Ethanol production by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation in rotary drum reactor using thermotolerant Kluveromyces marxianus

Yu-Sheng Lin, Wen-Chien Lee, Kow-Jen Duan and Yen-Han Lin

Applied Energy, 2013, vol. 105, issue C, 389-394

Abstract: The production of ethanol from sugarcane bagasse by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) using thermotolerant Kluveromyces marxianus var. marxianus and commercial cellulase of Accellerase 1000 was investigated. Sugarcane bagasse pretreated with NaOH at the room temperature for 24h resulted in an increase in cellulose content to 55.2%(w/w). With 10% of water-insoluble-solids (WIS) at pH 5.0 supplemented with 0.2ml cellulase/g-WIS and 1g/L of thermotolerant yeast, the SSF of pretreated sugarcane bagasse conducted in flasks led to a respective theoretical ethanol yield of 85.1%, 92.2% and 76.2% under 37, 42 and 45°C. As the rotary drum reactor was scaled up to 100L and loaded with 10kg alkali-pretreated sugarcane bagasse, the SSF at 42°C for 72h along with same doses of WIS, cellulase and yeast resulted in a final ethanol concentration and the theoretical ethanol yield of 24.6g/L and 79%, respectively. These observations indicated that the performance and the chosen SSF operating conditions for the scale-up drum reactor was as effective as those attained from flask runs. As demonstrated, the use of rotary drum reactor for cellulosic ethanol production under SSF operating conditions is simple to scale up and shows commercial potential.

Keywords: Rotary drum reactor; Alkali-pretreated; Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF); Sugarcane bagasse; Bioethanol (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.12.020

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