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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Acid Assisted Organosolv Delignification of Beechwood and Pulp Conversion towards High Concentrated Cellulosic Ethanol via High Gravity Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Fermentation.

Konstantinos G Kalogiannis, Leonidas Matsakas, James Aspden, Angelos A Lappas, Ulrika Rova, Paul Christakopoulos

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Konstantinos G KalogiannisChemical Process and Energy Resources Institute (CPERI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), 6th km Harilaou-Thermi Rd, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece. kkalogia@cperi.certh.gr.ORCID 0000-0002-3642-6324
Leonidas MatsakasBiochemical Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 971-87 Luleå, Sweden. leonidas.matsakas@ltu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-3687-6173
James AspdenBiochemical Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 971-87 Luleå, Sweden. jamesaspden95@gmail.com.
Angelos A LappasChemical Process and Energy Resources Institute (CPERI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), 6th km Harilaou-Thermi Rd, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece. angel@cperi.certh.gr.
Ulrika RovaBiochemical Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 971-87 Luleå, Sweden. ulrika.rova@ltu.se.ORCID 0000-0001-7500-2367
Paul ChristakopoulosBiochemical Process Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 971-87 Luleå, Sweden. paul.christakopoulos@ltu.se.

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Abstract

backgroundFuture biorefineries will focus on converting low value waste streams to chemical products that are derived from petroleum or refined sugars. Feedstock pretreatment in a simple, cost effective, agnostic manner is a major challenge.

methodsIn this work, beechwood sawdust was delignified via an organosolv process, assisted by homogeneous inorganic acid catalysis. Mixtures of water and several organic solvents were evaluated for their performance. Specifically, ethanol (EtOH), acetone (AC), and methyl- isobutyl- ketone (MIBK) were tested with or without the use of homogeneous acid catalysis employing sulfuric, phosphoric, and oxalic acids under relatively mild temperature of 175 °C for one hour.

resultsDelignification degrees (DD) higher than 90% were achieved, where both AC and EtOH proved to be suitable solvents for this process. Both oxalic and especially phosphoric acid proved to be good alternative catalysts for replacing sulfuric acid. High gravity simultaneous saccharification and fermentation with an enzyme loading of 8.4 mg/g

conclusionsEfficient delignification combining common volatile solvents and mild acid catalysis allowed for the production of ethanol at high concentration in an efficient manner.

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AcetoneAcidsBioreactorsCatalysisCelluloseEthanolFermentationHydrolysisHypergravityKetonesLigninWoodAcetoneAcidsCelluloseEthanolKetonesLigninbeechwoodenzymatic hydrolysisethanol fermentationhigh gravityorganosolv delignification

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PMID29976912
PMCPMC6099605

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