Impact of bleaching on subcritical water- and Formosolv-pretreated tulip tree to enhance enzyme accessibility

Autor: In-Gyu Choi, Youn-Woo Lee, Joon Weon Choi, Dae Sung Kim, Aye Aye Myint, Junho Yoon, Hun Wook Lee
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Bioresource Technology. 145:128-132
ISSN: 0960-8524
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.03.069
Popis: A novel method was developed for fractionating cellulose microfibrils from forest residue (tulip tree sawdust) to enhance cellulose digestibility, particularly at minimum enzyme loadings. This method involved three main stages: selective hemicellulose solubilization by subcritical water (SCW) pretreatment, delignification of the SCW-pretreated solids using the Formosolv process, and deformylation/bleaching of the cellulose pulp with alkaline hydrogen peroxide solution. This process produced nearly 98% white cellulose microfibrils with 23-fold higher conversion to glucose as compared to the raw substrate after 72 h of enzymatic hydrolysis. This study showed that cellulose swelling had the greatest effect on the enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of delignified pulp obtained by the Formosolv process.
Databáze: OpenAIRE