Effect of steam pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch for the production of sugars
Lignocellulose into fuel ethanol is the most feasible conversion route strategy in terms of sustainability. Oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) generated from palm oil production is a huge source of cellulosic material and represents a cheap renewable feedstock which awaits further commercial exploitat...
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| author | Shamsudin, Saleha Md Shah, Umi Kalsom Zainudin, Huzairi Abd Aziz, Suraini Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina Shirai, Yoshihito Hassan, Mohd Ali |
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| description | Lignocellulose into fuel ethanol is the most feasible conversion route strategy in terms of sustainability. Oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) generated from palm oil production is a huge source of cellulosic material and represents a cheap renewable feedstock which awaits further commercial exploitation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using steam at 0.28 MPa and 140 °C generated from the palm oil mill boiler as a pretreatment to enhance the digestibility of EFB for sugars production. The effects of steam pretreatment or autohydrolysis on chemical composition changes, polysaccharide conversion, sugar production and morphology alterations of four different types of EFB namely fresh EFB (EFB1), sterilized EFB (EFB2), shredded EFB (EFB3) and ground EFB (EFB4) were evaluated. In this study, the effects of steam pretreatment showed major alterations in the morphology of EFB as observed under the scanning electron microscope. Steam pretreated EFB2 was found to have the highest total conversion of 30% to sugars with 209 g kg−1 EFB. This production was 10.5 fold higher than for EFB1 and 1.6 fold and 1.7 fold higher than EFB3 and EFB4, respectively. The results suggested that pretreatment of EFB by autohydrolysis using steam from the mill boiler could be considered as being a suitable pretreatment process for the production of sugars. These sugars can be utilized as potential substrates for the production of various products such as fuel ethanol. |
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| spelling | upm-223562016-02-17T02:40:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22356/ Effect of steam pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch for the production of sugars Shamsudin, Saleha Md Shah, Umi Kalsom Zainudin, Huzairi Abd Aziz, Suraini Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina Shirai, Yoshihito Hassan, Mohd Ali Lignocellulose into fuel ethanol is the most feasible conversion route strategy in terms of sustainability. Oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) generated from palm oil production is a huge source of cellulosic material and represents a cheap renewable feedstock which awaits further commercial exploitation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using steam at 0.28 MPa and 140 °C generated from the palm oil mill boiler as a pretreatment to enhance the digestibility of EFB for sugars production. The effects of steam pretreatment or autohydrolysis on chemical composition changes, polysaccharide conversion, sugar production and morphology alterations of four different types of EFB namely fresh EFB (EFB1), sterilized EFB (EFB2), shredded EFB (EFB3) and ground EFB (EFB4) were evaluated. In this study, the effects of steam pretreatment showed major alterations in the morphology of EFB as observed under the scanning electron microscope. Steam pretreated EFB2 was found to have the highest total conversion of 30% to sugars with 209 g kg−1 EFB. This production was 10.5 fold higher than for EFB1 and 1.6 fold and 1.7 fold higher than EFB3 and EFB4, respectively. The results suggested that pretreatment of EFB by autohydrolysis using steam from the mill boiler could be considered as being a suitable pretreatment process for the production of sugars. These sugars can be utilized as potential substrates for the production of various products such as fuel ethanol. Elsevier 2012-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22356/1/Effect%20of%20steam%20pretreatment%20on%20oil%20palm%20empty%20fruit%20bunch%20for%20the%20production%20of%20sugars.pdf Shamsudin, Saleha and Md Shah, Umi Kalsom and Zainudin, Huzairi and Abd Aziz, Suraini and Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina and Shirai, Yoshihito and Hassan, Mohd Ali (2012) Effect of steam pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch for the production of sugars. Biomass and Bioenergy, 36. pp. 280-288. ISSN 0961-9534 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.040 |
| spellingShingle | Shamsudin, Saleha Md Shah, Umi Kalsom Zainudin, Huzairi Abd Aziz, Suraini Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina Shirai, Yoshihito Hassan, Mohd Ali Effect of steam pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch for the production of sugars |
| title | Effect of steam pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch for the production of sugars |
| title_full | Effect of steam pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch for the production of sugars |
| title_fullStr | Effect of steam pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch for the production of sugars |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of steam pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch for the production of sugars |
| title_short | Effect of steam pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch for the production of sugars |
| title_sort | effect of steam pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch for the production of sugars |
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