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Effects of wet-pressing-induced fiber hornification on enzymatic saccharification of lignocelluloses

Effects of wet-pressing-induced fiber hornification on enzymatic saccharification of lignocelluloses This article reports the effect of wet-pressing-induced fiber hornification on enzymatic saccharification of lignocelluloses. A wet cellulosic substrate of bleached kraft eucalyptus pulp and two wet sulfite-pretreated lignocellulosic substrates of aspen and lodgepole pine were pressed to various moisture (solids) contents by variation of pressing pressure and pressing duration. Wet pressing reduced substrate moisture content and produced irreversible reduction in fiber pore volume—fiber hornification—as reflected in reduced water retention values (WRVs), an easily measurable parameter, of the pressed substrates. Wet pressing resulted in a reduction in substrate enzymatic digestibility (SED) by approximately 20% for the two sulfite-pretreated substrates when moisture content was reduced from approximately 75% to 35%. The reduction in SED for the cellulosic substrate was less than 10% when its moisture content was reduced from approximately 65% to 35%. The results indicated that reduction in SED is negligible when samples were pressed to solids content of 40% but observable when pressed to solids content of 50%. It was also found that WRV can correlate to SED of hornified substrates resulting from the same never-dried or pressed sample independent of the hornification process (e.g., pressing or drying). This correlation can be fitted using a Boltzmann function. Cellulase adsorption measurements indicated that wet-pressing-induced fiber hornification reduced cellulose accessibility to cellulase. The results obtained in this study provide guidelines to high-solids enzymatic saccharification of pretreated biomass. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cellulose Springer Journals

Effects of wet-pressing-induced fiber hornification on enzymatic saccharification of lignocelluloses

Luo, X.; Zhu, J.; Gleisner, R.; Zhan, H.
Cellulose , Volume 18 (4) – Apr 12, 2011
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2011 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V. (outside the USA)
Subject
Chemistry; Polymer Sciences; Physical Chemistry; Bioorganic Chemistry; Organic Chemistry
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0969-0239
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1572-882X
DOI
10.1007/s10570-011-9541-z
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Abstract

This article reports the effect of wet-pressing-induced fiber hornification on enzymatic saccharification of lignocelluloses. A wet cellulosic substrate of bleached kraft eucalyptus pulp and two wet sulfite-pretreated lignocellulosic substrates of aspen and lodgepole pine were pressed to various moisture (solids) contents by variation of pressing pressure and pressing duration. Wet pressing reduced substrate moisture content and produced irreversible reduction in fiber pore volume—fiber hornification—as reflected in reduced water retention values (WRVs), an easily measurable parameter, of the pressed substrates. Wet pressing resulted in a reduction in substrate enzymatic digestibility (SED) by approximately 20% for the two sulfite-pretreated substrates when moisture content was reduced from approximately 75% to 35%. The reduction in SED for the cellulosic substrate was less than 10% when its moisture content was reduced from approximately 65% to 35%. The results indicated that reduction in SED is negligible when samples were pressed to solids content of 40% but observable when pressed to solids content of 50%. It was also found that WRV can correlate to SED of hornified substrates resulting from the same never-dried or pressed sample independent of the hornification process (e.g., pressing or drying). This correlation can be fitted using a Boltzmann function. Cellulase adsorption measurements indicated that wet-pressing-induced fiber hornification reduced cellulose accessibility to cellulase. The results obtained in this study provide guidelines to high-solids enzymatic saccharification of pretreated biomass.

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Cellulose – Springer Journals

Published: Apr 12, 2011

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