Enhanced ethanol production from enzymatically treated steam‐exploded rice straw using extractive fermentation

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology - Tập 76 Số 8 - Trang 879-884 - 2001
Yoshitoshi Nakamura1, T. Sawada1, Eiichi Inoue2
1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kanazawa University, 2-40-20 Kodatsuno, Kanazawa 920-8667, Japan
2Nihonkai Kankyo Service Co, 18‐7 Ushijima‐cho, Toyama 930‐0858, Japan

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AbstractAlcohol fermentation of an enzymatic hydrolyzate of exploded rice straw was studied experimentally. Rice straw was treated under variable conditions, such as steam pressure and steaming time. The exploded rice straw was separated into water‐soluble material, methanol‐soluble lignin, Klason lignin, and a mixture of cellulose and a low molecular weight substance. The effects of steam explosion on the characteristics of the exploded rice straw were clarified from the point of view of the amounts of extractive components. Steam explosion was found to be effective for the delignification of rice straw and for increasing its susceptibility to enzyme hydrolysis and alcohol fermentation. The polysaccharides (cellulose and hemicellulose) in the rice straw treated at a steam pressure of 3.5 MPa with a steaming time of 2 min were hydrolyzed almost completely into monosaccharides, (ie glucose and xylose) by a mixture of Trichoderma viride cellulase (Meicelase) and Aspergillus aculeatus cellulase (Acucelase). The enzymatic hydrolyzate of exploded rice straw was converted into ethanol efficiently by Pichia stipitis and the ethanol yield from sugar was about 86%(w/w) of the theoretical value. The ethanol concentration in a membrane bioreactor coupled with a pervaporation system reached 50 gdm−3 and was about five times higher than that in the culture broth. The energy efficiency (ratio of combustion energy of ethanol produced to energy for steam explosion) reached a maximum value at a pressure of 3.5 MPa for 2 min.© 2001 Society of Chemical Industry

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Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Tập 76 Số 8

879-884

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