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Wu P, Kang X, Wang W, Yang G, He L, Fan Y, Cheng X, Sun Y, Li L. Assessment of Coproduction of Ethanol and Methane from Pennisetum purpureum: Effects of Pretreatment, Process Performance, and Mass Balance. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING 2021; 9:10771-10784. [PMID: 35141053 PMCID: PMC8815079 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c02010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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To overcome the structural complexity and improve the bioconversion efficiency of Pennisetum purpureum into bioethanol or/and biomethane, the effects of ensiling pretreatment, NaOH pretreatment, and their combination on digestion performance and mass flow were comparatively investigated. The coproduction of bioethanol and biomethane showed that 65.2 g of ethanol and 102.6 g of methane could be obtained from 1 kg of untreated Pennisetum purpureum, and pretreatment had significant impacts on the production; however, there is no significant difference between the results of NaOH pretreatment and ensiling-NaOH pretreatment in terms of production improvement. Among them, 1 kg of ensiling-NaOH treated Pennisetum purpureum could yield 269.4 g of ethanol and 144.5 g of methane, with a respective increase of 313.2% and 40.8% compared to that from the untreated sample; this corresponded to the final energy production of 14.5 MJ, with the energy conversion efficiency of 46.8%. In addition, for the ensiling-NaOH treated Pennisetum purpureum, the energy recovery from coproduction (process III) was 98.9% higher than that from enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation only (process I) and 53.6% higher than that from anaerobic digestion only (process II). This indicated that coproduction of bioethanol and biomethane from Pennisetum purpureum after ensiling and NaOH pretreatment is an effective method to improve its conversion efficiency and energy output.
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- Peiwen Wu
- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Water Quality Security and
Protection in Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory
of Radionuclides Pollution Control and Resources, School of Environmental
Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, No. 230, Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- MaREI
Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, 4 Lee Road, Sunday’s Well, Cork, Ireland
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- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
- Guangdong
Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
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- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
- Guangdong
Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
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- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
- Guangdong
Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
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- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
- Guangdong
Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
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- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
- Guangdong
Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
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- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
- Guangdong
Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
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- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangzhou
Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
- Guangdong
Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, No. 2, Nengyuan Road, Guangzhou 510640, P.R. China
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Dhanya BS, Mishra A, Chandel AK, Verma ML. Development of sustainable approaches for converting the organic waste to bioenergy. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 723:138109. [PMID: 32229385 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Dependence on fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas are on alarming increase, thereby causing such resources to be in a depletion mode and a novel sustainable approach for bioenergy production are in demand. Successful implementation of zero waste discharge policy is one such way to attain a sustainable development of bioenergy. Zero waste discharge can be induced only through the conversion of organic wastes into bioenergy. Waste management is pivotal and considering its importance of minimizing the issue and menace of wastes, conversion strategy of organic waste is effectively recommended. Present review is concentrated on providing a keen view on the potential organic waste sources and the way in which the bioenergy is produced through efficient conversion processes. Biogas, bioethanol, biocoal, biohydrogen and biodiesel are the principal renewable energy sources. Different types of organic wastes used for bioenergy generation and its sources, anaerobic digestion-biogas production and its related process affecting parameters including fermentation, photosynthetic process and novel nano-inspired techniques are discussed. Bioenergy production from organic waste is associated with mitigation of lump waste generation and its dumping into land, specifically reducing all hazards and negativities in all sectors during waste disposal. A sustainable bioenergy sector with upgraded security for fuels, tackles the challenging climatic change problem also. Thus, intensification of organic waste conversion strategies to bioenergy, specially, biogas and biohydrogen production is elaborated and analyzed in the present article. Predominantly, persistent drawbacks of the existing organic waste conversion methods have been noted, providing consideration to economic, environmental and social development.
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- B S Dhanya
- Department of Biotechnology, Udaya School of Engineering, Udaya Nagar, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu 629 204, India
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- Sustainable Agriculture Division, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Ajayi-Banji AA, Rahman S, Sunoj S, Igathinathane C. Impact of corn stover particle size and C/N ratio on reactor performance in solid-state anaerobic co-digestion with dairy manure. JOURNAL OF THE AIR & WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (1995) 2020; 70:436-454. [PMID: 32049604 DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2020.1729277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Green energy generation from agricultural waste has the potential to minimize dependency on fossil and reduce the resultant environmental impact of this fuel provided anaerobic reactor performance is optimized. Hence, the interactive impact of carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio, particle size, and co-digestion of dairy manure (DM) and corn stover (CS) on solid-state anaerobic digester (SSAD) performance was investigated with four treatments (DMCS24S, DMCS24L, DMCS28L, and DMCS32L) in this solid-state study. Novel scanning electron microscope (SEM) image analysis utilized to describe the corn stover using ImageJ indicated that corn stover of particle size 0.18-0.42 mm had lower rough surface texture relative to the 0.42-0.84 mm size. This observation not only influenced the ingestate degradation, the bioconversion rate was negatively affected by 0.18-0.42 mm particle size of corn stover. Notably, increase in C/N ratio led to decrease in total ammonia nitrogen (TAN) and alkalinity concentration (Alk), hence, treatments with the lowest C/N ratio had better reactor performance in terms of suitable process parameters such as Alk, pH, ORP, and TAN. Furthermore, DMCS24L treatment had the highest methane yield (106 mL/g VS) and net methane energy (2.92 MJ/kg). Interestingly, modified Gompertz model gave the best kinetic description of the methane production. This SSAD mesophilic study suggests that corn stover, with particle size of 0.42-0.84 mm, co-digested with dairy manure under a C/N ratio of 24 has the potential to enhance methane yield and optimize reactor performance.Implications: The utilization of agricultural waste for bioenergy generation through solid-state anaerobic digestion could be enhanced through the interactive impact of substrate particle size, carbon-to-nitrogen (C/N) ratio and co-digestion, which has not been previously studied. These ternary factors significantly improved reactor performance and enhanced methane yield when corn stover of 0.42-0.84 mm particle size was co-digested with dairy manure to achieve a C/N ratio of 24.
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- A A Ajayi-Banji
- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
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Usman Khan M, Kiaer Ahring B. Anaerobic digestion of biorefinery lignin: Effect of different wet explosion pretreatment conditions. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 298:122537. [PMID: 31838240 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study examine ways to make biorefinery lignin accessible for anaerobic digestion. The raw material was the residue after removing carbohydrates by Wet Explosion pretreatment at 190 °C and 7.5% O2 followed by enzymatic hydrolysis. The residual solid was mainly composed of lignin and was the raw material for a second WEx pretreatment operated at 220 °C with 4% oxygen and variable concentrations of NaOH (0-2%). Lignin B was the residue after pretreated without NaOH, Lignin C was pretreated at 1% NaOH, and Lignin E at 2% NaOH. Anaerobic digestion was carried out on all lignin fractions (Lignin A, B, C and E) at thermophilic conditions (52 °C) by mixing 70% of each lignin fractions with 30% clarified manure. The results showed that the lignin samples were demethoxylated as part of the biodegradation and that the highest severity pretreatment (with oxygen and 2% NaOH) resulted in the highest methane yield.
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- Muhammad Usman Khan
- Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Tri-Cities, Richland, WA 99354, United States
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- Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Tri-Cities, Richland, WA 99354, United States; Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering & Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163, United States.
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Xia M, Peng M, Xue D, Cheng Y, Li C, Wang D, Lu K, Zheng Y, Xia T, Song J, Wang M. Development of optimal steam explosion pretreatment and highly effective cell factory for bioconversion of grain vinegar residue to butanol. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2020; 13:111. [PMID: 32595760 PMCID: PMC7315531 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-020-01751-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The industrial vinegar residue (VR) from solid-state fermentation, mainly cereals and their bran, will be a potential feedstock for future biofuels because of their low cost and easy availability. However, utilization of VR for butanol production has not been as much optimized as other sources of lignocellulose, which mainly stem from two key elements: (i) high biomass recalcitrance to enzymatic sugar release; (ii) lacking of suitable industrial biobutanol production strain. Though steam explosion has been proved effective for bio-refinery, few studies report SE for VR pretreatment. Much of the relevant knowledge remains unknown. Meanwhile, recent efforts on rational metabolic engineering approaches to increase butanol production in Clostridium strain are quite limited. In this study, we assessed the impact of SE pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis kinetics, overall sugar recovery and applied atmospheric and room temperature plasma (ARTP) mutant method for the Clostridium strain development to solve the long-standing problem. RESULTS SE pretreatment was first performed. At the optimal condition, 29.47% of glucan, 71.62% of xylan and 22.21% of arabinan were depolymerized and obtained in the water extraction. In the sequential enzymatic hydrolysis process, enzymatic hydrolysis rate was increased by 13-fold compared to the VR without pretreatment and 19.60 g glucose, 15.21 g xylose and 5.63 g arabinose can be obtained after the two-step treatment from 100 g VR. Porous properties analysis indicated that steam explosion can effectively generate holes with diameter within 10-20 nm. Statistical analysis proved that enzymatic hydrolysis rate of VR followed the Pseudop-second-order kinetics equation and the relationship between SE severity and enzymatic hydrolysis rate can be well revealed by Boltzmann model. Finally, a superior inhibitor-tolerant strain, Clostridium acetobutylicum Tust-001, was generated with ARTP treatment. The water extraction and enzymolysis liquid gathered were successfully fermented, resulting in butanol titer of 7.98 g/L and 12.59 g/L of ABE. CONCLUSIONS SE proved to be quite effective for VR due to high fermentable sugar recovery and enzymatic hydrolysate fermentability. Inverse strategy employing ARTP and repetitive domestication for strain breeding is quite feasible, providing us with a new tool for solving the problem in the biofuel fields.
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- Menglei Xia
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457 China
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Weber B, Estrada-Maya A, Sandoval-Moctezuma AC, Martínez-Cienfuegos IG. Anaerobic digestion of extracts from steam exploded Agave tequilana bagasse. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 245:489-495. [PMID: 31170638 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Anaerobic digestion (AD) in the beverage industry is a proven treatment technology. But adding dissolved organic matter to AD can increase the on-site output of renewable energy. In the tequila industry such waste-derived organic matter can be obtained from semisolid agave bagasse submitted to steam explosion as pretreatment. Vapor at pressure <1.0 MPa is commonly available so that steam explosion can be integrated into extant production schemes. This study investigates the efficiency of agave bagasse hydrolyzation via steam explosion (applying severity factors between 2.4 and 3.7 with 0.98 MPa maximum pressure) as well as the efficiency of the bio-conversion in anaerobic batch assays. The best steam explosion yield was 14.3 ± 0.1 gCOD 100 g-1 (0.98 MPa vapor pressure during 22 min followed by fast pressure release). The average biochemical methane potential (BMP) was 290 mLN gCOD-1 with 74% of the biogas released within seven days.
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- Bernd Weber
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, C.P., 50130, Mexico.
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Passoth V, Sandgren M. Biofuel production from straw hydrolysates: current achievements and perspectives. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:5105-5116. [PMID: 31081521 PMCID: PMC6570699 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09863-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Straw is an agricultural residue of the production of e.g. cereals, rapeseed or sunflowers. It includes dried stalks, leaves, and empty ears and corncobs, which are separated from the grains during harvest. Straw is a promising lignocellulosic feedstock with a beneficial greenhouse gas balance for the production of biofuels and chemicals. Like all lignocellulosic materials, straw is recalcitrant and requires thermochemical and enzymatic pretreatment to enable access to the three major biopolymers of straw-the polysaccharides cellulose and hemicellulose and the polyaromatic compound lignin. Straw is used for commercial ethanol and biogas production. Considerable research has also been conducted to produce biobutanol, biodiesel and biochemicals from this raw material, but more research is required to establish them on a commercial scale. The major hindrance for launching industrial biofuel and chemicals' production from straw is the high cost necessitated by pretreatment of the material. Improvements of microbial strains, production and extraction technologies, as well as co-production of high-value compounds represent ways of establishing straw as feedstock for the production of biofuels, chemicals and food.
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- Volkmar Passoth
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7015, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7015, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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Choe U, Mustafa AM, Lin H, Xu J, Sheng K. Effect of bamboo hydrochar on anaerobic digestion of fish processing waste for biogas production. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 283:340-349. [PMID: 30925314 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.03.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The effect of hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) temperature and bamboo hydrochar (BHC) addition on biogas production in anaerobic digestion of fish processing waste (FPW) was studied. HTC temperature (200-280 °C) had significant effects on methane yield and content, but the BHC had little effects. The maximum biogas yield observed with HTC at 200 °C and a BHC adding ratio of 1:2 (dry mass ratio of FPW to BHC) reached 292 L/kg volatile solids (VS), which were 64% higher than the control group with only FPW, with the maximum methane yield of 219 L/kg-VS and highest net methane energy yield of 3410 kJ/kg-VS. The obtained results can be used to design an efficient anaerobic digestion process for treating and effectively utilizing fish processing waste.
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- Ungyong Choe
- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Faculty of Environmental Science, University of Science, Yusheng Scientist Road, Unjong District, Pyongyang 00850, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Zhang L, Loh KC, Zhang J. Enhanced biogas production from anaerobic digestion of solid organic wastes: Current status and prospects. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biteb.2018.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Xu J, Mustafa AM, Lin H, Choe UY, Sheng K. Effect of hydrochar on anaerobic digestion of dead pig carcass after hydrothermal pretreatment. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2018; 78:849-856. [PMID: 32559980 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Incineration and burial are the current practices for pig carcasses disposal but are not environmentally friendly. Anaerobic digestion can be a better alternative if the process inhibition by carcass digestion can be ameliorated. This study successfully mitigated the inhibition in anaerobic digestion of carcasses by hydrochar addition and by co-digestion with RS and HRS. Biogas production from SP of the pretreated hydrothermal carcasses was enhanced by 60.7 to 90.8% through hydrochar addition. The highest biogas production of 450 mL/g-VS was obtained at 4 g-hydrochar/L addition. The methane content was also increased from 57.5% to up to 69.8%. Each gram of hydrochar removed 25 mg of ammonium and 50 mg of VFA. Hydrochar addition promoted the conversion of VFA to biogas by strengthening the intensity of functional groups and the immobilization of microbial biomass. Co-digestion of SP with RS or HRS also increased the biogas production, and the optimal production of 428 mL/g VS was obtained at 70% SP and 30% RS. The co-digestion of carcass SP with RS and the addition of hydrochar can be a promising solution for improving biogas production from a pig carcass, and can be potentially developed as a sustainable waste management method.
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- Jie Xu
- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1390 Eckles Ave., St Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Wang D, Shen F, Yang G, Zhang Y, Deng S, Zhang J, Zeng Y, Luo T, Mei Z. Can hydrothermal pretreatment improve anaerobic digestion for biogas from lignocellulosic biomass? BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 249:117-124. [PMID: 29040844 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2017] [Revised: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Hydrothermally-pretreated rice straw (HPRS) from various pretreatment temperatures was anaerobically-digested in whole slurry. Results indicated promoting pretreatment temperature significantly deconstructed rice straw, and facilitated the conversion of insoluble fractions to soluble fractions. Although 306.6 mL/g TS biogas was maximally yielded in HPRS-90 and HPRS-180, respectively, via digestion in whole slurry, it was only 3% promotion compared to the unpretreated rice straw. HPRS-210 yielded 208.5 mL/g TS biogas, which was 30% reduction with longer lag period of 19.8 d, suggesting serious inhibitions happened. Through slightly increasing organic loading, more serious acidification and reduction on biogas yield, especially at higher pretreatment temperatures, indicated the soluble fractions controlled digestion performances. Pearson correlation analysis suggested negative relationship existed between methane yield and the soluble fractions including soluble carbohydrates, formic acid and furfural. Hydrothermal pretreatment, especially at higher temperature, did not improve anaerobic digestion, thereby, was not recommended, however, lower temperature can be considered potentially.
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- Dou Wang
- Institute of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; Rural Environment Protection Engineering & Technology Center of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Institute of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; Rural Environment Protection Engineering & Technology Center of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China.
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- Institute of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; Rural Environment Protection Engineering & Technology Center of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Rural Environment Protection Engineering & Technology Center of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Institute of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; Rural Environment Protection Engineering & Technology Center of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Institute of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; Rural Environment Protection Engineering & Technology Center of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Institute of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; Rural Environment Protection Engineering & Technology Center of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China; Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China; Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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Mulat DG, Dibdiakova J, Horn SJ. Microbial biogas production from hydrolysis lignin: insight into lignin structural changes. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2018; 11:61. [PMID: 29541158 PMCID: PMC5844095 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1054-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The emerging cellulosic bioethanol industry will generate huge amounts of lignin-rich residues that may be converted into biogas by anaerobic digestion (AD) to increase the output of energy carriers from the biorefinery plants. The carbohydrates fraction of lignocellulosic biomass is degradable, whereas the lignin fraction is generally considered difficult to degrade during AD. The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of biogas production by AD from hydrolysis lignin (HL), prepared by steam explosion (SE) and enzymatic saccharification of birch. A novel nylon bag technique together with two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to identify recalcitrant and degradable structures in the lignin during AD. RESULTS The HL had a lignin content of 80% which included pseudo-lignin and condensed-lignin structures resulting from the SE pretreatment. The obtained methane yield from HL was almost twofold higher than the theoretical methane from the carbohydrate fraction alone, indicating that part of the lignin was converted to methane. Characterization of the undegradable material after AD revealed a substantial loss of signals characteristic for carbohydrates and lignin-carbohydrate complexes (LCC), indicating conversion of these chemical components to methane during AD. The β-O-4' linkage and resinol were not modified as such in AD, but major change was seen for the S/G ratio from 5.8 to 2.6, phenylcoumaran from 4.9 to 1.0%, and pseudo-lignin and condensed-lignin were clearly degraded. Scanning electron microscopy and simultaneous thermal analysis measurements demonstrated changes in morphology and thermal properties following SE pretreatment and AD. Our results showed that carbohydrate, LCC, pseudo-lignin, and condensed-lignin degradation had contributed to methane production. The energy yield for the combined ethanol production and biogas production was 8.1 MJ fuel per kg DM of substrate (4.9 MJ/kg from ethanol and 3.2 MJ/kg from methane). CONCLUSION This study shows the benefit of using a novel bag technique together with advanced analytical techniques to investigate the degradation mechanisms of lignin during AD, and also points to a possible application of HL produced in cellulosic bioethanol plants.
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- Daniel Girma Mulat
- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, P.O. Box 115, 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway
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Larsen SU, Hjort-Gregersen K, Vazifehkhoran AH, Triolo JM. Co-ensiling of straw with sugar beet leaves increases the methane yield from straw. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 245:106-115. [PMID: 28892679 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Revised: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study examined the effect of co-ensiling of wheat straw and sugar beet leaves on the biochemical methane potential (BMP) by both lab-scale and pilot-scale co-ensiling. BMP was increased by co-ensiling, and the increase ranged from 19 to 34% after 9months of co-ensiling in lab-scale and from 18 to 32% after 6months of co-ensiling in pilot-scale. No effluent run-off was found through pilot-scale co-ensiling and there was a mass loss of only 0.1%. The study demonstrates that co-ensiling of straw and green biomass has potential as biological pretreatment and for avoiding effluent run-off from pure beet leave silage.
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- Søren Ugilt Larsen
- Danish Technological Institute, Agro Food Park 15, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
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- University of Southern Denmark, Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- University of Southern Denmark, Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.
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Mustafa AM, Poulsen TG, Xia Y, Sheng K. Combinations of fungal and milling pretreatments for enhancing rice straw biogas production during solid-state anaerobic digestion. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 224:174-182. [PMID: 27864131 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Revised: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 11/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Rice straw was pretreated by different combinations of physical (milling) and biological (incubation with Pleurotus ostreatus fungus) treatment to improve its biodegradability and biogas production during solid-state anaerobic digestion (SS-AD). Effects of milling (⩽2mm) and incubation time (10, 20 and 30d), on lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose degradation during fungal pretreatment and methane yield during digestion were assessed by comparison with untreated rice straw. Both incubation time and milling had significant impacts on both lignin removal during fungal pre-treatment and methane yield during digestion. A combination of fungal pretreatment at 30days followed by milling prior to anaerobic digestion resulted in 30.4% lignin removal, the highest selectivity value (the ratio between relative lignin removal and relative cellulose removal) of 4.22, and the highest methane yield of 258L/kgVS. This was equivalent to a 165% increase in methane yield from SS-AD compared to untreated rice straw.
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- Ahmed M Mustafa
- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Gao Z, Fan Q, He Z, Wang Z, Wang X, Sun J. Effect of biodegradation on thermogravimetric and chemical characteristics of hardwood and softwood by brown-rot fungus. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 211:443-450. [PMID: 27035476 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The thermogravimetric and chemical characterization of hardwood Eucalyptus urophylla (Ep) and softwood Pinus massoniana (Mp) pretreated by brown-rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum were investigated. The results indicated that the brown-rot fungus pretreatment can optimize the thermal decomposition and decrease the initiation temperatures (8-11°C lower) of both the Ep and Mp pyrolysis. The mean activation energy values of the bio-treated samples were 29.7kJ/mol (for Ep) and 42.3kJ/mol (for Mp) lower than that of the un-treated samples at the conversion rate from 0.1 to 0.7 based on Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO) method. After the bio-pretreatment, the required temperatures were lower (4-7°C) for the pyrolysis rates of hemicellulose and cellulose in Mp reaching maximum and termination. However, the situation was just the opposite for Ep. The variations in chemical properties of hydrogen bonding, as well as the relative changes in lignin/carbohydrate composition of both wood species were also examined.
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- Zhenzhong Gao
- Department of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
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