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Bertran-Llorens S, Zhou W, Palazzolo MA, Colpa DL, Euverink GJW, Krooneman J, Deuss PJ. ALACEN: A Holistic Herbaceous Biomass Fractionation Process Attaining a Xylose-Rich Stream for Direct Microbial Conversion to Bioplastics. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING 2024; 12:7724-7738. [PMID: 38783842 PMCID: PMC11110678 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c08414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Lignocellulose biorefining is a promising technology for the sustainable production of chemicals and biopolymers. Usually, when one component is focused on, the chemical nature and yield of the others are compromised. Thus, one of the bottlenecks in biomass biorefining is harnessing the maximum value from all of the lignocellulosic components. Here, we describe a mild stepwise process in a flow-through setup leading to separate flow-out streams containing cinnamic acid derivatives, glucose, xylose, and lignin as the main components from different herbaceous sources. The proposed process shows that minimal degradation of the individual components and conservation of their natural structure are possible. Under optimized conditions, the following fractions are produced from wheat straw based on their respective contents in the feed by the ALkaline ACid ENzyme process: (i) 78% ferulic acid from a mild ALkali step, (ii) 51% monomeric xylose free of fermentation inhibitors by mild ACidic treatment, (iii) 82% glucose from ENzymatic degradation of cellulose, and (iv) 55% native-like lignin. The benefits of using the flow-through setup are demonstrated. The retention of the lignin aryl ether structure was confirmed by HSQC NMR, and this allowed monomers to form from hydrogenolysis. More importantly, the crude xylose-rich fraction was shown to be suitable for producing polyhydroxybutyrate bioplastics. The direct use of the xylose-rich fraction by means of the thermophilic bacteria Schlegelella thermodepolymerans matched 91% of the PHA produced with commercial pure xylose, achieving 138.6 mgPHA/gxylose. Overall, the ALACEN fractionation method allows for a holistic valorization of the principal components of herbaceous biomasses.
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- Salvador Bertran-Llorens
- Green
Chemical Reaction Engineering, Engineering and Technology Institute
Groningen (ENTEG), University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
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- Products
and Processes for Biotechnology, Engineering and Technology Institute
Groningen (ENTEG), Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
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- Green
Chemical Reaction Engineering, Engineering and Technology Institute
Groningen (ENTEG), University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
- Instituto
Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Básicas (ICB, UNCuyo-CONICET), Padre Jorge Contreras 1300, Mendoza 5500, Argentina
- Instituto
de Investigaciones en Tecnología Química (INTEQUI),
FQByF, Universidad Nacional de San Luis,
CONICET, Almirante Brown
1455, San Luis 5700, Argentina
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- Products
and Processes for Biotechnology, Engineering and Technology Institute
Groningen (ENTEG), Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
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- Products
and Processes for Biotechnology, Engineering and Technology Institute
Groningen (ENTEG), Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
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- Products
and Processes for Biotechnology, Engineering and Technology Institute
Groningen (ENTEG), Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
- Bioconversion
and Fermentation Technology, Research Centre Biobased Economy, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Zernikeplein 11, Groningen 9747 AS, The Netherlands
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- Green
Chemical Reaction Engineering, Engineering and Technology Institute
Groningen (ENTEG), University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
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Selection of pretreatment method and mannanase enzyme to improve the functionality of palm kernel cake. J Biosci Bioeng 2022; 134:301-306. [PMID: 35970725 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2022.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Palm kernel cake (PKC) is a by-product of palm kernel oil extraction with moderate nutritional value, containing 30-35% β-mannan, which is indigestible, slows growth, and reduces feed efficiency. PKC can be improved by mannanase hydrolysis, but the effectiveness of mannanase is dependent on the microbial source. Thus, the effect of steam pretreatment and bacterial mannanases on PKC quality was investigated. PKC was pretreated by steaming and hydrolyzed in the small intestine by various mannanases. The contents of reducing sugar, total sugar, and protein release were measured. Steamed PKC had a significant increase in protein (16.95 ± 0.14 to 20.98 ± 0.13%) and a substantial decrease in hemicellulose (29.52 ± 0.44 to 3.46 ± 0.88%) and lignin (8.94 ± 0.28 to 1.40 ± 0.22%). Mannanases from Escherichia coli-KMAN-3 and E. coli-Man6.7 recorded the highest activities, followed by commercial mannanase, Bacillus circulans NT6.7 and B. amyloliquefaciens NT6.3 mannanases, orderly. B. circulans NT6.7 and B. amyloliquefaciens NT6.3 had multi-activities that include glucanase (3.10 ± 0.04% and 2.47 ± 0.02%) and amylase (1.74 ± 0.03% and 1.38 ± 0.04%), respectively. B. amyloliquefaciens NT6.3 mannanase hydrolyzed steamed PKC to release more reducing sugar, total sugar, and protein than hydrolyzed raw PKC. In raw and steamed PKC, B. amyloliquefaciens NT6.3 mannanase produced the highest reducing sugar release. As a result, steam pretreatment and mannanase hydrolysis, particularly from B. amyloliquefaciens, can be used to increase the functioning of PKC and develop new feed ingredients for monogastric animals at a reasonable cost.
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Wang W, Yang B, Li W, Zhou Q, Liu C, Zheng C. Effects of steam explosion pretreatment on the bioactive components and characteristics of rapeseed and rapeseed products. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Kist JA, Zhao H, Mitchell-Koch KR, Baker GA. The study and application of biomolecules in deep eutectic solvents. J Mater Chem B 2021; 9:536-566. [DOI: 10.1039/d0tb01656j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Deep eutectic solvents offer stimulating possibilities for biomolecular stabilization and manipulation, biocatalysis, bioextraction, biomass processing, and drug delivery and therapy.
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- Jennifer A. Kist
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- Columbia
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Northern Colorado
- Greeley
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- Columbia
- USA
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There are three essential steps involved in bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks. They are pretreatment, hydrolysis, and fermentation process. Among them, biomass pretreatment is an expensive and energy-intensive process used to remove the lignin and make the feedstock amenable for bioethanol production. The hydrodynamic cavitation can also be used for biomass pretreatment process. In order to improve the effectiveness of biomass pretreatment, a combination of any two methods of physical, chemical, and biological pretreatment can be used. A combination of the hydrodynamic cavitation pretreatment of biomass with the chemical or biochemical catalyst can be performed better than the individual pretreatment method. In this chapter, a protocol is describes the biomass pretreatment via a combined hydrodynamic cavitation with biocatalyst process.
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High solids all-inclusive polysaccharide hydrolysis of steam-exploded corn pericarp by periodic peristalsis. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 246:116483. [PMID: 32747226 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A new sequence of steam explosion (SE) with periodic peristalsis (PP) exploited to fractionate corn pericarp (CP), and its high solid cellulosic hydrolysis to increase sugar yield. In this investigation, the optimum SE-condition was 0.8 MPa/5 min., recovered around 12.62 % total sugars than untreated CP, whereas glucan and xylan digestibility reached around 97 % and 87 %, respectively. Besides that, the unground SECP conversion increased by 27.10 % glucan and 34.18 % xylan than the ground one. FE-SEM, FTIR, XRD results confirmed that SE significantly fractionated the amorphous substances that driven the increment of the crystallinity index. SE changed the functional groups without altering the lignin, and also the formation of degradations products was negligible and not detrimental to sugars conversion. An unpolluted SEPP enzymatic hydrolysis system at high solid loading (25 %) with compatible low cellulase dose (15 FPU g-1 solids) was beneficial to intensified sugars conversion.
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Novel Single-step Pretreatment of Steam Explosion and Choline Chloride to De-lignify Corn Stover for Enhancing Enzymatic Edibility. Process Biochem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2020.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Yu G, Guo T, Huang Q. Preparation of rapeseed oil with superhigh canolol content and superior quality characteristics by steam explosion pretreatment technology. Food Sci Nutr 2020; 8:2271-2278. [PMID: 32405384 PMCID: PMC7215231 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.1502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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In this study, rapeseed was pretreated by steam explosion pretreatment technology and subsequently pressed to prepare rapeseed oil. GC, UPLC, and HPLC techniques were employed to analyze the quality characteristics of the rapeseed oil, including the canolol content and other quality characteristics. Additionally, the effect of steam explosion pretreatment technology on the canolol content of rapeseed oil was studied and the formation mechanism of canolol elucidated. The results revealed that when the steam explosion pressure reached 1.0 MPa, the canolol content of the tested oil increased from 41.21 to 2,168.69 mg/kg (52.63-fold increase) and that sinapic acid played a significant role in the conversion of canolol. Thus, the sinapine was converted into the intermediate (sinapic acid) by hydrolysis, which in turn was transformed into canolol through decarboxylation. The instantaneous high-energy environment generated by steam explosion pretreatment could intensify the hydrolysis and decarboxylation reactions of sinapine and sinapinic acid, thereby significantly increasing the canolol content of the oil. To prove the superiority of steam explosion pretreatment, we compared it with other pretreatment technologies, including traditional high-temperature roasting and popular microwave pretreatment. The results revealed that rapeseed oil prepared by steam explosion pretreatment displayed the best quality characteristics. This study can be a reference for the preparation process of rapeseed oil with superhigh canolol content and superior quality characteristics using steam explosion pretreatment.
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- Gaiwen Yu
- Oil Crops Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesWuhanChina
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Lipid Chemistry and NutritionWuhanChina
- Oil Crops and Lipids Process Technology National & Local Joint Engineering LaboratoryWuhanChina
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- Oil Crops Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesWuhanChina
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Lipid Chemistry and NutritionWuhanChina
- Oil Crops and Lipids Process Technology National & Local Joint Engineering LaboratoryWuhanChina
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- Oil Crops Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesWuhanChina
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Lipid Chemistry and NutritionWuhanChina
- Oil Crops and Lipids Process Technology National & Local Joint Engineering LaboratoryWuhanChina
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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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Han X, Hong F, Liu G, Bao J. An Approach of Utilizing Water-Soluble Carbohydrates in Lignocellulose Feedstock for Promotion of Cellulosic l-Lactic Acid Production. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:10225-10232. [PMID: 30207160 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b03592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Agricultural lignocellulose biomass generally contains certain amounts of water-soluble carbohydrates (WSC) such as glucose, fructose, or sucrose. These sugars are generally degraded in pretreatment at high temperature or discharged with wastewater in a detoxification process. This study proposed an approach of utilizing frequently ignored water-soluble carbohydrates for promotion of cellulosic l-lactic acid production. A simple solid state fermentation was performed during a corn stover storage period to convert the sugars into l-lactic acid and then a dry biorefining technology was applied to convert cellulose and hemicellulose fractions into the same l-lactic acid product. The 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) formation in pretreatment was significantly reduced and the consequent biodetoxification time was shortened. l-Lactic acid production was increased from 130.2 g/L to 139.0 g/L, and the minimum l-lactic acid selling price was reduced by 5.9%. This study provided an important option of biorefinery processing technology for production of value added biochemicals.
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- Xushen Han
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering , East China University of Science and Technology , 130 Meilong Road , Shanghai 200237 , China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620 , 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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Zhou Z, Lei F, Li P, Jiang J. Lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels and biochemicals: A comprehensive review with a focus on ethanol organosolv pretreatment technology. Biotechnol Bioeng 2018; 115:2683-2702. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.26788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 04/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ziyuan Zhou
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringMOE Engineering Research Center of Forestry Biomass Materials and Bioenergy, Beijing Forestry UniversityBeijing China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest ProductsCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University for NationalitiesNanning China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest ProductsCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University for NationalitiesNanning China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringMOE Engineering Research Center of Forestry Biomass Materials and Bioenergy, Beijing Forestry UniversityBeijing China
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Michelin M, Ruiz HA, Polizeli MDLTM, Teixeira JA. Multi-step approach to add value to corncob: Production of biomass-degrading enzymes, lignin and fermentable sugars. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 247:582-590. [PMID: 28982088 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 09/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This work presents an integrated and multi-step approach for the recovery and/or application of the lignocellulosic fractions from corncob in the production of high value added compounds as xylo-oligosaccharides, enzymes, fermentable sugars, and lignin in terms of biorefinery concept. For that, liquid hot water followed by enzymatic hydrolysis were used. Liquid hot water was performed using different residence times (10-50min) and holding temperature (180-200°C), corresponding to severities (log(R0)) of 3.36-4.64. The most severe conditions showed higher xylo-oligosaccharides extraction (maximum of 93%) into the hydrolysates and higher recovery of cellulose on pretreated solids (maximum of 65%). Subsequently, hydrolysates and solids were used in the production of xylanases and cellulases, respectively, as well as, pretreated solids were also subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis for the recovery of lignin and fermentable sugars from cellulose. Maximum glucose yield (100%) was achieved for solids pretreated at log(R0) of 4.42 and 5% solid loading.
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- Michele Michelin
- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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- Biorefinery Group, Food Research Department, Faculty of Chemistry Sciences, Autonomous University of Coahuila, 25280 Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico; Cluster of Bioalcohols, Mexican Centre for Innovation in Bioenergy (Cemie-Bio), Mexico
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- Department of Biology, School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14040-901, Brazil
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Wang S, Wang Z, Wang Y, Nie Q, Yi X, Ge W, Yang J, Xian M. Production of isoprene, one of the high-density fuel precursors, from peanut hull using the high-efficient lignin-removal pretreatment method. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2017; 10:297. [PMID: 29234464 PMCID: PMC5721603 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0988-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Isoprene as the feedstock can be used to produce renewable energy fuels, providing an alternative to replace the rapidly depleting fossil fuels. However, traditional method for isoprene production could not meet the demands for low-energy consumption and environment-friendliness. Moreover, most of the previous studies focused on biofuel production out of lignocellulosic materials such as wood, rice straw, corn cob, while few studies concentrated on biofuel production using peanut hull (PH). As is known, China is the largest peanut producer in the globe with an extremely considerable amount of PH to be produced each year. Therefore, a novel, renewable, and environment-friendly pretreatment strategy to increase the enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of cellulose and reduce the inhibitors generation was developed to convert PH into isoprene. RESULTS The optimal pretreatment conditions were 100 °C, 60 min, 10% (w/v) solid loading with a 2:8 volume ratio of phosphoric acid and of hydrogen peroxide. In comparison with the raw PH, the hemicellulose and lignin were reduced to 85.0 and 98.0%, respectively. The cellulose-glucose conversion of pretreated PH reached up to 95.0% in contrast to that of the raw PH (19.1%). Only three kinds of inhibitors including formic acid, levulinic acid, and a little furfural were formed during the pretreatment process, whose concentrations were too low to inhibit the isoprene yield for Escherichia coli fermentation. Moreover, compared with the isoprene yield of pure glucose fermentation (298 ± 9 mg/L), 249 ± 6.7 and 294 ± 8.3 mg/L of isoprene were produced using the pretreated PH as the carbon source by the engineered strain via separate hydrolysis and fermentation and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) methods, respectively. The isoprene production via SSF had a 9.8% glucose-isoprene conversion which was equivalent to 98.8% of isoprene production via the pure glucose fermentation. CONCLUSIONS The optimized phosphoric acid/hydrogen peroxide combination pretreatment approach was proved effective to remove lignin and hemicellulose from lignocellulosic materials. Meanwhile, the pretreated PH could be converted into isoprene efficiently in the engineered Escherichia coli. It is concluded that this novel strategy of isoprene production using lignocellulosic materials pretreated by phosphoric acid/hydrogen peroxide is a promising alternative to isoprene production using traditional way which can fully utilize non-renewable fossil sources.
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- Sumeng Wang
- Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- Foreign Languages School, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- Shandong Key Lab of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101 China
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Liu ZH, Chen HZ. Two-step size reduction and post-washing of steam exploded corn stover improving simultaneous saccharification and fermentation for ethanol production. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 223:47-58. [PMID: 27788429 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.10.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Revised: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) of corn stover biomass for ethanol production was performed by integrating steam explosion (SE) pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation. Higher SE pretreatment severity and two-step size reduction increased the specific surface area, swollen volume and water holding capacity of steam exploded corn stover (SECS) and hence facilitated the efficiency of hydrolysis and fermentation. The ethanol production and yield in SSF increased with the decrease of particle size and post-washing of SECS prior to fermentation to remove the inhibitors. Under the SE conditions of 1.5MPa and 9min using 2.0cm particle size, glucan recovery and conversion to glucose by enzymes were 86.2% and 87.2%, respectively. The ethanol concentration and yield were 45.0g/L and 85.6%, respectively. With this two-step size reduction and post-washing strategy, the water utilization efficiency, sugar recovery and conversion, and ethanol concentration and yield by the SSF process were improved.
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- Zhi-Hua Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Chen HZ, Liu ZH. Enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass from low to high solids loading. Eng Life Sci 2016; 17:489-499. [PMID: 32624794 DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201600102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Revised: 09/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Solid state enzymatic hydrolysis (SSEH) has many advantages, such as higher sugar concentration, lower operating costs, and less energy input. It should be a potential approach for the industrial application of lignocellulosic ethanol. The purpose of this work is to review the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass from low to high solids loading and introduce its both challenges and perspectives. The limitations of SSEH, including inhibition effects, water constraint, and rheology characteristic, are summarized firstly. Various strategies for overcoming these limitations are proposed correspondingly. Fed batch process and its feeding strategy to improve the SSEH efficiency are then discussed. Finally, several intensification methods, hydrolysis reactor, and pilot- and demonstration-scale operations of SSEH are described. In-depth analysis of main limitations and development of novel intensification methods and reactors should provide an effective way to achieve large-scale implementation of SSEH.
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- Hong-Zhang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
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Li J, Wang L, Chen H. Periodic peristalsis increasing acetone–butanol–ethanol productivity during simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of steam-exploded corn straw. J Biosci Bioeng 2016; 122:620-626. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Revised: 03/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Michelin M, Teixeira JA. Liquid hot water pretreatment of multi feedstocks and enzymatic hydrolysis of solids obtained thereof. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 216:862-9. [PMID: 27318165 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2016] [Revised: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Agricultural feedstocks (brewers' spent grain - BSG, corncob - CC, corn husk - CH, wheat straw - WS and Luffa sponge - LS) were pretreated by liquid hot water (LHW) in order to increase cellulose recovery and enzymatic saccharification. LHW-pretreatment resulted in hemicellulose solubilization, and solids enriched in cellulose. Chemical analysis showed different susceptibilities of the feedstocks to LHW-pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis. Pretreated feedstocks presented higher crystallinity (determined through X-ray diffraction) and thermal stability (determined through thermogravimetric analysis) than untreated feedstocks. SEM images confirmed the effect of LHW-pretreatment on structural changes. Moreover, enzymatic hydrolysis and cellulose conversion to glucose (CCG) were improved for pretreated feedstocks, with exception of LS. CCG (in relation to glucose potential on solids) followed the order: BSG>CH>WS>CC>LS. LHW-pretreatment showed to be a good technology to pretreat multi feedstocks and for improving the enzymatic hydrolysis of recalcitrant agricultural feedstocks to sugars, which can be further converted to ethanol-fuel and other value-added chemicals.
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- Michele Michelin
- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Liu ZH, Chen HZ. Mechanical property of different corn stover morphological fractions and its correlations with high solids enzymatic hydrolysis by periodic peristalsis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 214:292-302. [PMID: 27140819 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.04.064] [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: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Selective structure fractionation combined with periodic peristalsis was exploited to improve the conversion performance of corn stover. The increase of glucan and lignin content and the decrease of xylan content in stem pith were highest after SE, whereas they were lowest in stem node. Glucan conversion increased in this order: steam node<stem rind<whole corn stover (WCS)<stem pith<leaf sheath<leaf. Glucan conversion using periodic peristalsis increased by 10-17% before 24h compared with that using incubator shaker. Stem pith, leaf sheath, leaf, and WCS showed lower hardness and total work in texture profile analysis, resulting in higher glucan conversion compared with stem node and stem rind. Periodic peristalsis reduced hardness and total work before 24h, which was consistent with increased glucan conversion. Periodic peristalsis was an effective strategy to increase high solids enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of different corn stover morphological fractions.
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- Zhi-Hua Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Liu ZH, Chen HZ. Periodic peristalsis releasing constrained water in high solids enzymatic hydrolysis of steam exploded corn stover. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 205:142-152. [PMID: 26826953 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2015] [Revised: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Periodic peristalsis was used to release water constraint and increase high solids enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency. Glucan and xylan conversion in periodic peristalsis enzymatic hydrolysis (PPEH) at 21% solid loading increased by 5.2-6.4% and 6.8-8.8% compared with that in incubator shaker enzymatic hydrolysis (ISEH), respectively. Hydrolysis kinetics suggested that sugars conversion significantly increased within 24h in PPEH compared with ISEH. The peak height of main water pool increased by 7.7-43.1% within 24h in PPEH compared with ISEH. The increases in peak height of main water pool were consistent with the increases in glucan conversion. Submicroscopic particulates and macro granule residues contributed greatly to water constraint compared with glucose, xylose, ethanol, and Tween 80. Smaller particle size and longer residence time resulted in lower water constraint and facilitated the enzymatic hydrolysis performance. Periodic peristalsis was an effective method to reduce water constraint and increase high solids enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency.
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- Zhi-Hua Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Zhao ZM, Wang L, Chen HZ. Physical structure changes of solid medium by steam explosion sterilization. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 203:204-210. [PMID: 26724552 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Physical structure changes of solid medium were investigated to reveal effects of steam explosion sterilization on solid-state fermentation (SSF). Results indicated that steam explosion changed the structure of solid medium at both molecular and three-dimensional structural levels, which exposed hydrophilic groups and enlarged pores and cavities. It was interesting to find that pores where capillary water located were the active sites for SSF, due to the close relationship among capillary water relaxation time, specific surface area and fermentation performance. Therefore, steam explosion sterilization increased the effective contact area for microbial cells on solid medium, which contributed to improving SSF performance. Combined with the previous research, mechanisms of SSF improvement by steam explosion sterilization contained both chemical and physical effects.
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- Zhi-Min Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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Liu ZH, Chen HZ. Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation for improving the xylose utilization of steam exploded corn stover at high solid loading. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 201:15-26. [PMID: 26615497 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2015] [Revised: 11/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation (SSCF) of steam exploded corn stover (SECS) was investigated at 5-25% solid loadings compared with other conversion processes. SECS was washed with a 15-fold excess of deionized water to remove inhibitors of hydrolysis and fermentation. The concentration, yield, and productivity of ethanol was 34.3g/L, 90.0%, 2.61g/L/h in the co-fermentation of 60g/L glucose and 10g/L xylose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae IPE003. Ethanol concentration and productivity increased with increasing solid loading while ethanol yield decreased in all conversion processes of SECS. Glucan and xylan conversion was 82.0% and 82.1% in SSCF at 20% solid loading, respectively, while the concentration, yield and productivity of ethanol was 60.8g/L, 75.3% and 0.63g/L/h. The feeding strategy of SECS addition within 24h improved the SSCF performance. Therefore, SSCF increased ethanol productivity and was an effective conversion process for ethanol production at high solid loading.
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- Zhi-Hua Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Sui W, Chen H. Effects of water states on steam explosion of lignocellulosic biomass. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 199:155-163. [PMID: 26364827 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.09.001] [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: 07/16/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The work aimed to identify the complexity and roles of water states in steam explosion process of corn stalk to enhance the treatment efficiency. Results showed that two main water states with different mobility existed in corn stalk and influenced steam explosion treatment. By correlating dynamic water states data to feedstock mechanical properties and treatment process characteristics, the bound water being the excellent plasticizer that reduced the mechanical strength of fibers by over 30%, was conducive to treatment; while, the free water presenting buffering effects in treatment by hindering heat transfer which was reflected by the increase of temperature rising time by 1.29 folds and steam consumption by 2.18 folds, was not conducive. The distinguished point of these two waters was fiber saturated point. By considering treatment efficacy and energy consumption, the significance of fiber saturated point was highlighted as the optimal water states for steam explosion of corn stalk.
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- Wenjie Sui
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Kim JS, Lee YY, Kim TH. A review on alkaline pretreatment technology for bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 199:42-48. [PMID: 26341010 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.08.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 469] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Revised: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 08/22/2015] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The native form of lignocellulosic biomass is resistant to enzymatic breakdown. A well-designed pretreatment that can promote enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass with reasonable processing cost is therefore necessary. To this end, a number of different types of pretreatment technologies have been developed with a common goal of making biomass more susceptible to enzymatic saccharification. Among those, a pretreatment method using alkaline reagent has emerged as one of the most viable process options due primarily to its strong pretreatment effect and relatively simple process scheme. The main features of alkaline pretreatment are that it selectively removes lignin without degrading carbohydrates, and increases porosity and surface area, thereby enhancing enzymatic hydrolysis. In this review, the leading alkaline pretreatment technologies are described and their features and comparative performances are discussed from a process viewpoint. Attempts were also made to give insights into the chemical and physical changes of biomass brought about by pretreatment.
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- Jun Seok Kim
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyonggi University, Suwon 443-760, Gyonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Kongju National University, Cheonan 330-717, Chungnam, Republic of Korea.
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