A new lignocellulosic biomass deconstruction process combining thermo-mechano chemical action and bio-catalytic enzymatic hydrolysis in a twin-screw extruder

Autor: Gérard Vilarem, Eduardo Bárzana, Oscar Hernández-Meléndez, Julio Mata, Aleta Duque, Luc Rigal, Paloma Manzanares, Julien Brault, Virginie Vandenbossche, Erick Castellón, Mercedes Ballesteros, Eduardo Vivaldo-Lima, Martín Hernández-Luna
Přispěvatelé: Chimie Agro-Industrielle (CAI), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Ecole nationale supérieure des ingénieurs en arts chimiques et technologiques-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas [Madrid] (CIEMAT), Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Industrial Crops and Products
Industrial Crops and Products, Elsevier, 2014, 55, pp.258-266. ⟨10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.02.022⟩
ISSN: 0926-6690
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.02.022
Popis: International audience; A new process for the deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass was evaluated. It combines thermo-mechano-chemical action and the bio-catalytic action of enzymatic hydrolysis in a twin-screw extruder. The process proceeds in three phases all conducted in a twin-screw extruder: an alkaline pretreatment, a neutralization phase and an enzyme impregnation phase during which hemicelluloses and cellulose saccharification begins. Four model feedstocks with high cellulose content have been selected for the study: sweet corn residue (SC), a co-product of industrial corn grain canning; blue agave bagasse (BAB) from the manufacture of tequila; oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB), a residue from palm oil manufacture, and barley straw (BS). They are all agricultural or agro-industrial processing by-products, although their morphological origin, chemical composition and physical structure differ. Their differences in behavior are studied throughout the process, and their cell wall constituents, hemicelluloses, cellulose and lignin, quantified. The enzymatic hydrolysis of the four feedstocks ranged from 8 to 26% of dry matter and reached 26 to 68% of dry matter after alkaline pretreatment depending on the particular biomass. The process allows preparation of high dry matter content (>20%) cellulosic material for saccharification. The continuous treatment allows extraction of a large part of the hemicelluloses (up to 64% for SC), configures cellulose for better accessibility, and initiates cellulose depolymerization by the enzyme cocktail during bioextrusion. This new process is advantageous because it minimizes energy consumption by operating at a low temperature, minimizes water consumption by working at a low liquid/solid ratio and is fast and adaptable to different biomasses.
Databáze: OpenAIRE