Biobutanol production from agricultural waste by an acclimated mixed bacterial microflora

Chieh-Lun Cheng, Pei-Yi Che, Bor-Yann Chen, Wen-Jhy Lee, Chiu-Yue Lin and Jo-Shu Chang

Applied Energy, 2012, vol. 100, issue C, 3-9

Abstract: Biobutanol production from cellulosic feedstock is considered promising and economically feasible. A highly efficient butanol-producing bacterial microflora (containing mainly Clostridial species) was obtained from hydrogen-producing sewage sludge. In this work, two types of agricultural waste (i.e. rice straw and sugarcane bagasse) were alkaline pretreated and then hydrolyzed using a cocktail of cellulases originating from Pseudomonas sp. CL3 and Clostridium sp. TCW1. The hydrolysates were used to produce biobutanol by the isolated mixture culture using either separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) or a combination of SHF with simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SHF–SSF) processes. In the SHF process, the maximum butanol concentration, productivity, yield and ABE (acetone–butanol–ethanol) ratio from bagasse were 2.29g/L, 1.00g/Ld, 0.52mol butanol/mol reducing sugar and 0.12:1:0.06, respectively, and for rice straw were 2.92g/L, 1.41g/Ld, 0.51mol butanol/mol reducing sugar and 0.19:1:0.1, respectively. In the SHF–SSF process, the maximum butanol concentration, productivity, and yield for bagasse were 1.95g/L, 0.61g/Ld and 0.37mol butanol/mol reducing sugar, respectively, and for rice straw were 2.93g/L, 0.86g/Ld and 0.49mol butanol/mol reducing sugar, respectively. This work demonstrated a novel and feasible approach of converting agricultural waste into a valuable biofuel (i.e. butanol).

Keywords: Agricultural waste; Biobutanol; Cellulase; Clostridium; SHF; SSF (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.05.042

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