Surfactant-assisted ethylenediamine for the deconstruction and conversion of corn stover biomass.

Bioresour Technol

Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems, Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin, China; School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

Published: August 2023

Lignocellulosic biomass is a promising feedstock to produce sustainable fuels and energy toward a green bioeconomy. A surfactant-assisted ethylenediamine (EDA) was developed for the deconstruction and conversion of corn stover in this study. The effects of surfactants on the whole conversion process of corn stover was also evaluated. The results showed that xylan recovery and lignin removal in solid fraction were significantly enhanced by surfactant-assisted EDA. The glucan and xylan recoveries in solid fraction reached 92.1% and 65.7%, respectively, while the lignin removal was 74.5% by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-assisted EDA. SDS-assisted EDA also improved the sugar conversion in 12 h enzymatic hydrolysis at low enzyme loadings. The ethanol production and glucose consumption of washed EDA pretreated corn stover in simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation were improved with the addition of 0.001 g/mL SDS. Therefore, surfactant-assisted EDA showed the potential to improve the bioconversion performance of biomass.

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