TY - JOUR
AU1 - Al‐Zuhair, Sulaiman
AU2 - Abualreesh, Mohammed
AU3 - Ahmed, Khalda
AU4 - Abdul Razak, Ashir
AB - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has more than 40 million palm trees producing approximately 15 kg of waste fronds per tree. These fronds contain a large portion of polysaccharides, which can be hydrolyzed to simple fermentable sugars. Seaweed consists of macroalgae containing high portions of polysaccharides, which are also abundantly found on the coasts of UAE. The effectiveness of lignin to degrade enzymes for the pretreatment of biomass from palm trees fronds and indigenous seaweed (prior to enzymatic hydrolysis) has been investigated and compared to conventional chemical treatment. By treating with laccase, up to 9 and 24 % additional lignin was removed from palm fronds and seaweed, respectively. The performance of laccase was enhanced by using an ionic liquid, and a sugar yield of 12.6 % was achieved after treatment with laccase for only 1 hour. The proposed approach provides a promising simplification to the overall bioethanol production from biomass waste available globally in abundance, and in the UAE in particular.
TI - Enzymatic Delignification of Biomass for Enhanced Fermentable Sugars Production
JF - Energy Technology
DO - 10.1002/ente.201402138
DA - 2015-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/enzymatic-delignification-of-biomass-for-enhanced-fermentable-sugars-Uhj3jnNbRO
SP - 121
EP - 127
VL - 3
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -