IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v195y2022icp755-765.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Two-stage acid-alkali pretreatment of vetiver grass to enhance the subsequent sugar release by cellulase digestion

Author

Listed:
  • Huong, Vu Thi Thanh
  • Atjayutpokin, Thanaphat
  • Chinwatpaiboon, Piyawat
  • Smith, Siwaporn Meejoo
  • Boonyuen, Supakorn
  • Luengnaruemitchai, Apanee

Abstract

Vetiver grass (VG; Chrysopogon zizanioides) can be used as a potential feedstock for biofuels and biochemical production due to its chemical composition, which is rich in cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. However, the complex and recalcitrant nature of a lignocellulosic biomass requires a pretreatment process to disrupt the lignin seal in the cell wall in order to increase the accessibility for enzymatic hydrolysis and to liberate the sugars contained within the cellulose. The sequential acid-base pretreatment of VG using dilute sulphuric acid (H2SO4) followed by sodium hydroxide (NaOH) was found to be optimal when using a 5% (w/v) VG loading in 0.5% (v/v) H2SO4 at 120 °C, 60 min in the first stage followed by 4% (w/v) NaOH at 120 °C, 60 min in the second stage. This gave the highest yield of total reducing sugars (32.6 g/L as 22.0 and 10.6 g/L of hexose and pentose, respectively) in the subsequent cellulase digestion, which was 10.3% and 46.1% higher than that obtained with the single-stage alkali (24.1 g/L) or acid (13.5 g/L) pretreatment, respectively.

Suggested Citation

  • Huong, Vu Thi Thanh & Atjayutpokin, Thanaphat & Chinwatpaiboon, Piyawat & Smith, Siwaporn Meejoo & Boonyuen, Supakorn & Luengnaruemitchai, Apanee, 2022. "Two-stage acid-alkali pretreatment of vetiver grass to enhance the subsequent sugar release by cellulase digestion," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 195(C), pages 755-765.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:195:y:2022:i:c:p:755-765
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.06.069
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148122009016
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2022.06.069?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Xie, Wei & Zhou, Dayun & Ren, Yanjing & Tang, Shurong & Kuang, Meng & Du, Shuang-kui, 2018. "1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride pretreatment of cotton stalk and structure characterization," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 668-674.
    2. Lin, Yuan-Chung & Shangdiar, Sumarlin & Chen, Shang-Cyuan & Chou, Feng-Chih & Lin, Yu-Chieh & Cho, Che-An, 2018. "Microwave irradiation with dilute acid hydrolysis applied to enhance the saccharification rate of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 511-517.
    3. Urszula Dziekońska-Kubczak & Joanna Berłowska & Piotr Dziugan & Piotr Patelski & Maria Balcerek & Katarzyna Pielech-Przybylska & Katarzyna Robak, 2019. "Two-Stage Pretreatment to Improve Saccharification of Oat Straw and Jerusalem Artichoke Biomass," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-13, May.
    4. Barbanera, M. & Lascaro, E. & Foschini, D. & Cotana, F. & Buratti, C., 2018. "Optimization of bioethanol production from steam exploded hornbeam wood (Ostrya carpinifolia) by enzymatic hydrolysis," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 124(C), pages 136-143.
    5. Areepak, Chitchanok & Jiradechakorn, Thitirat & Chuetor, Santi & Phalakornkule, Chantaraporn & Sriariyanun, Malinee & Raita, Marisa & Champreda, Verawat & Laosiripojana, Navadol, 2022. "Improvement of lignocellulosic pretreatment efficiency by combined chemo - Mechanical pretreatment for energy consumption reduction and biofuel production," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 182(C), pages 1094-1102.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Aghili Mehrizi, Amirreza & Tangestaninejad, Shahram & Denayer, Joeri F.M. & Karimi, Keikhosro & Shafiei, Marzieh, 2023. "The critical impacts of anion and cosolvent on morpholinium ionic liquid pretreatment for efficient renewable energy production from triticale straw," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 202(C), pages 686-698.
    2. Shangyuan Tang & Yushen Cao & Chunming Xu & Yue Wu & Lingci Li & Peng Ye & Ying Luo & Yifan Gao & Yonghong Liao & Qiong Yan & Xiyu Cheng, 2020. "One-Step or Two-Step Acid/Alkaline Pretreatments to Improve Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Sugar Recovery from Arundo Donax L," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-12, February.
    3. Swati Dahiya & Raja Chowdhury & Pradeep Kumar & Sanjoy Ghosh & Asha Srinivasan, 2022. "Recovery of Sugar and Nutrients from Algae and Colocasia esculenta (Taro) Leaves Using Chemical Hydrolysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-18, December.
    4. Deslin Nadar & Kubendren Naicker & David Lokhat, 2020. "Ultrasonically-Assisted Dissolution of Sugarcane Bagasse during Dilute Acid Pretreatment: Experiments and Kinetic Modeling," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-18, October.
    5. Panigrahi, Sagarika & Dubey, Brajesh K., 2019. "A critical review on operating parameters and strategies to improve the biogas yield from anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 779-797.
    6. Shangdiar, Sumarlin & Lin, Yuan-Chung & Cheng, Pei-Cheng & Chou, Feng-Chih & Wu, Wen-Ding, 2021. "Development of biochar from the refuse derived fuel (RDF) through organic / inorganic sludge mixed with rice straw and coconut shell," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 215(PB).
    7. Xie, Wei & Ren, Yanjing & Jiang, Fan & Liang, Jibao & Du, Shuang-kui, 2020. "Pretreatment of quinoa straw with 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and physiochemical characterization of biomass," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 1364-1371.
    8. Anu, & Kumar, Anil & Rapoport, Alexander & Kunze, Gotthard & Kumar, Sanjeev & Singh, Davender & Singh, Bijender, 2020. "Multifarious pretreatment strategies for the lignocellulosic substrates for the generation of renewable and sustainable biofuels: A review," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 1228-1252.
    9. Maria El Hage & Nicolas Louka & Sid-Ahmed Rezzoug & Thierry Maugard & Sophie Sablé & Mohamed Koubaa & Espérance Debs & Zoulikha Maache-Rezzoug, 2023. "Bioethanol Production from Woody Biomass: Recent Advances on the Effect of Pretreatments on the Bioconversion Process and Energy Yield Aspects," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(13), pages 1-31, June.
    10. Deng, Zhichao & Liao, Qiang & Xia, Ao & Huang, Yun & Zhu, Xianqing & Qiu, Sheng & Zhu, Xun, 2022. "A bio-inspired flexible squeezing reactor for efficient enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy production," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 191(C), pages 92-100.
    11. Cao, Jing & Yang, Jian & Yang, Yishuo & Wang, Zhaomei, 2021. "Enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of sisal waste by sequential pretreatment with UV-catalyzed alkaline hydrogen peroxide and ionic liquid," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 169(C), pages 1157-1165.
    12. Rosen, Yan & Mamane, Hadas & Gerchman, Yoram, 2021. "Immersed ozonation of agro-wastes as an effective pretreatment method in bioethanol production," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 174(C), pages 382-390.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:195:y:2022:i:c:p:755-765. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.