Journal
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 145, Issue -, Pages 858-866Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.06.083
Keywords
High-solids loading; Tea-seed cake; Corncob residues; Simultaneous saccharification and ethanol; fermentation
Funding
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products [GXFC16-01]
- specific research project of Guangxi for research bases and talents [AD18126005]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2017PT13]
- China Scholarship Council
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The feasibility of high-solids simultaneous saccharification and ethanol production was investigated using unwashed corncob residues (CRs) with tea-seed cake (TSC). Tea saponin of TSC could serve as an accelerant to enhance ethanol production and reduce the dosage of enzymes. The proteins of TSC could be the nitrogen resource for yeast. The effects of substrate concentration (10%, 15%, and 20% (w/w)), enzyme dosage (2.5-15 FPU/g-cellulose), and types of media on ethanol production were evaluated. An ethanol yield of 86.56% of the theoretical maximum could be obtained at a substrate concentration of 15% (w/w) with 10 FPUJg-cellulose. Furthermore, fermentations in different media showed that the surface tension (49.21 mN/m) and contact angle (42.6 degrees) of the fermentation system with TSC were lower than those from the other systems. This study found that adding TSC to the fermentation system was an attractive strategy to achieve high ethanol yield without any pretreatment. Comprehensive utilization of CRs and TSC as feedstocks for ethanol production can reduce the cost of biorefineries with environmental benefits. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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