title: Pretreatment of empty fruit bunch from oil palm for fuel ethanol production and proposed biorefinery process.
abstract: This study evaluates the effects of some pretreatment processes to improve the enzymatic hydrolysis of oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) for ethanol production. The experimental results show that the bisulfite pretreatment was practical for EFB pretreatment. Moreover, the optimum pretreatment conditions of the bisulfite pretreatment (180 °C, 30 min, 8% NaHSO3, 1% H2SO4) were identified. In the experiments, a biorefinery process of EFB was proposed to produce ethanol, xylose products, and lignosulfonates.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Ji-nan City 250100, China.
authors.forename: Liping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Yongcheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xuezhi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yinbo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Yuen May
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.forename: Soh Kheang
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Loh
mesh_terms: D000468:Alkalies / Q000494:pharmacology; D028023:Arecaceae / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects; D055162:Biocatalysis / Q000187:drug effects; D056804:Biofuels; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation / Q000187:drug effects; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction / Q000187:drug effects; D010100:Oxygen / Q000494:pharmacology; D000073878:Palm Oil; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D013447:Sulfites / Q000494:pharmacology; D013464:Sulfuric Acids / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000468:Alkalies; D056804:Biofuels; D010938:Plant Oils; D013447:Sulfites; D013464:Sulfuric Acids; D000431:Ethanol; D000073878:Palm Oil; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D005947:Glucose; C033158:sulfuric acid; C042345:hydrogen sulfite; D010100:Oxygen