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ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 3-4, Pages 177-184Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2009.10.012
Keywords
Bioethanol; Palm kernel press cake; Mannan; Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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- Novozymes A/S
- Spanish Government
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Palm kernel press cake (PKC) is a residue of palm oil extraction, which was found to contain 48.5% of total carbohydrates of which 35.2% was mannan. The present study examines enzymatic hydrolysis of polysaccharides from the cell-wall material present in PKC to obtain monosaccharides that can be substrate in various fermentation processes such as ethanol production. The requirements for pretreatment were investigated and it was found that mannan in PKC was readily hydrolysed without any pretreatment. Several enzyme preparations were tested and Mannaway 25L was found as the best for releasing mannose, and Gammanase 1.0L worked well in degrading cellulose and mannose. Binary mixtures of enzymes were tested to increase the conversion, and 1:1 mixture of Mannaway 25L and Gammanase 1.0L showed good synergistic effect releasing 30% more mannose than the sum obtained using these enzymes individually. Using an enzyme loading of 2.3 mg protein/g PKC resulted in 63% of mannan in PKC being hydrolysed to mannose in 24 h, and in 96 h a total of 365 g mannose and glucose could be produced per kg PKC Finally, PKC was hydrolysed and fermented using Saccharomyces cerevisiae with an ethanol yield of 125 g/kg PKC. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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