TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors affecting seawater-based pretreatment of lignocellulosic date palm residues
AU - Fang, Chuanji
AU - Thomsen, Mette Hedegaard
AU - Frankær, Christian Grundahl
AU - Bastidas-Oyanedel, Juan Rodrigo
AU - Brudecki, Grzegorz P.
AU - Schmidt, Jens Ejbye
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Seawater-based pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass is an innovative process at research stage. With respect to process optimization, factors affecting seawater-based pretreatment of lignocellulosic date palm residues were studied for the first time in this paper. Pretreatment temperature (180 °C–210 °C), salinity of seawater (0 ppt–50 ppt), and catalysts (H2SO4, Na2CO3, and NaOH) were investigated. The results showed that pretreatment temperature exerted the largest influence on seawater-based pretreatment in terms of the enzymatic digestibility and fermentability of pretreated solids, and the inhibition of pretreatment liquids to Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Salinity showed the least impact to seawater-based pretreatment, which widens the application spectrum of saline water sources such as brines discharged in desalination plant. Sulfuric acid was the most effective catalyst for seawater-based pretreatment compared with Na2CO3 and NaOH.
AB - Seawater-based pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass is an innovative process at research stage. With respect to process optimization, factors affecting seawater-based pretreatment of lignocellulosic date palm residues were studied for the first time in this paper. Pretreatment temperature (180 °C–210 °C), salinity of seawater (0 ppt–50 ppt), and catalysts (H2SO4, Na2CO3, and NaOH) were investigated. The results showed that pretreatment temperature exerted the largest influence on seawater-based pretreatment in terms of the enzymatic digestibility and fermentability of pretreated solids, and the inhibition of pretreatment liquids to Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Salinity showed the least impact to seawater-based pretreatment, which widens the application spectrum of saline water sources such as brines discharged in desalination plant. Sulfuric acid was the most effective catalyst for seawater-based pretreatment compared with Na2CO3 and NaOH.
KW - Biorefinery
KW - Date palm residues
KW - Lignocellulosic biomass
KW - Pretreatment
KW - Seawater
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029160901&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.184
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.184
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85029160901
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 245
SP - 540
EP - 548
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
IS - PART A
ER -