SGD Paper 
Zhao X, et al. (2013) Batch and multi-step fed-batch enzymatic saccharification of Formiline-pretreated sugarcane bagasse at high solid loadings for high sugar and ethanol titers. Bioresour Technol 135():350-6
Abstract: Formiline pretreatment pertains to a biomass fractionation process. In the present work, Formiline-pretreated sugarcane bagasse was hydrolyzed with cellulases by batch and multi-step fed-batch processes at 20% solid loading. For wet pulp, after 144h incubation with cellulase loading of 10FPU/g dry solid, fed-batch process obtained ~150g/L glucose and ~80% glucan conversion, while batch process obtained ~130g/L glucose with corresponding ~70% glucan conversion. Solid loading could be further increased to 30% for the acetone-dried pulp. By fed-batch hydrolysis of the dried pulp in pH4.8 buffer solution, glucose concentration could be 247.3?1.6g/L with corresponding 86.1?0.6% glucan conversion. The enzymatic hydrolyzates could be well converted to ethanol by a subsequent fermentation using Saccharomices cerevisiae with ethanol titer of 60-70g/L. Batch and fed-batch SSF indicated that Formiline-pretreated substrate showed excellent fermentability. The final ethanol concentration was 80g/L with corresponding 82.7% of theoretical yield.
| Status: Published | Type: Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | PubMed ID: 23127840 |
