Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 235, Issue -, Pages 35-42Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.031
Keywords
Microwave; Salt pretreatment; Sugarcane leaves; Lignocellulosic biomass
Funding
- National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) [101275]
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This paper presents a method to pretreat sugarcane leaf waste using microwave-assisted (MA) inorganic salt to enhance enzymatic saccharification. The effects of process parameters of salt concentration, microwave power intensity and pretreatment time on reducing sugar yield from sugarcane leaf waste were investigated. Pretreatment models based on MA-NaCl, MA-ZnCl2 and MA-FeCl3 were developed with high coefficients of determination (R-2 > 0.8) and optimized. Maximum reducing sugar yield of 0.406 g/g was obtained with 2 M FeCl3 at 700W for 3.5 min. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared analysis (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) showed major changes in lignocellulosic structure after MA-FeCl3 pretreatment with 71.5% hemicellulose solubilization. This regime was further assessed on sorghum leaves and Napier grass under optimal MA-FeCl3 conditions. A 2-fold and 3.1-fold increase in sugar yield respectively were observed compared to previous reports. This pretreatment was highly effective for enhancing enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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