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Song G, Sun C, Madadi M, Dou S, Yan J, Huan H, Aghbashlo M, Tabatabaei M, Sun F, Ashori A. Dual assistance of surfactants in glycerol organosolv pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol production. Bioresour Technol 2024; 395:130358. [PMID: 38253243 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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This study investigated an innovative strategy of incorporating surfactants into alkaline-catalyzed glycerol pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis to improve lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) conversion efficiency. Results revealed that adding 40 mg/g PEG 4000 to the pretreatment at 195 °C obtained the highest glucose yield (84.6%). This yield was comparable to that achieved without surfactants at a higher temperature (240 °C), indicating a reduction of 18.8% in the required heat input. Subsequently, Triton X-100 addition during enzymatic hydrolysis of PEG 4000-assisted pretreated substrate increased glucose yields to 92.1% at 6 FPU/g enzyme loading. High-solid fed-batch semi-simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation using this dual surfactant strategy gave 56.4 g/L ethanol and a positive net energy gain of 1.4 MJ/kg. Significantly, dual assistance with surfactants rendered 56.3% enzyme cost savings compared to controls without surfactants. Therefore, the proposed surfactant dual-assisted promising approach opens the gateway to economically viable enzyme-mediated LCB biorefinery.
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- Guojie Song
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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- College of Life and Health, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus 21030, Terengganu, Malaysia; Department of Biomaterials, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai 600077, India
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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- Department of Chemical Technologies, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Du J, Song W, Zhang X, Zhao J, Liu G, Qu Y. Differential reinforcement of enzymatic hydrolysis by adding chemicals and accessory proteins to high solid loading substrates with different pretreatments. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2018; 41:1153-1163. [PMID: 29687236 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-018-1944-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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High dosage of enzyme is required to achieve effective lignocellulose hydrolysis, especially at high-solid loadings, which is a significant barrier to large-scale bioconversion of lignocellulose. Here, we screened four chemical additives and three accessory proteins for their effects on the enzymatic hydrolysis of various lignocellulosic materials. The effects were found to be highly dependent on the composition and solid loadings of substrates. For xylan-extracted lignin-rich corncob residue, the enhancing effect of PEG 6000 was most pronounced and negligibly affected by solid content, which reduced more than half of enzyme demand at 20% dry matter (DM). Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase enhanced the hydrolysis of ammonium sulfite wheat straw pulp, and its addition reduced about half of protein demand at the solid loading of 20% DM. Supplementation of the additives in the hydrolysis of pure cellulose and complex lignocellulosic materials revealed that their effects are tightly linked to pretreatment strategies.
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- Jian Du
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- School of Life Science, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
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Pal S, Joy S, Trimukhe KD, Kumbhar PS, Varma AJ, Padmanabhan S. Pretreatment and enzymatic process modification strategies to improve efficiency of sugar production from sugarcane bagasse. 3 Biotech 2016; 6:126. [PMID: 28330198 PMCID: PMC4909031 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-016-0446-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis play a critical role in the economic production of sugars and fuels from lignocellulosic biomass. In this study, we evaluated diverse pilot-scale pretreatments and different post-pretreatment strategies for the production of fermentable sugars from sugarcane bagasse. For the pretreatment of bagasse at pilot-scale level, steam explosion without catalyst and combination of sulfuric and oxalic acids at low and high loadings were used. Subsequently, to enhance the efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis of the pretreated bagasse, three different post-pretreatment process schemes were investigated. In the first scheme (Scheme 1), enzymatic hydrolysis was conducted on the whole pretreated slurry, without treatments such as washing or solid–liquid separation. In the second scheme (Scheme 2), the pretreated slurry was first pressure filtered to yield a solid and liquid phase. Following filtration, the separated liquid phase was remixed with the solid wet cake to generate slurry, which was then subsequently used for enzymatic hydrolysis. In the third scheme (Scheme 3), the pretreated slurry was washed with more water and filtered to obtain a solid and liquid phase, in which only the former was subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis. A 10 % higher enzymatic conversion was obtained in Scheme 2 than Scheme 1, while Scheme 3 resulted in only a 5–7 % increase due to additional washing unit operation and solid–liquid separation. Dynamic light scattering experiments conducted on post-pretreated bagasse indicate decrease of particle size due to solid–liquid separation involving pressure filtration provided increased the yield of C6 sugars. It is anticipated that different process modification methods used in this study before the enzymatic hydrolysis step can make the overall cellulosic ethanol process effective and possibly cost effective.
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- Siddhartha Pal
- Praj Matrix R&D Center, Urawade, Pune, Maharashtra India
- Department of Technology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra India
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- Praj Matrix R&D Center, Urawade, Pune, Maharashtra India
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra India
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- Praj Matrix R&D Center, Urawade, Pune, Maharashtra India
- Department of Technology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra India
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- Department of Technology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra India
- Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra India
- Central University of Haryana, Post-Pali District, Mahendergarh, Haryana 123029 India
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