BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM WOODY BIOMASS AFTER PRETREATMENT AND ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSE

  • Lacrimioara Senila
  • Adriana Gog
  • M. Senila
  • C. Varaticeanu
  • Cecilia Roman
  • Luminita Silaghi-Dumitrescu

Abstract

Abstract: The aim of this study was the production of bioethanol from wood by steam-explosion pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation of glucose. Separate hydrolysis and fermentation was applied for cellulose hydrolysis, followed by fermentation with S. cerevisiae. Using H2SO4 – impregnated of wood chips in steam pretreatment resulted in the high ethanol concentration. In this work, the steam-explosion pretreatment conditions for wood chips were optimized to obtain higher ethanol yield. A commercial enzymes mixture was used for enzymatic hydrolysis of wood.
Published
2010-08-14
Section
Research articles