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Chen X, Freitas Dos Santos AC, Gutierrez DMR, Song P, Aston JE, Thompson DN, Dooley JH, Ladisch MR, Mosier NS. Effect of pelleting on the enzymatic digestibility of corn stover. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023:129338. [PMID: 37343796 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
Abstract
Pelleting of lignocellulosic biomass to improve its transportation, storage and handling impacts subsequent processing and conversion. This work reports the role of high moisture pelleting in the enzymatic digestibility of corn stover prior to pretreatment, together with associated substrate characteristics. Pelleting increases the digestibility of unpretreated corn stover, from 8.2 to 15.5% glucan conversion, at 5% solid loading using 1 FPU Cellic® CTec2 per g solids. Compositional analysis indicates that loose and pelleted corn stover have similar non-dissolvable compositions, although their extractives are different. Enzymatic hydrolysis of corn stover after size reduction to normalize particle sizes and removal of extractives confirms that pelleting improves corn stover digestibility. Such differences may be explained by the decreased particle size, improved substrate accessibility, and hydrolysis of cross-linking structures induced by pelleting. These findings are useful for the development of processing schemes for sustainable and efficient use of lignocellulose.
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- Xueli Chen
- Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States; Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States; Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States; Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States; Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, United States
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- Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States; Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States; Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States; Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States.
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Liu H, Meng H, Cong H, Shen X, Chen X, Xing H, Dai J. Alcoholysis kinetics and mechanism studies of ethyl levulinate production from ball milled corn stover. RSC Adv 2022; 12:34145-34153. [PMID: 36545581 PMCID: PMC9706373 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra05644e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Alcoholysis of ball-milled biomass over catalysts with Brønsted and Lewis acid sites provides an efficient and sustainable scheme to produce versatile biobased chemicals under mild conditions; however, optimizing the process parameters is challenged by the complexity of reaction pathways and the multiplicity of ball milling and combination catalyst gains. To address these challenges, we present kinetic analysis of ethyl levulinate (EL) production from ball-milled corn stover catalyzed by Brønsted (B) acidic ionic liquid [Bmim-SO3H][HSO4] (SO3H-IL) and Lewis (L) acidic Al2(SO4)3. Product analysis shows that cellulosic substrates can form EL either through the intermediate ethyl-d-glycopyranoside (EDGP) or levoglucosenone (LGO), with the former leading the alcoholysis reaction. Kinetics results reveal that ball milling accelerates the reaction rate by promoting the formation of EDGP and LGO from cellulose. Pure SO3H-IL gives high selectivity towards EDGP from ball-milled corn stover and promotes the LGO production, whereas addition of Al2(SO4)3 substantially facilitates their further conversion to EL. Our findings contribute to the rational design of efficient catalytic strategies for sustainable and profitable biorefinery.
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- Huan Liu
- Academy of Agricultural Planning and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Resource Utilization from Agriculture Residue, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing 100125 China +86-10-59196858 +86-10-59196858
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- Academy of Agricultural Planning and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Resource Utilization from Agriculture Residue, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing 100125 China +86-10-59196858 +86-10-59196858
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- Academy of Agricultural Planning and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Resource Utilization from Agriculture Residue, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing 100125 China +86-10-59196858 +86-10-59196858
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- Academy of Agricultural Planning and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Resource Utilization from Agriculture Residue, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing 100125 China +86-10-59196858 +86-10-59196858
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907 USA
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- Academy of Agricultural Planning and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Energy Resource Utilization from Agriculture Residue, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Beijing 100125 China +86-10-59196858 +86-10-59196858
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- College of Environment and Resources, Chongqing Technology and Business University Chongqing 400067 China
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