Application of thermophilic enzymes and water jet system to cassava pulp

作者：Chaikaew Siri****; Maeno Yuka; Visessanguan Wonnop; Ogura Kota; Sugino Gaku; Lee Seung Hwan; Ishikawa Kazuhiko^*

来源：Bioresource Technology, 2012, 126: 87-91.

DOI：10.1016/j.biortech.2012.09.020

• Water jet
• Biomass
• Cellulose
• Nanofiber
• Cellulase

Co-production of fermentable sugars and nanofibrillated cellulose from cassava pulp was achieved by the combination of thermophilic enzymes (endoglucanase, beta-glucosidase, and alpha-amylase) and a new atomization system (Star Burst System; SBS), which employs opposing water jets. The SBS represents a key technology for providing cellulose nanofibers and improving the enzymatic saccharification of cassava pulp. Depending on the enzymes used, the production of glucose from cassava pulp treated with the SBS was 1.2- to 2.5-fold higher than that from pulp not treated with the SBS. Nanofibrillated cellulose with the gel-like property in suspension was produced (yield was over 90%) by alpha-amylase treatment, which completely released trapped starch granules from the fibrous cell wall structure of cassava pulp pretreated with the SBS. The SBS provides an environmentally low-impact pretreatment system for processing biomass material into value-added products.

• 出版日期2012-12