title: Effect of biopretreatment on thermogravimetric and chemical characteristics of corn stover by different white-rot fungi.
abstract: The thermogravimetric and chemical characterization of corn stover biopretreated by three different species of white-rot fungi have been studied in this research. Results indicated that biopretreatment can optimize the thermal decomposition, decrease the reaction temperature and reduce the gas contamination (SO(x)), making the biomass pyrolysis more efficient and environmentally friendly. Biopretreatment can decrease the activation energy and reacting temperature of the hemicellulose and cellulose pyrolysis (up to 36 degrees C), shorten the temperature range of the active pyrolysis (up to 14 degrees C), and increase the thermal decomposition rate, greatly promoting the reaction and making the biomass pyrolysis easier to start and carry on. On the other hand, by biopretreatment, the sulphur content can decrease up to 46.15%, which can considerably reduce the inventory of SO(x) emission. Moreover, the mechanism of the biopretreatment was also explored that the deconstruction and depolymerization of the recalcitrant linkages of lignin and cellulose by biopretreatment can make the structure of biomass incompact and easier to be pyrolyzed.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of MOE, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan, PR China.
authors.forename: Xuewei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yelin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Fuying
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hongbo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism*; D005740:Gases; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods; D013696:Temperature; D013818:Thermogravimetry / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D003313:Zea mays / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D002482:Cellulose; D008031:Lignin