Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 104, Issue -, Pages 701-707Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.10.062
Keywords
Biomass recalcitrance; Activation; Ionic liquid; Fractionation
Funding
- Southeastern Sun Grant Initiative
- US Department of Agriculture, CSREES Wood Utilization Research
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Fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass is an attractive solution to develop an economically viable biorefinery by providing a saccharide fraction to produce fuels and a lignin stream that can be converted into high value products such as carbon fibers. In this study, the analysis of ionic liquid-activated biomass demonstrates that in addition of decreasing crystallinity, the selected ILs (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate, 1-buty1-3-methylimidazolium chloride and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate) deacetylate Yellow poplar under mild conditions (dissolution at 60-80 degrees C), and lower the degradation temperature of each biomass polymeric component, thereby reducing the recalcitrance of biomass. Among the three tested ILs, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate performed the best, providing a strong linear relationship between the level of deacetylation and the rate of enzymatic saccharification for Yellow poplar. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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