Journal
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
Volume 56, Issue -, Pages 526-544Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.05.031
Keywords
High-solids loadings; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Lignocellulose conversion; Reactor design; Corn stover; Woody biomass
Funding
- United States Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture, Biomass Research and Development Initiative Grants [11000000836, 2011-10006-30363]
- Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station [12-05-116]
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Enzymatic hydrolysis is the unit operation in the lignocellulose conversion process that utilizes enzymes to depolymerize lignocellulosic biomass. The saccharide components released are the feedstock for fermentation. When performed at high-solids loadings (>= 15% solids, w/w), enzymatic hydrolysis potentially offers many advantages over conversions performed at low- or moderate-solids loadings, including increased sugar and ethanol concentrations and decreased capital and operating costs. The goal of this review is to provide a consolidated source of information on studies using high-solids loadings in enzymatic hydrolysis. Included in this review is a brief discussion of the limitations, such as a lack of available water, difficulty with mixing and handling, insufficient mass and heat transfer, and increased concentration of inhibitors, associated with the use of high solids, as well as descriptions and findings of studies that performed enzymatic hydrolysis at high-solids loadings. Reactors designed and/or equipped for improved handling of high-solids slurries are also discussed. Lastly, this review includes a brief discussion of some of the operations that have successfully scaled-up and implemented high-solids enzymatic hydrolysis at pilot- and demonstration-scale facilities. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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