Title
Kinetic study of the enzymatic hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse
Date Issued
01 July 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Carvalho M.L.
Sousa R.
Suarez C.A.G.
Rodrigues D.S.
Giordano R.C.
Giordano R.L.C.
Federal University of São Carlos
Publisher(s)
Association Brasiliera de Eng. Quimica / Braz. Soc. Chem. Eng.
Abstract
- This work presents a kinetic study of the enzymatic hydrolysis of three cellulosic substrates: filter paper (FP), used as a low recalcitrance substrate model; steam exploded sugarcane bagasse (SB); and weak acid pretreated SB (1:20 dry bagasse:H2SO4 solution 1% w/w), the last two delignified with 4% NaOH (w/w). The influence of substrate concentration was assessed in hydrolysis experiments in a shaker, using Accellerase® 1500, at pH 4.8, in 50 mM sodium citrate buffer. Cellulose loads (weightsubstrate/ weighttotal) were changed between 0.5%-13% (for FP) and 0.99%-9.09% (for SB). For FP and low loads of steam exploded SB, it was possible to fit pseudo-homogeneous Michaelis-Menten models (with inhibition). For FP and higher loads of steam exploded SB, modified Michaelis-Menten models were fitted. Besides, it was observed that, after retuning of the model parameters, it is possible to apply a model fitted for one situation to a different case. Chrastil models were also fitted and they were the only feasible approach for the highly recalcitrant acid-treated SB.
Start page
437
End page
447
Volume
30
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84876952908
Source
Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
ISSN of the container
01046632
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