Butanol production from wheat straw by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation using Clostridium beijerinckii: Part I - Batch fermentation

Qureshi, N; Sahaa, BC; Hector, RE; Hughes, SR; Cotta, MA

HERO ID

1463258

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Journal Article

Year

2008

HERO ID 1463258
In Press No
Year 2008
Title Butanol production from wheat straw by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation using Clostridium beijerinckii: Part I - Batch fermentation
Authors Qureshi, N; Sahaa, BC; Hector, RE; Hughes, SR; Cotta, MA
Journal Biomass and Bioenergy
Volume 32
Issue 2
Page Numbers 168-175
Abstract Five different processes were investigated to produce acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) from wheat straw WS) by Clostridium beijerinckii P260. The five processes were fermentation of pretreated WS (Process I), separate hydrolysis and fermentation of WS to ABE without removing sediments (Process II), simultaneous hydrolysis and fermentation of WS without agitation (Process III), simultaneous hydrolysis and fermentation with additional sugar supplementation (Process M, and simultaneous hydrolysis and fermentation with agitation by gas stripping (Process V). During the five processes, 9.36, 13.12, 11.93, 17.92, and 21.42 g L-1 ABE was produced, respectively. Processes I-V resulted in productivities of 0.19, 0.14, 0.27, 0.19, and 0.31 g L-1 h(-1), respectively. it should be noted that Process V resulted in the highest productivity (0.31 g L-1 h(-1)). In the control experiment (using glucose), an ABE productivity of 0.30 g L-1 h(-1) was achieved. These results suggest that simultaneous hydrolysis of WS to sugars and. fermentation to butanol/ABE is an attractive option as compared with more expensive glucose to ABE fermentation. Further development of enzymes for WS hydrolysis with optimum characteristics similar to fermentation would make conversion of WS to butanol/ABE even more attractive. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Doi 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.07.004
Wosid WOS:000254107800010
Url http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0961953407001146
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Keyword butanol; acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE); wheat straw; Clostridium beijerinckii P260; saccharification; fermentation