Authors: Adnan, Ahmad
Idrees, Muhammad
Qureshi, Fahim Ashraf
Sheikh, Shahzad
Title: Optimization of dilute acid pretreatment of water hyacinth biomass for enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol production
Language (ISO): en
Abstract: The present study was conducted for the optimization of pretreatment process that was used for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass (Water Hyacinth, WH), which is a renewable resource for the production of bioethanol with decentralized availability. Response surface methodology has been employed for the optimization of temperature (oC), time (hr)and different concentrations of maleic acid (MA), sulfuric acid (SA) and phosphoric acid (PA) that seemed to be significant variables with P < 0.05. High F and R2 values and low P-value for hydrolysis yield indicated the model predictability. The pretreated biomass producing 39.96 g/l, 39.86 g/l and 37.9 g/l of reducing sugars during enzymatic hydrolysis with yield 79.93, 78.71 and 75.9 % from PA, MA and SA treated respectively. The order of catalytic effectiveness for hydrolysis yield was found to be phosphoric acid > maleic acid > sulfuric acid. Mixture of sugars was obtained during dilute acid pretreatment with glucose being the most prominent sugar while pure glucose was obtained during enzymatic hydrolysis. The resulting sugars, obtained during enzymatic hydrolysis were finally fermented to ethanol, with yield 0.484 g/g of reducing sugars which is 95 % of theoretical yield (0.51 g/g glucose) by using commercial baker’s yeast (Sacchromyces cerveasiae).
Subject Headings: biomass
maleic acid
optimization
Sacchroomyces cervesiae
water hyacinth
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2003/30324
http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-5398
Issue Date: 2013-05-16
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