Membrane Filtration Applied to the Purification of Sugarcane Bagasse Mild Alkaline Extracts

Vincent Oriez, Nga Thi-Thanh Pham, Jérôme Peydecastaing, Philippe Behra and Pierre-Yves Pontalier ()
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Vincent Oriez: Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle, INRAE, Toulouse INP, Université de Toulouse, 31029 Toulouse, France
Nga Thi-Thanh Pham: Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle, INRAE, Toulouse INP, Université de Toulouse, 31029 Toulouse, France
Jérôme Peydecastaing: Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle, INRAE, Toulouse INP, Université de Toulouse, 31029 Toulouse, France
Philippe Behra: Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle, INRAE, Toulouse INP, Université de Toulouse, 31029 Toulouse, France
Pierre-Yves Pontalier: Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle, INRAE, Toulouse INP, Université de Toulouse, 31029 Toulouse, France

Clean Technol., 2023, vol. 5, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: Sugarcane bagasse (SCB), a by-product of the sugar industry, is composed mainly of cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin, and can be used to replace petrochemical polymers in various applications. In this work, SCB was treated under mild alkaline conditions with 1.5% NaOH (m:v) and a solid:liquid ratio of 1:20 (m:v) at 60 °C, during 6 h. A 10 kDa polysulfone hollow fiber membrane was used for the purification of the extract in different filtration modes, namely concentration and diafiltration, and a combination of both modes. Permeate fluxes and rejection rates were evaluated at different transmembrane pressure (TMP) at the shear rate of 10,187 s –1 , at 40 °C. In concentration mode, increasing the volume reduction factor up to 6.1 led to a significant increase in the retention rates of acid-soluble lignin (ASL) and xylan, and a decrease in inorganic salt content in the retentate. In diafiltration mode, after 2.9 diavolumes, the acid-insoluble lignin (AIL) and xylan rejection rates drastically increased, as did the rejection rates of ash.

Keywords: sugarcane bagasse; alkaline extraction; membrane filtration; lignin; sugars (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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