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- Aguilera, Adriana Freites, et al.
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Screening of ion exchange resin catalysts for epoxidation of oleic acid under the influence of conventional and microwave heating
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of chemical technology and biotechnology (1986). - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0268-2575 .- 1097-4660. ; 94:9, s. 3020-3031
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: For many chemical systems, it is of great importance to find a durable, active and efficient catalyst that improves the process performance. Epoxidation of oleic acid with peracetic acid (Prilezhaev oxidation) was carried out in an isothermal loop reactor in the presence of heterogeneous catalysts. The kinetic experiments conducted under microwave heating (MW) were compared with identical experiments carried out under conventional (conductive/convective) heating. Extensive screening of heterogeneous catalysts was conducted and the influence of microwave irradiation on the reaction kinetics was studied. Several ion exchange resins were screened to explore their applicability and activity in the epoxidation of oleic acid. The perhydrolysis reaction (peracetic acid formed in situ from acetic acid and H2O2) was promoted with the use of various solid acid catalysts: Amberlite IR-120, Amberlyst 15, Smopex®, Dowex 50x8-100, Dowex 50x8-50, Dowex 50x2-100 and Nafion™.Results: From the selected group of catalysts, Dowex 50-x8100 and Dowex 50x8-50 produced the highest yield of epoxidized oil. Only minor differences in the reactant conversion and the product yield were found in the experiments carried out under microwave exposure compared to the conventionally heated experiments in the presence of several ion exchange resins.Conclusions: The catalytic effect was much more prominent than the microwave effect, because the solid acid catalysts enhanced the slow step of the process, the perhydrolysis of acetic acid. The catalytic effect was very dominant and a considerable improvement of the oleic acid conversion and the epoxide yield was observed in the presence of the top-performing catalysts.
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- Akerberg, C, et al.
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A kinetic model for enzymatic wheat starch saccharification
- 2000
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Ingår i: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. - 0268-2575. ; 75:4, s. 306-314
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A kinetic model describing the enzymatic saccharification of wheat starch by a mixture of ol-amylase and amyloglucosidase has been developed. The model describes the influence of pH, glucose inhibition and starch and enzyme concentration, The results of experimental saccharification under different physical conditions, eg pH and temperature, were used to determine the parameters in the model. The dominant enzyme in the mixture was amyloglucosidase and the maximum rate of saccharification due to this enzyme was found to be optimal at pH 5, and increased Five-Fold when the temperature was increased from 30 to 55 degrees C, Saccharification due to the action of amyloglucosidase was inhibited by the glucose produced and simulation showed that the maximum rate of saccharification decreased by 58% at a starch concentration of 140gdm(-3) compared with a starch concentration much less than 110 gdm(-3) where the effect of glucose inhibition was negligible, (C) 2000 society of Chemical Industry.
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- Almeida, Joao, et al.
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Increased tolerance and conversion of inhibitors in lignocellulosic hydrolysates by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- 2007
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Ingår i: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. - : Wiley. - 0268-2575 .- 1097-4660. ; 82:4, s. 340-349
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- During hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass, monomeric sugars and a broad range of inhibitory compounds are formed and released. These inhibitors, which can be organized around three main groups, furans, weak acids and phenolics, reduce ethanol yield and productivity by affecting the microorganism performance during the fermentation step. Among the microorganisms that have been evaluated for lignocellulosic hydrolysate ethanol fermentation, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae appears to be the least sensitive. In order to overcome the effect of inhibitors, strategies that include improvement of natural tolerance of microorganism and use of fermentation control strategies have been developed. An overview of the origin, effects and mechanisms of action of known inhibitors on S. cerevisiae is given. Fermentation control strategies as well as metabolic, genetic and evolutionary engineering strategies to obtain S. cerevisiae strains with improved tolerance are discussed.
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- Axelsson, Anders, et al.
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Performance of batch and continuous reactors with co-immobilized yeast and beta-galactosidase
- 1991
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Ingår i: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. - : Wiley. - 0268-2575 .- 1097-4660. ; 52:2, s. 227-241
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The anaerobic fermentation of deproteinized whey with beta-galactosidase coimmobilized with Saccharomyces cerevisiae in calcium alginate gel beads for the production of ethanol has been studied in a continuous horizontal packed bed reactor (HPBR). The results are compared with batch experiments in a stirred tank reactor. The immobilized yeast cells are exposed to conditions that vary with time and location in the reactor, making a true steady state impossible. In spite of a very low specific growth rate-of the order of 0.01 h-1 in the first section of the HPBR-the yeast cell growth, accompanied by bead expansion in this section, was high enough to create a cell concentration gradient along the reactor. The continuous reactor is preferable to the batch reactor as the galactose conversion is more efficient. The highest volumetric productivity obtained in the HPBR was 125 mol ethanol m-3 h-1 (6 g ethanol dm-3 h-1) at a substrate concentration of 164 mol m-3 lactose (56 g dm-3) and a dilution rate of 0.21 h-1, corresponding to a space velocity of 0.51 dm3 dm-3 gel h-1. The ethanol yield from consumed glucose and galactose was 80%. The ethanol yield from lactose was only 70%, as only 75% of the galactose was consumed while all the lactose and glucose were converted.
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- Axelsson, Anders, et al.
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Simulation of batch and continuous reactors with co-immobilized yeast and β-galactosidase
- 1991
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Ingår i: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. - : Wiley. - 0268-2575 .- 1097-4660. ; 52:4, s. 481-497
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A reaction-diffusion model was used to simulate a co-immobilized system utilizing the numerical method of orthogonal collocation. The production of ethanol from deproteinized whey using beta-galactosidase co-immobilized with Saccharomyces cerevisiae in calcium alginate gel beads was chosen as a model system. Calculated concentrations of lactose, glucose, galactose and ethanol were compared with experimental data for a batch reactor and a continuous horizontal packed-bed reactor. The mathematical model has been used to analyse the influence of internal and external mass transfer for the continuous reactor. The external mass transfer was shown to be of minor importance. The introduction of baffles decreased the backmixing in the horizontal packed-bed reactor. Internal mass transfer was found to be the main cause of the reduction in the apparent reaction rate. Thus, much of the expected increase in reaction rate is diminished by mass transfer hindrance when the cell concentration is increased.
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- Azwar, Edwin, et al.
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Liquefied biomass derived plasticizer for polylactide
- 2013
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Ingår i: Journal of chemical technology and biotechnology (1986). - : Wiley. - 0268-2575 .- 1097-4660. ; 88:5, s. 897-903
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: The valorization of renewable agro-industrial residues and their further utilization for production of polymers and polymer additives is a highly attractive alternative for replacement of oil-based materials. RESULTS: Liquefied wood flour and rice bran derived esters were synthesized and evaluated as novel green plasticizers for polylactide (PLA). The liquefied wood flour ester (PWF) showed good miscibility with PLA and good plasticization efficiency as shown by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and tensile testing. Tensile strain at break increased from a few percent for pure PLA to over 100 and 300% for the materials containing 10 and 30 wt-% of PWF. The addition of PWF accelerated the hydrolysis rate of PLA as shown by faster weight loss during aging in water and faster formation of water-soluble lactic acid oligomers, which was shown by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) analysis of the migrants. The liquefied rice bran based product (PRB) was not miscible with PLA and it did not improve the elongation at break of PLA. Rice bran is generally rich in arabinoxylans with only secondary less reactive alcohol groups. The larger number of un-reacted hydroxyl-groups in PRB was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and could explain the immiscibility with PLA. CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate that the synthesized liquefied wood flour derived plasticizer could have great potential as a biobased polylactide plasticizer.
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- Carrasco, Cristhian, et al.
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Arabinosylated phenolics obtained from SO2-steam-pretreated sugarcane bagasse
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. - : Wiley. - 0268-2575. ; 87:12, s. 1723-1726
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A pentose-rich hydrolysate fraction obtained by extraction of steam-pretreated sugarcane bagasse was analysed with regard to dissolved phenolics. The liquid obtained after steam pretreatment (2% SO2 (w/w) at 190 degrees C for 5 min) was divided into two parts: one containing dissolved compounds originating from hemicellulose (with xylose as the dominating compound), and the other containing predominantly dissolved compounds originating from lignin. Using nuclear magnetic resonance, the main dissolved compounds originating from lignin were identified as the glycosylated aromatics, 5-O-(trans-feruloyl)-L-Arabinofuranose and 5-O-(trans-coumaroyl)-L-Arabinofuranose, together with p-coumaric acid and small amounts of more common free phenolics such as p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, p-hydroxybenzoic acid and vanillin. The phenolic compounds were analysed and quantified using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The findings show that SO2 steam explosion opened up new degradation pathways during lignin degradation. Copyright (c) 2012 Society of Chemical Industry
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- Carrasco, Cristhian, et al.
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SO2-catalysed steam pretreatment of quinoa stalks
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. - : Wiley. - 0268-2575. ; 90:1, s. 64-71
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUNDQuinoa is a pseudo-cereal grown predominantly in South America. The quinoa stalks are lignocellulosic residues, which have a limited use today. The objective of the current study was to assess the potential of this material as a source of monosaccharides for fermentation purposes by means of steam pretreatment giving sugars from the hemicellulose part, and enzymatic hydrolysis of the solid fraction obtained. SO2 catalysed steam pretreatment was carried out with a holding time of 5min at temperatures between 180 and 220 degrees C. The pretreatment was carried out at two different scales, a small reactor of size 0.5L and a somewhat larger reactor of size 10L, to allow comparison of scale effects in the pretreatment. RESULTSThe highest xylose yield in the liquid phase, obtained after pretreatment at 210 degrees C, was 80%. In the smaller scale unit, longer residence times were needed. The enzymatic hydrolysis, at an enzyme loading of 15 FPU g(-1) glucan and a WIS loading of 2%, resulted in a glucose yield of 70% based on the original glucan. The overall sugar yield, including the xylan hydrolysed in the enzymatic treatment, at dilute conditions was 75%. CONCLUSIONSSO2 catalysed pretreatment of quinoa straw followed by enzymatic hydrolysis gave a relatively good sugar yield. However, the yield obtained was somewhat lower than previously reported for similar materials, such as wheat straw and sugarcane bagasse, steam pretreated with SO2. (c) 2013 Society of Chemical Industry
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- Chen, Genqiang, et al.
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Scale-up of production of bacterial nanocellulose using submerged cultivation
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of chemical technology and biotechnology (1986). - : Wiley. - 0268-2575 .- 1097-4660. ; 93:12, s. 3418-3427
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: More extensive utilization of bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) is severely restricted by the low efficiency and small scale of the traditional static cultivation. Submerged fermentation in stirred-tank reactors (STRs) is potentially favourable for large-scale production of BNC, but scale-up of cultivation remains challenging. Even though the STR is most commonly used for submerged cultivation in the fermentation industry, there are few previous attempts to scale-up production of BNC to pilot scale using an STR. Furthermore, the question of how scale-up of submerged cultivation affects the properties of the BNC has received very little attention. RESULTS: Four strains were compared in 250-mL shake flasks. Strain DHU-ATCC-1 displayed the highest volumetric productivity, 0.56 g L−1 d−1, and was then cultivated in a 400-mL STR, showing a similar productivity of 0.55 g L−1 d−1. Scale-up using a 75-L STR pilot bioreactor resulted in enhancement of the BNC production rate from 0.056 g d−1 in the shake flasks to 17.3 g d−1 in the 75-L STR, although the productivity decreased to 0.43 g L−1 d−1. During scale-up from shake flasks to 400-mL STR and further on to 75-L STR, the BNC fibers formed more bundles, whereas the fiber diameter decreased from 25.6 to 21.7 nm. The BNC from the 75-L STR exhibited a higher degree of polymerization, specifically 3230, higher degree of crystallinity, specifically 83%, larger crystallites, and improved strength including higher tensile energy absorption index and superior stretch at break. CONCLUSION: It is possible to enhance BNC production, and maintain or improve its properties when scaling up submerged cultivation in STRs.
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