scholarly journals Biofuel Manufacturing from Woody Biomass: Effects of Sieve Size Used in Biomass Size Reduction

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Xiaoxu Song ◽  
T. W. Deines ◽  
Z. J. Pei ◽  
Donghai Wang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Woody Biomass ◽  
Sugar Yield ◽  
Size Reduction ◽  
Particle Sizes ◽  
Poplar Wood ◽  
Sieve Size ◽  
Hydrolysis Process ◽  
Milling Machines ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Size reduction is the first step for manufacturing biofuels from woody biomass. It is usually performed using milling machines and the particle size is controlled by the size of the sieve installed on a milling machine. There are reported studies about the effects of sieve size on energy consumption in milling of woody biomass. These studies show that energy consumption increased dramatically as sieve size became smaller. However, in these studies, the sugar yield (proportional to biofuel yield) in hydrolysis of the milled woody biomass was not measured. The lack of comprehensive studies about the effects of sieve size on energy consumption in biomass milling and sugar yield in hydrolysis process makes it difficult to decide which sieve size should be selected in order to minimize the energy consumption in size reduction and maximize the sugar yield in hydrolysis. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap in the literature. In this paper, knife milling of poplar wood was conducted using sieves of three sizes (1, 2, and 4 mm). Results show that, as sieve size increased, energy consumption in knife milling decreased and sugar yield in hydrolysis increased in the tested range of particle sizes.

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Investigation on the Effects of Biomass Particle Size in Cellulosic Biofuel Production

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Donghai Wang
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Enzymatic Hydrolysis ◽  
Wheat Straw ◽  
Corn Stover ◽  
Sugar Yield ◽  
Size Reduction ◽  
Particle Sizes ◽  
Big Bluestem ◽  
Biomass Particle Size

Biofuels derived from cellulosic biomass offer one of the best near- to midterm alternatives to petroleum-based liquid transportation fuels. Biofuel conversion is mainly done through a biochemical pathway in which size reduction, pelleting, pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, and fermentation are main processes. Many studies reveal that biomass particle size dictates the energy consumption in the size reduction. Biomass particle size also influences sugar yield in enzymatic hydrolysis, and biofuel yield in fermentation is approximately proportional to the former enzymatic hydrolysis sugar yield. Most reported studies focus on the effects of biomass particle size on a specific process; as a result, in the current literature, there is no commonly accepted guidance to select the overall optimum particle size in order to minimize the energy consumption and maximize sugar yield. This study presents a comprehensive experimental investigation converting three types of biomass (big bluestem, wheat straw, and corn stover) into fermentable sugars and studies the effects of biomass particle size throughout the multistep bioconversion. Three particle sizes (4 mm, 2 mm, and 1 mm) were produced by knife milling and were pelletized with an ultrasonic pelleting system. Dilute acid method was applied to pretreat biomass before enzymatic hydrolysis. Results suggested 2 mm is the optimum particle size to minimize energy consumption in size reduction and pelleting and to maximize sugar yield among the three particle sizes for big bluestem and wheat straw biomass. Nevertheless, there is no significant difference in sugar yield for corn stover for the three particle sizes.

Size Reduction of Cellulosic Biomass in Biofuel Manufacturing: Effects of Milling Orientation on Sugar Yield

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Xiaoxu Song ◽  
P. F. Zhang ◽  
Q. Zhang ◽  
Z. J. Pei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Metal Cutting ◽  
Sugar Yield ◽  
Size Reduction ◽  
Cellulosic Biomass ◽  
Poplar Wood ◽  
Cellulosic Biofuels ◽  
First Time

Cellulosic biofuels can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the nation’s dependence on foreign oil. In order to convert cellulosic biomass into biofuels, size reduction of biomass is a necessary step. Most related studies in the literature claimed that smaller particles produced higher sugar yields. However, some researchers reported that this claim was not always true. The literature does not have satisfactory explanations for the inconsistence. This paper presents an experimental study on size reduction of poplar wood using a metal cutting process (milling). The results provided one explanation for this inconsistence. It was found for the first time that milling orientation had a strong effect on poplar wood sugar yield. Although smaller poplar particles had a higher sugar yield when they were milled from the same orientation, this trend did not exist for particles milled from different orientations.

scholarly journals SIZE REDUCTION OF POPLAR WOOD USING A LATHE FOR BIOFUEL MANUFACTURING: EFFECTS OF BIOMASS CRYSTALLINITY ON SUGAR YIELD

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Xiaoxu Song ◽  
Z. J. Pei ◽  
T. W. Deines ◽  
Donghai Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Yield ◽  
Size Reduction ◽  
Poplar Wood

Effects of cutting orientation in poplar wood biomass size reduction on enzymatic hydrolysis sugar yield

2015 ◽  
Vol 194 ◽  
pp. 407-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Xiaohui Ju ◽  
Xiaoxu Song ◽  
Xiao Zhang ◽  
Z.J. Pei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enzymatic Hydrolysis ◽  
Sugar Yield ◽  
Size Reduction ◽  
Poplar Wood ◽  
Wood Biomass

Size Reduction of Poplar Wood Using a Lathe for Biofuel Manufacturing: A Preliminary Experiment

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxu Song ◽  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Z. J. Pei ◽  
T. Deines ◽  
Q. Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chip Thickness ◽  
Crystallinity Index ◽  
Particle Formation ◽  
Sugar Yield ◽  
Size Reduction ◽  
Formation Mechanisms ◽  
Poplar Wood ◽  
Transportation Fuels ◽  
Cross Section Area ◽  
Reduction Methods

Poplar wood can be used as feedstocks for manufacturing of cellulosic biofuels (e.g., ethanol) as liquid transportation fuels. Producing ethanol from poplar wood involves reducing poplar wood into small particles, hydrolyzing cellulose inside poplar particles to fermentable sugars, and converting these sugars to ethanol. Size reduction is usually done by wood chipping and biomass milling. In the literature on poplar biofuels, there are no reports on particle formation mechanisms or effects of size reduction on sugar yield. One important reason for the lack of such knowledge is that particle formation in current size reduction methods is not well controlled. This paper presents the first attempt to use a lathe to generate poplar particles (or chips) with well controlled mechanisms of chip formation. The objective is to experimentally determine relations among chip thickness, uncut chip cross-section area, shear angle (representing the deformation severity of the chips), crystallinity index, and sugar yield.

scholarly journals Effect of Severity Factor on the Subcritical Water and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Coconut Husk for Reducing Sugar Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 786-797
Author(s):  
Maktum Muharja ◽  
Nur Fadhilah ◽  
Rizki Fitria Darmayanti ◽  
Hanny Frans Sangian ◽  
Tantular Nurtono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enzymatic Hydrolysis ◽  
Subcritical Water ◽  
Biomass Conversion ◽  
Reducing Sugar ◽  
Sugar Yield ◽  
Sugar Production ◽  
Severity Factor ◽  
Coconut Husk ◽  
Hydrolysis Process ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Preventing the further degradation of monomeric or oligomeric sugar into by-product during biomass conversion is one of the challenges for fermentable sugar production. In this study, the performance of subcritical water (SCW) and enzymatic hydrolysis of coconut husk toward reducing sugar production was investigated using a severity factor (SF) approach. Furthermore, the optimal condition of SCW was optimized using response surface methodology (RSM), where the composition changes of lignocellulose and sugar yield as responses. From the results, at low SF of SCW, sugar yield escalated as increasing SF value. In the enzymatic hydrolysis process, the effect of SCW pressure is a significant factor enhancing sugar yield. A maximum total sugar yield was attained on the mild SF condition of 2.86. From this work, it was known that the SF approach is sufficient parameter to evaluate the SCW and enzymatic hydrolysis of coconut husk. Copyright © 2020 BCREC Group. All rights reserved 

Production of Asbestos-free Brake Pad Using Groundnut Shell as Filler Material

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. C. Solomon ◽  
M. T. Lilly ◽  
J. I. Sodiki
Keyword(s):  
Phenolic Resin ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Filler Material ◽  
Particle Sizes ◽  
Brake Pad ◽  
Brake Pads ◽  
Environmental Friendly ◽  
Sieve Size ◽  
Groundnut Shell ◽  
The Cost

The development and evaluation of brake pads using groundnut shell (GS) particles as substitute material for asbestos were carried out in this study. This was with a view to harnessing the properties of GS, which is largely deposited as waste, and in replacing asbestos which is carcinogenic in nature despite its good tribological and mechanical properties. Two sets of composite material were developed using varying particle sizes of GS as filler material, with phenolic resin as binder with percentage compositions of 45% and 50% respectively. Results obtained indicate that the compressive strength and density increase as the sieve size of the filler material decreases, while water and oil absorption rates increase with an increase in sieve size of GS particle. This study also indicates that the cost of producing brake pad can be reduced by 19.14 percent if GS is use as filler material in producing brake pad. The results when compared with those of asbestos and industrial waste showed that GS particle can be used as an effective replacement for asbestos in producing automobile brake pad. Unlike asbestos, GS-based brake pads are environmental friendly, biodegradable and cost effective.

Antioxidant Activity of Silk Fibroin Peptide Hydrolyzed by Pancreatin

2014 ◽  
Vol 1081 ◽  
pp. 110-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Zhu ◽  
Hua Yin ◽  
Yan An
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Nitrogen Content ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Amino Nitrogen ◽  
Free Radical Scavenging ◽  
Hydrolysis Process ◽  
Superoxide Free Radical ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

This research adopts the pancreatin hydrolysis of silk fibroin active peptide, evaluate the antioxidant activity of hydrolysates. In the process of hydrolysis of silk fibroin, by measuring the amino nitrogen content of neutral formaldehyde titration method. Find the amino nitrogen content gradually stabilized at around 0.37g/L, and superoxide free radical scavenging rate changing with time fluctuation trend, superoxide free radical scavenging rate to a maximum of 65.03% at 220min.The use of silk fibroin hydrolysis process optimization,reaction time 160min, enzyme concentration4% , substrate concentration 20mg/ml, pH 8, temperature 38°C. The hydrolysis process under the hydrolysate on superoxide radical scavenging rate of 72.73%. The scavenging rate of hydroxyl radical is 47.24%. Red blood cell hemolysis induced by H2O2 inhibition rate was 24.30%.

Optimization of steam pretreatment conditions for enzymatic hydrolysis of poplar wood

Holzforschung ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fokko Schütt ◽  
Jürgen Puls ◽  
Bodo Saake
Keyword(s):  
Enzymatic Hydrolysis ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Steam Pretreatment ◽  
Alkaline Extraction ◽  
Poplar Wood ◽  
Steam Refining ◽  
Severity Factor ◽  
Short Rotation ◽  
Pretreatment Conditions ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Abstract Steam refining was investigated as a pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of poplar wood from a short rotation plantation. The experiments were carried out without debarking to use an economically realistic raw material. Steam refining conditions were varied in the range of 3–30 min and 170–220°C, according to a factorial design created with the software JMP from SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA. Predicted steaming conditions for highest glucose and xylose yields after enzymatic hydrolysis were at 210°C and 15 min. Control tests under the optimized conditions verified the predicted results. Further pretreatments without bark showed that the enzymes were not significantly inhibited by the bark. The yield of glucose and xylose was 61.9% of theoretical for the experiments with the whole raw material, whereas the yield for the experiments without bark was 63.6%. Alkaline extraction of lignin from the fibers before enzymatic hydrolysis resulted in an increase of glucose yields from mild pretreated fibers and a decrease for severe pretreated fibers. The extracted lignin had a high content of xylose of up to 14% after very mild pretreatments. On the other hand, molecular weights of the extracted lignin increased substantially after pretreatments with a severity factor above 4. Hence, alkaline extraction of the lignin seems only attractive in a narrow range of steaming conditions.

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