Optimization of biomass pretreatments using fractional factorial experimental design

Autor: Camila A. Rezende, Beatriz W. Atta, Marcia C. Breitkreitz, Rachael Simister, Leonardo D. Gomez, Simon J. McQueen-Mason
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Biotechnology for Biofuels, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1754-6834
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1200-2
Popis: Abstract Background Pretreatments are one of the main bottlenecks for the lignocellulose conversion process and the search for cheaper and effective pretreatment methodologies for each biomass is a complex but fundamental task. Here, we used a 2ν5−1 fractional factorial design (FFD) to optimize five pretreatment variables: milling time, temperature, double treatment, chemical concentration, and pretreatment time in acid–alkali (EA) and acid–organosolv (EO) pretreatments, applied to elephant grass leaves. Results FFD allowed optimization of the pretreatment conditions using a reduced number of experiments and allowed the identification of secondary interactions between the factors. FFD showed that the temperature can be kept at its lower level and that the first acid step can be eliminated in both pretreatments, without significant losses to enzymatic hydrolysis. EA resulted in the highest release of reducing sugars (maximum of 205 mg/g substrate in comparison to 152 mg/g in EO and 40 mg/g in the untreated sample), using the following conditions in the alkali step: [NaOH] = 4.5% w/v; 85 °C and 100 min after ball milling the sample. The factors statistically significant (P
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