Hydrolysis and fermentation steps of a pretreated sawmill mixed feedstock for bioethanol production in a wood biorefinery

MA Alio, OC Tugui, L Rusu, A Pons, C Vial - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to demonstrate the feasibility of second-generation bioethanol
production using for the first time a sawmill mixed feedstock comprising four softwood …

Development of a simple and versatile process for commercial and municipal lignocellulosic waste conversion into fermentable sugars

C Chenebault, B Percheron - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic wastes are valuable feedstock in biorefinery thanks to their high sugars
content and low level of fibers intricacy. However, their massification is often a limiting …

Insight into catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of cardboard for biofuels production

W Nan, AR Shende, J Shannon, RV Shende - Energy & Fuels, 2016 - ACS Publications
Catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of cardboard was carried out in a 300 mL Parr
batch reactor using 5 wt% Ni (NO3) 2, Ca (NO3) 2, and NiCl2 in a temperature range of 225 …

Mixing effects on the kinetics and the dynamics of two-phase enzymatic hydrolysis of hemicellulose for biofuel production

SK Dutta, S Chakraborty - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
This work uses a coupled experimental and modeling approach to explore the effects of
macro-and micro-mixing on the kinetics and the dynamics of two-phase enzymatic …

Controlled feeding of lignocellulosic substrate enhances the performance of fed-batch enzymatic hydrolysis in a stirred tank reactor

VH Sotaniemi, S Taskila, H Ojamo, J Tanskanen - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2016 - Elsevier
High initial viscosity in the high-solids (> 15%(w/v)) enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose is
problematic especially in stirred tank reactor concepts. One potential way to avoid the high …

Bioprocessing of cardboard waste for cellulase production

AS Al Azkawi, N Sivakumar, S Al Bahry - Biomass Conversion and …, 2018 - Springer
Waste paper, a major source of cellulosic biomass, could be utilized as a potential substrate
for cellulase production. In this work, different pretreated waste papers were used as …

Rate-constraining changes in surface properties, porosity and hydrolysis kinetics of lignocellulose in the course of enzymatic saccharification

V Pihlajaniemi, MH Sipponen, A Kallioinen… - Biotechnology for …, 2016 - Springer
Background Explaining the reduction of hydrolysis rate during lignocellulose hydrolysis is a
challenge for the understanding and modelling of the process. This article reports the …

Characteristics of enzyme hydrolysis of cellulose under static condition

D Taneda, Y Ueno, M Ikeo, S Okino - Bioresource Technology, 2012 - Elsevier
The effect of enzyme loading under static and agitated conditions was investigated.
Enzymatic hydrolysis of 10w/v% de-lignified cellulose slurry such as filter paper, avicel and …

Effect of particle size and mixing on the laccase-mediated pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enhanced saccharification of cellulose

A Gaikwad, A Meshram - Chemical Engineering Communications, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In the process of conversion of biomass into biofuels, pretreatment is severely required to
maximize the utility of carbohydrates present in the biomass. In this investigation …

Effects of dilute-acid pretreatment conditions on filtration performance of corn stover hydrolyzate

DA Sievers, EM Kuhn, MP Tucker, JD McMillan - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The reaction conditions used during dilute-acid pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass
control the carbohydrate digestion yield and also hydrolyzate properties. Depending on the …