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Biomass Chemical Engineering ›› 2022, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (5): 30-36.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5854.2022.05.005

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Effect of Peroxyformic Acid Pretreatment on Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Fermentation Efficiency of Sugarcane Bagasse

Ning LI1, Fanyang MENG1, Haiyan YANG1,2, Zhengjun SHI1,2, Ping ZHAO1,2, Jing YANG1,2,*()   

  1. 1. School of Chemical Engineering, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
    2. Key Laboratory for Chemical Utilization of Forest Biomass Resources in Colleges and Universities of Yunnan Province, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
  • Received:2021-08-17 Online:2022-09-30 Published:2022-09-27
  • Contact: Jing YANG E-mail:kmjingyang@163.com

Abstract:

Sugarcane Bagasse(SCB) was used as raw material for enzymatic hydrolysis after pretreatd by peroxyformic acid(PAP). Ethanol was produced by fermentation with hydrolysate, and the effect of hydrogen peroxide(HPP) concentration on the efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol fermentation of SCB was investigated. The results showed that the delignification percentage of pretreated bagasse(PAP-SCB-1) reached 84.30% during PAP pretreatment of SCB when the volume ratio of HPP to formic acid(FAP) was 1∶1. Using the cellulase dosage of 10 FPIU/g(based on the mass of pretreated sugarcane bagasse), the glucose yield of PAP-SCB-1 after 72 h hydrolysis was 98.21%, which was 9.84 and 12.98 times higher than that of pretreated bagasse with hydrogen peroxide(HPP-SCB, glucose yield 9.11%) and formic acid(FAP-SCB, glucose yield 7.06%), respectively. The ethanol yield was 84.06% with the enzymatic hydrolysate fermentation for 24 h, which was higher than that of HPP-SCB(76.20%) and FAP-SCB(75.15%). The chemical composition, specific surface area and crystallinity of the materials before and after pretreatment were measured. The results showed that the lignin in bagasse could be significantly removed after pretreatment with PAP, and the lignin content was reduced from 21.27% without pretreatment to less than 10%. The specific surface area and crystallinity of PAP-SCB-1 were increased up to 13.01 m2/g and 54.18%, which were 10.66(11.39) and 1.11(1.15) times higher than those of FAP-SCB(HPP-SCB).

Key words: peroxyformic acid, sugarcane bagasse, cellulosic ethanol, enzymatic hydrolysis, fermentation

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