Hemicellulose hydrolysate from ailanthus excelsa wood potentially fermentable to ethanol


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Sahay S, . and Rana RS, . Hemicellulose hydrolysate from ailanthus excelsa wood potentially fermentable to ethanol. pp. 172-178. ISSN 0128-1283

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Hemicellulose hydrolysate from acid- and alkali-impregnated wood chips of Ailanthus excelsa a lignocellulosic substrate was obtained using heating devices namely autoclave and microwave. Effects of various combinations of physical and chemical conditions on pretreatment was assessed based on release of hemicellulose hydrolysate from wood chips and yield of reducing sugars and ethanol from the hemicellulose hydrolysate. The various hydrolysis conditions tested were dilute acid- (0.7 sulphuric acid) or alkali- (3 sodium hydroxide) impregnated wood two heating devices (autoclave and microwave) either singly or in combination and single- or two-step hydrolysis process. Single-step acid hydrolysis applying microwave and autoclave as heating method gave almost similar results. The single-step autoclave-mediated dilute acid hydrolysis was chosen as optimal because it yielded the highest amount of pentoses (280 mg g-1) and total sugars (285 mg g-1). Hemicellulose hydrolysate after detoxification was found to be fermentable to ethanol (9.8“10.8 g L-1) by pentose-fermenting yeast Scheffersomyces stipitis. Ailanthus excelsa may therefore be a potent tree for bioethanol production.


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Abstract

Hemicellulose hydrolysate from acid- and alkali-impregnated wood chips of Ailanthus excelsa a lignocellulosic substrate was obtained using heating devices namely autoclave and microwave. Effects of various combinations of physical and chemical conditions on pretreatment was assessed based on release of hemicellulose hydrolysate from wood chips and yield of reducing sugars and ethanol from the hemicellulose hydrolysate. The various hydrolysis conditions tested were dilute acid- (0.7 sulphuric acid) or alkali- (3 sodium hydroxide) impregnated wood two heating devices (autoclave and microwave) either singly or in combination and single- or two-step hydrolysis process. Single-step acid hydrolysis applying microwave and autoclave as heating method gave almost similar results. The single-step autoclave-mediated dilute acid hydrolysis was chosen as optimal because it yielded the highest amount of pentoses (280 mg g-1) and total sugars (285 mg g-1). Hemicellulose hydrolysate after detoxification was found to be fermentable to ethanol (9.8“10.8 g L-1) by pentose-fermenting yeast Scheffersomyces stipitis. Ailanthus excelsa may therefore be a potent tree for bioethanol production.

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Item Type: Article
AGROVOC Term: Hemicellulose
AGROVOC Term: Ailanthus
AGROVOC Term: Wood chips
AGROVOC Term: Heating
AGROVOC Term: Ethanol
AGROVOC Term: Autoclaves
AGROVOC Term: Microwave ovens
AGROVOC Term: Hydrolysis
AGROVOC Term: Sulphuric acid
AGROVOC Term: Sodium hydroxide
Depositing User: Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified: 24 Apr 2025 06:28
URI: http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23229

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