Current breakthroughs in the hardwood biorefineries: Hydrothermal processing for the co-production of xylooligosaccharides and bioethanol

Autor: Aloia Romaní, John N. Saddler, Pablo G. del Río, Beatriz Gullón, Jie Wu, Gil Garrote
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Investigo. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidade de Vigo
Universidade de Vigo (UVigo)
Popis: The development of lignocellulosic biorefineries requires a first stage of pretreatment which enables the efficient valorization of all fractions present in this renewable material. In this sense, this review aims to show the main advantages of hydrothermal treatment as a first step of a biorefinery infrastructure using hardwood as raw material, as well as, main drawback to overcome. Hydrothermal treatment of hardwood highlights for its high selectivity for hemicelluloses solubilization as xylooligosaccharides (XOS). Nevertheless, the suitable conditions for XOS production are inadequate to achieve an elevate cellulose to glucose conversion. Hence, several strategies namely the combination of hydrothermal treatment with delignification process, in situ modification of lignin and the mixture with another renewable resources (concretely, seaweeds, and by-products generated in the food industry with high sugar content) were pinpointed as promising alternative to increase the final ethanol concentration coupled with XOS recovery in the hydrolysate. Financiado para publicación en acceso aberto: Universidade de Vigo/CISUG Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital | Ref. PID2019-110031RB-I00 Xunta de Galicia | Ref. ED431C 2017/62-GRC Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades | Ref. FPU16/04077 Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades | Ref. RYC2018-026177-I
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