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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Interferences of Waxes on Enzymatic Saccharification and Ethanol Production from Lignocellulose Biomass.

Marttin Paulraj Gundupalli, Santi Chuetor, Kraipat Cheenkachorn, Kittipong Rattanaporn, Pau-Loke Show, Yu-Shen Cheng, Malinee Sriariyanun

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. 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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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Marttin Paulraj GundupalliChemical and Process Engineering, The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok 10800, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-7911-0672
Santi ChuetorBiorefinery and Process Automation Engineering Center (BPAEC), King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok 10800, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-3730-7140
Kraipat CheenkachornBiorefinery and Process Automation Engineering Center (BPAEC), King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok 10800, Thailand.
Kittipong RattanapornDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-2505-4091
Pau-Loke ShowDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih 43500, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-0913-5409
Yu-Shen ChengDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan.
Malinee SriariyanunChemical and Process Engineering, The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok 10800, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-3088-9256
King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok · THKasetsart University · THNational Yunlin University of Science and Technology · TWUniversity of Nottingham Malaysia Campus · MY

Funding

King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok KMUTNB-KNOW63-28
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wax is an organic compound found on the surface of lignocellulose biomass to protect plants from physical and biological stresses in nature. With its small mass fraction in biomass, wax has been neglected from inclusion in the design of the biorefinery process. This study investigated the interfering effect of wax in three types of lignocellulosic biomass, including rice straw (RS), Napier grass (NG), and sugarcane bagasse (SB). In this study, although small fractions of wax were extracted from RS, NG, and SB at 0.57%, 0.61%, and 1.69%, respectively, dewaxing causes changes in the plant compositions and their functional groups and promotes dissociations of lignocellulose fibrils. Additionally, dewaxing of biomass samples increased reducing sugar by 1.17-, 1.04-, and 1.35-fold in RS, NG, and SB, respectively. The ethanol yield increased by 1.11-, 1.05-, and 1.23-fold after wax removal from RS, NG, and SB, respectively. The chemical composition profiles of the waxes obtained from RS, NG, and SB showed FAME, alcohol, and alkane as the major groups. According to the conversion rate of the dewaxing process and ethanol fermentation, the wax outputs of RS, NG, and SB are 5.64, 17.00, and 6.00 kg/ton, respectively. The current gasoline price is around USD 0.903 per liter, making ethanol more expensive than gasoline. Therefore, in order to reduce the cost of ethanol in the biorefinery industry, other valuable products (such as wax) should be considered for commercialization. The cost of natural wax ranges from USD 2 to 22 per kilogram, depending on the source of the extracted wax. The wax yields obtained from RS, SB, and NG have the potential to increase profits in the biorefining process and could provide an opportunity for application in a wider range of downstream industries than just biofuels.

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biorefinerydewaxfermentationlignocellulosic biomasssaccharification

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PMID34821737
PMCPMC8615184
OpenAlexW3208731881

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