Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4997736 | Bioresource Technology | 2017 | 31 Pages |
Abstract
This study aims to propose a biorefinery pretreatment technology for the bioconversion of sugarcane bagasse (SB) into biofuels and N-fertilizers. Performance of diluted acid (DA), aqueous ammonia (AA), oxidate ammonolysis (OA) and the combined DA with AA or OA were compared in SB pretreatment by enzymatic hydrolysis, structural characterization and acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation. Results indicated that DA-OA pretreatment improves the digestibility of SB by sufficiently hydrolyzing hemicellulose into fermentable monosaccharides and oxidating lignin into soluble N-fertilizer with high nitrogen content (11.25%) and low C/N ratio (3.39). The enzymatic hydrolysates from DA-OA pretreated SB mainly composed of glucose was more suitable for the production of ABE solvents than the enzymatic hydrolysates from OA pretreated SB containing high ratio of xylose. The fermentation of enzymatic hydrolysates from DA-OA pretreated SB produced 12.12Â g/L ABE in 120Â h. These results suggested that SB could be utilized efficient, economic, and environmental by DA-OA pretreatment.
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Authors
Hailong Li, Lian Xiong, Xuefang Chen, Can Wang, Gaoxiang Qi, Chao Huang, Mutan Luo, Xinde Chen,