Ethanol production from pretreated olive tree wood and sunflower stalks by an SSF process.
Olive tree wood and sunflower stalks are agricultural residues largely available at low cost in Mediterranean countries. As renewable lignocellulosic materials, their bioconversion may allow both obtaining a value-added product, for fuel ethanol, and facilitating their elimination. In this work, the ethanol production from olive tree wood and sunflower stalks by a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process is studied. As a pretreatment, steam explosion at different temperatures was applied. The water insoluble fractions of steam-pretreated sunflower stalks and steamed, delignified olive tree wood were used as substrates at 10% w/v concentration for an SSF process by a cellulolytic commercial complex and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. After 72-h fermentation, ethanol concentrations up to 30 g/L were obtained in delignified steam-pretreated olive tree wood at 230 degrees C and 5 min. Sunflower stalks pretretated at 220 degrees C and 5 min gave maximum ethanol concentrations of 21 g/L in SSF experiments.
Ruiz
Encarnación
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Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, 23071 Jaén, Spain.
Cara
Cristóbal
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Ballesteros
Mercedes
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Manzanares
Paloma
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Ballesteros
Ignacio
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Castro
Eulogio
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D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D002480:Cellulase / Q000737:chemistry; D003198:Computer Simulation; D000431:Ethanol / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D031658:Olea / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology*; D035261:Plant Components, Aerial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013227:Steam; D014934:Wood
D013227:Steam; D000431:Ethanol; D002480:Cellulase