The optimization of an alkaline pretreatment process for the delignification of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) to enhance the subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis was performed according to the Doehlert uniform shell design. In this experimental design, the effect of two factors—potassium hydroxide (KOH) concentration and autoclaving time at 121 C (1 atm)—on cellulose, hemicellulose, or the total polysacch...

Three switchgrass cultivars (‘Performer’, ‘BoMaster’, and ‘Colony’ switchgrass) were delignified using NaOH at varying concentrations and residence times at 121 C for improved sugar production in enzymatic hydrolysis. Because of its greater carbohydrate/lignin ratio and the more substantial lignin reduction upon alkaline attack, ‘Performer’ switchgrass gave greater sugar productions under all t...

The black liquor (BL) obtained by straw pulping can hardly be applied to conventional alkali recovery systems because of its high concentration silicon and viscosity. Soda-oxygen synchronously deposit silica on the surface cellulose reduce content viscosity BL remarkably. In this paper, BLs wheat soda-oxygen at different end points (pH < 10, 11.5 pH 12) soda-anthraquinone (soda-AQ) were obtaine...

BACKGROUND The selective lignin-degrading white-rot fungi are regarded to be the best lignin degraders and have been widely used for reducing the saccharification recalcitrance of lignocellulose. However, the biological delignification and conversion of lignocellulose in biorefinery is still limited. It is necessary to develop novel and more efficient bio-delignification systems. RESULTS Phys...

Three approaches were examined for the reutilization of cold caustic extraction (CCE) lye. The term CCE lye refers here to used NaOH solution with relatively high alkali content, which could be wasted if not reused properly. results showed that can effectively applied in deinking, alkaline hydrogen peroxide bleaching, and oxygen delignification processes. improved physical strength dried sheet ...

Enzymatic hydrolysis of pre-treated wheat straw has been studied. Several additives have checked as potential improvers glucose yield in the enzymatic hydrolysis, trying to avoid cellulases inhibition by lignin a cause decrease saccharification rate lignocellulosic biomass. Non-ionic surfactants, such Tween 80 (poly(oxyethylene)20-sorbitan-monooleate) and polyethylene glycol-6000, proteins, bov...

Alkaline peroxide delignification of rye straw has been first investigated in this paper. The results showed that treatment of dewaxed and water-extracted rye straw with 2% H2O2 at pH 11.5 for 12 h at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70°C resulted in a dissolution of 52.7, 75.7, 81.8, 83.1, 85.8, and 87.8% of the original lignin, and 44.2, 52.5, 70.0, 70.0, 71.3, and 71.9% of the original hemicelluloses...

In this study, multifunctional alkaline pulping was suggested to produce different pulp grades at one mill site, ranging from high-yield paper pulp to high-purity dissolving pulp. In all process modifications, sulfur was successfully replaced by anthraquinone. Autohydrolysis and alkaline pre-extraction were applied to Eucalyptus globulus wood chips, followed by kraft and soda-AQ pulping. Alkali...