Enhanced ethanol production by removal of cutin and epicuticular waxes of wheat straw by plasma assisted pretreatment

Zsófia Kádár; Nadja Schultz-Jensen; J. S. Jensen; Mads A. T. Hansen; Frank Leipold; Anne-Belinda Bjerre

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.05.012

Enhanced ethanol production by removal of cutin and epicuticular waxes of wheat straw by plasma assisted pretreatment

Zsófia Kádár, Nadja Schultz-Jensen, J. S. Jensen, Mads A. T. Hansen, Frank Leipold, Anne-Belinda Bjerre

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Abstract

The removal of cutin and epicuticular waxes of wheat straw by PAP (plasma assisted pretreatment) was investigated. Wax removal was observed by Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) as chemical change on the surface of most intensively pretreated samples as well as with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) imaging. Compounds resulting from wax degradation were analyzed in the washing water of PAP wheat straw. The wax removal enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis yield and, consequently, the efficiency of wheat straw conversion into ethanol. In total, PAP increased the conversion rate of the raw material carbohydrate content up to 67%, compared to untreated raw material.

Original language	English
Journal	Biomass and Bioenergy
Volume	81
Pages (from-to)	26-30
ISSN	0961-9534
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.05.012
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Bioethanol
Enzymatic hydrolysis
Plasma assisted pretreatment
Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
Wax removal
Fermentation

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Kádár, Z., Schultz-Jensen, N., Jensen, J. S., Hansen, M. A. T., Leipold, F., & Bjerre, A-B. (2015). Enhanced ethanol production by removal of cutin and epicuticular waxes of wheat straw by plasma assisted pretreatment. Biomass and Bioenergy, 81, 26-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.05.012

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