeric sugar yield of 306g/kg of pulp which is higher than conventional pretreatment method such as steam exploded wood.
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- Alankar A Vaidya
- Scion, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, 49 Sala Street, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand.
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- Scion, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, 49 Sala Street, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
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- Scion, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, 49 Sala Street, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
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- Scion, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, 49 Sala Street, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
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- Scion, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, 49 Sala Street, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
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- Scion, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, 49 Sala Street, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
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- Scion, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, 49 Sala Street, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand
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Dou C, Ewanick S, Bura R, Gustafson R. Post-treatment mechanical refining as a method to improve overall sugar recovery of steam pretreated hybrid poplar. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 207:157-165. [PMID: 26881333 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.01.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2015] [Revised: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This study investigates the effect of mechanical refining to improve the sugar yield from biomass processed under a wide range of steam pretreatment conditions. Hybrid poplar chips were steam pretreated using six different conditions with or without SO2. The resulting water insoluble fractions were subjected to mechanical refining. After refining, poplar pretreated at 205°C for 10min without SO2 obtained a 32% improvement in enzymatic hydrolysis and achieved similar overall monomeric sugar recovery (539kg/tonne) to samples pretreated with SO2. Refining did not improve hydrolyzability of samples pretreated at more severe conditions, nor did it improve the overall sugar recovery. By maximizing overall sugar recovery, refining could partially decouple the pretreatment from other unit operations, and enable the use of low temperature, non-sulfur pretreatment conditions. The study demonstrates the possibility of using post-treatment refining to accommodate potential pretreatment process upsets without sacrificing sugar yields.
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- Chang Dou
- Biofuels and Bioproducts Laboratory, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- Biofuels and Bioproducts Laboratory, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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- Biofuels and Bioproducts Laboratory, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA.
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- Biofuels and Bioproducts Laboratory, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA
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Liu W, Wang B, Hou Q, Chen W, Wu M. Effects of fibrillation on the wood fibers' enzymatic hydrolysis enhanced by mechanical refining. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 206:99-103. [PMID: 26851576 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.01.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The hardwood bleached kraft pulp (HBKP) fibers were pretreated by PFI mill to obtain the substrates, the effects of fibrillation on HBKP fibers' enzymatic hydrolysis was studied. The results showed that the enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency was enhanced obviously by mechanical refining. The mechanical refining alterated the fibers' characteristics such as fibrillation degree, specific surface area, swelling ability, crystallinity, fiber length and fines content. All these factors correlating to the enzymatic hydrolysis were evaluated through mathematical analysis. Among these factors, the fibrillation degree has the profoundest impact on the enzymatic hydrolysis of wood fibers. Consequently, the mechanical refining aiming for a high fibrillation degree was feasible to enhance the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass.
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- Wei Liu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan 250353, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
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Park J, Jones B, Koo B, Chen X, Tucker M, Yu JH, Pschorn T, Venditti R, Park S. Use of mechanical refining to improve the production of low-cost sugars from lignocellulosic biomass. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 199:59-67. [PMID: 26338276 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Mechanical refining is widely used in the pulp and paper industry to enhance the end-use properties of products by creating external fibrillation and internal delamination. This technology can be directly applied to biochemical conversion processes. By implementing mechanical refining technology, biomass recalcitrance to enzyme hydrolysis can be overcome and carbohydrate conversion can be enhanced with commercially attractive levels of enzymes. In addition, chemical and thermal pretreatment severity can be reduced to achieve the same level of carbohydrate conversion, which reduces pretreatment cost and results in lower concentrations of inhibitors. Refining is versatile and a commercially proven technology that can be operated at process flows of ∼ 1500 dry tons per day of biomass. This paper reviews the utilization of mechanical refining in the pulp and paper industry and summarizes the recent development in applications for biochemical conversion, which potentially make an overall biorefinery process more economically viable.
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- Junyeong Park
- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80127, USA
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- National Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80127, USA
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- Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Kim SM, Dien BS, Singh V. Promise of combined hydrothermal/chemical and mechanical refining for pretreatment of woody and herbaceous biomass. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2016; 9:97. [PMID: 27141232 PMCID: PMC4852465 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0505-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Production of advanced biofuels from woody and herbaceous feedstocks is moving into commercialization. Biomass needs to be pretreated to overcome the physicochemical properties of biomass that hinder enzyme accessibility, impeding the conversion of the plant cell walls to fermentable sugars. Pretreatment also remains one of the most costly unit operations in the process and among the most critical because it is the source of chemicals that inhibit enzymes and microorganisms and largely determines enzyme loading and sugar yields. Pretreatments are categorized into hydrothermal (aqueous)/chemical, physical, and biological pretreatments, and the mechanistic details of which are briefly outlined in this review. To leverage the synergistic effects of different pretreatment methods, conducting two or more pretreatments consecutively has gained attention. Especially, combining hydrothermal/chemical pretreatment and mechanical refining, a type of physical pretreatment, has the potential to be applied to an industrial plant. Here, the effects of the combined pretreatment (combined hydrothermal/chemical pretreatment and mechanical refining) on energy consumption, physical structure, sugar yields, and enzyme dosage are summarized.
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- Sun Min Kim
- />Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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- />Bioenergy Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL 61604 USA
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- />Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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