Method of ethanol fermentation with cellulose at high-solids loading
AssigneeSouth China Agricultural University
InventorsHongdan ZHANG, Xinwen ZHANG
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Abstract
The present invention belongs to the field of biomass, and provides a method of ethanol fermentation with cellulose at high-solids loading. The method includes: mixing lignocellulose A treated with NaOH-enhanced ethanol solution and lignocellulose B treated with AlCl3-enhanced ethanol solution, adding water, and mixing to obtain a mixed cellulose solution; then adding a nutrient salt, sterilizing, saccharifying and fermenting, and supplementing mixed cellulose in the fermentation process; and after the completion of material supplementation, mixing the mixed cellulose and water according to a mass ratio of (30-45):100.
Claims6
A method of ethanol fermentation with cellulose at high-solids loading, comprising the following steps:
- 1) pretreatment:
- mixing a lignocellulose A pretreated with a NaOH-enhanced ethanol solution and a lignocellulose B pretreated with a AlCl3-enhanced ethanol solution in a ratio of (2:8) to (4:6) to obtain a mixed cellulose having a moisture content of 25 to 60%, and mixing the mixed cellulose and water according to a mass ratio of absolute dry cellulose to water of (7-10):100 to obtain a mixed cellulose solution;
- 2) sterilization treatment:
- adding nutrient salts to the mixed cellulose solution in step 1) for sterilization to obtain a sterilized solution;
- 3) saccharification and fermentation:
- adding cellulase and a yeast activation solution to the sterilized solution, and then performing simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, wherein a total time of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation is 24 to 200 h;
- 4) material supplementation treatment:
- supplementing a sterilized mixed cellulose to a fermentation tank in batches or continuously within 6 to 24 h after start of fermentation, wherein after a completion of material supplementation, a mass ratio of absolute dry cellulose to water is (30-45):100, and a final mixing ratio of the lignocellulose A to the lignocellulose B is (5:5) to (6.5:3.5);
- wherein materials are supplemented in batches:
- the material supplementation is performed for a first time after the start of fermentation for 5 to 7 h, and a ratio of the lignocellulose A to the lignocellulose B in the first material supplementation is (4:6) to (6:4);
- the material supplementation is performed for a second time after the start of fermentation for 11 to 13 h;
- and the material supplementation is performed for the last time after the start of fermentation for 22 to 24 h.
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