COMBINED PRE-TREATMENT FOR SACCHARIFICATION

Tobacco plants (Nicotiana rustica, Nicotiana tabacum) produce abundant biomass in more than 100 countries and could be used to produce abundant biofuels since about one quarter of the tobacco plant is cellulosic material [1]. This biomass appears attractive for conversion to ethanol because it conta...

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Published in:Acta Technica Corvininesis 2015-10, Vol.8 (4), p.111
Main Authors: Ábel, Marietta, Drenda, Kinga, Lemmer, Balázs, Beszédes, Sándor, Keszthelyi-Szabó, Gábor, Hodúr, Cecilia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Biomass
Cellulose
Efficiency
Ethanol
Fermentation
Heat
Lignocellulose
Methods
Oxidation
Seeds
Studies
Temperature
Tobacco
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Summary:Tobacco plants (Nicotiana rustica, Nicotiana tabacum) produce abundant biomass in more than 100 countries and could be used to produce abundant biofuels since about one quarter of the tobacco plant is cellulosic material [1]. This biomass appears attractive for conversion to ethanol because it contains very low amounts of the hard-to-convert woody material lignin [1]. Microwave (MW) irradiation has a good potential to increase the ability of organic matter for biological degradation so we connected the enzymatic hydrolysis of the cellulose type material of the tobacco plant and the microwave pretreatment. Our results show that microwave pre-treatments was suitable to enhance the biodegradability of tobacco plant and this way the MW pre-treatment was suitable for enhancing the sugar yield. The saccharification time was shortened by the alkali pre-treatment so the combination of alkali pH and MW could be the better solution. The objective of our work was to investigate how to affect the MW pre-treatment on the enzymatic hydrolysis.
ISSN:2067-3809