Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 162, Issue 2, Pages 561-578Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-009-8748-z
Keywords
Sugarcane bagasse; Consolidated bioprocessing; CBP; Carboxylic acids; Bioconversion; MixAlco; CPDM; Thermophilic fermentation; Acetic acid
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Sugarcane bagasse and chicken manure were anaerobically fermented to carboxylic acids using a mixed culture of marine microorganisms at 55 A degrees C. Using the MixAlco process- an example of consolidated bioprocessing- the resulting carboxylate salts can be converted to mixed alcohol fuels or gasoline. To enhance digestibility, sugarcane bagasse was lime pretreated with 0.1 g Ca(OH)(2)/g dry biomass at 100 A degrees C for 2 h. Four-stage countercurrent fermentation of 80% sugarcane bagasse/20% chicken manure was performed at various volatile solids (VS) loading rates and liquid residence times. Calcium carbonate was used as a buffer during fermentation. The highest acid productivity of 0.79 g/(L day) occurred at a total acid concentration of 21.5 g/L. The highest conversion (0.59 g VS digested/g VS fed) and yield (0.18 g total acids/g VS fed) occurred at a total acid concentration of 15.5 g/L. The continuum particle distribution model (CPDM) predicted the experimental total acid concentrations and conversions at an average error of 10.14% and 12.68%, respectively. CPDM optimizations show that high conversion (> 80%) and total acid concentration of 21.3 g/L are possible with 300 g substrate/(L liquid), 30 days liquid residence time, and 3 g/(L day) solid loading rate. Thermophilic fermentation has a higher acetate content (similar to 63 wt%) than mesophilic fermentation (similar to 39 wt%).
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