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Ji H, Abdalkarim SYH, Shen Y, Chen X, Zhang Y, Shen J, Yu HY. Facile synthesis, release mechanism, and life cycle assessment of amine-modified lignin for bifunctional slow-release fertilizer. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 278:134618. [PMID: 39151851 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.134618] [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: 02/04/2024] [Revised: 08/06/2024] [Accepted: 08/07/2024] [Indexed: 08/19/2024]
Abstract
Biomass-based slow-release fertilizers (SRFs) are a sustainable solution for addressing food scarcity, improving fertilizer efficiency, and reducing pollution, whereas they still face complex preparation, high costs, and low release characteristics. This study introduces a simple and innovative approach to producing bifunctional green SRFs with controlled release and conditioning properties for saline soils and harsh environments. The method involves a one-pot preparation of microsphere-structured amine-modified lignin slow-release fertilizer (L-UX) using biomass lignin as the starting material. The L-UX demonstrates an exceptional fertilizer loading rate (66.2 %) and extended slow-release performance (288 h), effectively enhancing the fertilizer's release ability. Compared to traditional fertilizers, the bifunctional L-UX significantly improves soil water retention capacity (824.3 %), plant growth, and germination percentage in challenging soil conditions (133 %). These findings highlight the potential of L-UX as a large-scale controlled-release fertilizer in harsh environments. A life cycle assessment (LCA) was also conducted to evaluate the environmental impact of L-UX from its production to disposal. This revealed that L-UX has a minimal environmental footprint compared to conventional inorganic fertilizers. This study further supports the widespread application of L-UX as an environmentally friendly alternative.
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Affiliation(s)
- Haibin Ji
- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Textile and Flexible Interconnection of Zhejiang Province, College of Textile Science and Engineering (International Institute of Silk), Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Textile and Flexible Interconnection of Zhejiang Province, College of Textile Science and Engineering (International Institute of Silk), Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Huzhou City Linghu Xinwang Chemical Co., Ltd, Huzhou 313018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Textile and Flexible Interconnection of Zhejiang Province, College of Textile Science and Engineering (International Institute of Silk), Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Huzhou City Linghu Xinwang Chemical Co., Ltd, Huzhou 313018, China
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- Huzhou City Linghu Xinwang Chemical Co., Ltd, Huzhou 313018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Textile and Flexible Interconnection of Zhejiang Province, College of Textile Science and Engineering (International Institute of Silk), Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China; State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Donghua University, 2999 Renmin North Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai 201620, China.
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Thoresen P, Delgado Vellosillo I, Lange H, Rova U, Christakopoulos P, Matsakas L. Furan Distribution as a Severity Indicator upon Organosolv Fractionation of Hardwood Sawdust through a Novel Ternary Solvent System. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING 2024; 12:1666-1680. [PMID: 38303908 PMCID: PMC10828987 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c07236] [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: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
Abstract
Beech sawdust was treated with a ternary solvent system based on binary aqueous ethanol with partial substitution of ethanol by acetone at four different water contents (60, 50, 40, and 30%v/v). In addition to standard, i.e., noncatalyzed treatments, the application of inorganic acid in the form of 20 mm H2SO4 was evaluated. The various solvent systems were applied at 180 °C for 60 min. The obtained biomass fractions were characterized by standard biomass compositional methods, i.e., sugar monomer and oligomer contents, dehydration product contents of the aqueous product, and lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose contents in isolated solid fractions. More advanced analyses were performed on the lignin fractions, including quantitative 13C NMR analyses, 1H-13C HSQC analysis, size exclusion chromatography, and pyrolysis-GC/MS, and the aqueous product, in the form of size exclusion chromatography and determination of total phenol contents. The picture emerging from the thorough analytical investigation performed on the lignin fractions is consistent with that resulting from the characterization of the other fractions: results point toward greater deconstruction of the lignocellulosic recalcitrance upon higher organic solvent content, replacing ethanol with acetone during the extraction, and upon addition of mineral acid. A pulp with cellulose content of 94.23 wt % and 95% delignification was obtained for the treatment employing a 55/30/15 EtOH/water/acetone mixture alongside 20 mm H2SO4. Furthermore, the results indicate the formation of two types of organosolv furan families during treatment, which differ in the substitution of their C1 and C5. While the traditional lignin aryl-ether linkages present themselves as indicators for process severity for the nonacid catalyzed systems, the distribution of these furan types can be applied as a severity indicator upon employment of H2SO4, including their presence in the isolated lignin fractions.
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- Petter
Paulsen Thoresen
- Biochemical
Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department
of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
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- Biochemical
Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department
of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
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- Biochemical
Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department
of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
- Department
of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University
of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milan, Italy
- NBFC
− National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Biochemical
Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department
of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
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- Biochemical
Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department
of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
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- Biochemical
Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department
of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden
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Dharmapriya TN, Chang KL, Huang PJ. Valorization of Glucose-Derived Humin as a Low-Cost, Green, Reusable Adsorbent for Dye Removal, and Modeling the Process. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3268. [PMID: 37571162 PMCID: PMC10422260 DOI: 10.3390/polym15153268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Glucose can be isomerized into fructose and dehydrated into key platform biochemicals, following the "bio-refinery concept". However, this process generates black and intractable substances called humin, which possess a polymeric furanic-type structure. In this study, glucose-derived humin (GDH) was obtained by reacting D-glucose with an allylamine catalyst in a deep eutectic solvent medium, followed by a carbonization step. GDH was used as a low-cost, green, and reusable adsorbent for removing cationic methylene blue (MB) dye from water. The morphology of carbonized GDH differs from pristine GDH. The removal efficiencies of MB dye using pristine GDH and carbonized GDH were 52% and 97%, respectively. Temperature measurements indicated an exothermic process following pseudo-first-order kinetics, with adsorption behavior described by the Langmuir isotherm. The optimum parameters were predicted using the response surface methodology and found to be a reaction time of 600 min, an initial dye concentration of 50 ppm, and a GDH weight of 0.11 g with 98.7% desirability. The MB dye removal rate optimized through this model was 96.85%, which was in good agreement with the experimentally obtained value (92.49%). After 10 cycles, the MB removal rate remained above 80%, showcasing the potential for GDH reuse and cost-effective wastewater treatment.
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- Thakshila Nadeeshani Dharmapriya
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80432, Taiwan; (T.N.D.); (K.-L.C.)
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80432, Taiwan; (T.N.D.); (K.-L.C.)
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan 320317, Taiwan
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Kuznetsov BN, Chudina AI, Kazachenko AS, Fetisova OY, Borovkova VS, Vorobyev SA, Karacharov AA, Gnidan EV, Mazurova EV, Skripnikov AM, Taran OP. Fractionation of Aspen Wood to Produce Microcrystalline, Microfibrillated and Nanofibrillated Celluloses, Xylan and Ethanollignin. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:2671. [PMID: 37376317 DOI: 10.3390/polym15122671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
A new method for extractive-catalytic fractionation of aspen wood to produce microcrystalline (MCC), microfibrillated (MFC), nanofibrilllated (NFC) celluloses, xylan, and ethanollignin is suggested in order to utilize all of the main components of wood biomass. Xylan is obtained with a yield of 10.2 wt.% via aqueous alkali extraction at room temperature. Ethanollignin was obtained with a yield of 11.2 wt.% via extraction with 60% ethanol from the xylan-free wood at 190 °C. The lignocellulose residue formed after the extraction of xylan and ethanollignin was subjected to catalytic peroxide delignification in the acetic acid-water medium at 100 °C in order to obtain microcrystalline cellulose. MCC is hydrolyzed with 56% sulfuric acid and treated with ultrasound to produce microfibrillated cellulose and nanofibrillated cellulose. The yields of MFC and NFC were 14.4 and 19.0 wt.%, respectively. The average hydrodynamic diameter of NFC particles was 36.6 nm, the crystallinity index was 0.86, and the average zeta-potential was 41.5 mV. The composition and structure of xylan, ethanollignin, cellulose product, MCC, MFC, and NFC obtained from aspen wood were characterized using elemental and chemical analysis, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses, Gas chromatography (GC), Gel permeation-chromatography (GPC), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Atomic force microscopy (AFM), Dynamic light scattering (DLS), Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA).
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- Boris N Kuznetsov
- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Materials Science, Siberian Federal University, pr. Svobodny 79, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Materials Science, Siberian Federal University, pr. Svobodny 79, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Materials Science, Siberian Federal University, pr. Svobodny 79, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Materials Science, Siberian Federal University, pr. Svobodny 79, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Materials Science, Siberian Federal University, pr. Svobodny 79, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 50/24, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- Department of Non-Ferrous Metals and Materials Science, Siberian Federal University, pr. Svobodny 79, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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