Ethanol production by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation from cashew apple bagasse pre-treated with acid-alkali

• Main Author: Emanuel Meneses Barros
• Other Authors: Luciana Rocha Barros GonÃalves
• Format: Others
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal do Cearà 2015
• Subjects: Batelada alimentada; Kluyveromyces marxianus; PrÃ-sacarificaÃÃo; Etanol - ProduÃÃo; Fed-batch; Pre-saccharification; ENGENHARIA QUIMICA
• Online Access: http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=15733

Neste trabalho foi estudadaaproduÃÃo de etanol por processos de SacarificaÃÃo e FermentaÃÃo SimultÃneas (SSF) usando o bagaÃo de caju prÃ-tratado com Ãcido-Ãlcali (CAB-OH) como matÃria-prima. Nos processos de SSF foi utilizada a levedura KluyveromycesmarxianusATCC36907e o complexo enzimÃtico Celluclast 1.5L (30 FPU.gcelulose-1). Os experimentos foram conduzidos em Erlenmeyers de 250 mL com 100 mL de meio SSF (tampÃo citrato de sÃdio 50 mMapH 4,8; suplementado com 1 g/L de extrato de levedura e 1 g/L de sulfato de amÃnio, e a carga de CAB-OH desejada em %m/V), a concentraÃÃo inicial de cÃlulas de 5 g/L, temperatura de 40ÂC e rotaÃÃo de 150 rpm. Primeiramente, um processo em batelada foi realizado para avaliar a necessidade de suplementaÃÃo com a enzima celobiase (NS50010âNovozymes) com atividade de 60 CBU/gcelulose-1. O processo SSF conduzido com a suplementaÃÃo decelobiaseobteveuma maior produÃÃo mÃxima de etanol (30 g/L) e maior eficiÃncia (93%) em relaÃÃo ao nÃo-suplementado, sendo os estudos posteriores conduzidos com as enzimas celulases e celobiases. Em seguida, realizou-se o estudo da avaliaÃÃo da carga de CAB-OH (7,5, 10, 15 e 20 %m/V), em processos sem prÃ-sacarificaÃÃo (SSF) e comprÃ-sacarificaÃÃo(PSSF). A maiorconcentraÃÃo de etanol (58 g/L)ocorreu nos processos SSF com carga de 15%, sendo esse tambÃm o de maior produtividade, e PSSF com carga de 20%, nÃo apresentando diferenÃa significativa na produÃÃo mÃxima de etanol entre os dois processos. No entanto, osprocessos SSF e PSSFusando 10% CAB-OH apresentaram a maioreficiÃncia (98%)e rendimento global em etanol do estudo (40gEtanol/KgCAB).Posteriormente, foram realizadas estratÃgias de alimentaÃÃo, em conjunto com processos SSF, de forma a eliminar efeitos inibitÃrios presentes em processos em batelada com elevadas cargas de sÃlidos. Foram avaliadas estratÃgias de alimentaÃÃo de substrato: duas com carga inicial de 10% e atingindo 20% (uma com duas alimentaÃÃes e outra com quatro) e uma com carga inicial de 15% e final de 25% (quatro alimentaÃÃes). Todos os processos, exceto os de carga de 7,5%, apresentaram %Vetanol/VsoluÃÃo acima de 4% e os processos em batelada alimentada atingiram a maior produÃÃo de etanol do estudo(68g/L). Os processos com carga inicial de 10 % e final de 20 % apresentaram uma maior eficiÃncia (81 %), porÃm o processo que apresentou maior produtividade foi com carga inicial de 15% e final de 25% (2,4 g/L.h), e tambÃm rendimento global em etanol elevado (32 gEtanol/KgCAB), de forma que esse foi o processo com melhores resultados do presente estudo. Com isso, o CAB-OH se mostrou um substrato promissor para a produÃÃo de etanol por processos SSF e PSSF, conduzidosem batelada e batelada alimentada, utilizando elevadas cargas de sÃlidos. === In this work was studied ethanol production from cashew apple bagasse after acid followed by alkali pretreatment (CAB-OH) using theSimultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) processes. In SSF process was utilized the yeast Kluyveromycesmarxianus ATCC36907and the enzymatic complex Celluclast1.5L (30 FPU.gcellulose-1). The assays were conducted in 250mL Erlenmeyer flasks with 100mL of culture medium (sodium citrate buffer 50mM pH 4.8, supplemented with yeast extract 1 g/L and ammonium sulfate 1 g/L and the desired bagasse concentration in %w/v), the initial cells concentration was 5 g/L, the temperature was 40ÂC and 150rpm of rotation. First, a batch process was performed to evaluate the enzymatic supplementation of culture medium with cellobiase (NS50010-Novozymes) with an activity of 60 CBU.gcellulose-1. The supplemented process with cellobiase had the highest ethanol production (30 g/L) and ethanol efficiency (93%) than the non-supplemented and the subsequent studies were performed with supplementation. After, was realized the evaluation of CAB-OH load (7.5, 10, 15 e 20%w/V) in processes with (PSSF) and without pre-saccharification (SSF). The highest ethanol production corresponded to SSF processes with bagasse load of 15%, this being also the highest productivity, and PSSF with bagasse concentration of 20% and these processes were statistic similar within the standard deviation of the samples in relation to ethanol production. However, the SSF and PSSF processes with 10% of dry matter had the highest efficiency (98%) and yield feedstock in ethanol of study (32gEthanol/KgCAB). After, feeding strategies with SSF processes have been made to eliminate inhibitory effects in batch processes with high loadings of solids. There were evaluated feeding strategies: two with initial CAB-OH load of 10% and 20% in the end (a strategy with two feeds and one with four) and another with initial load of 15% and final of 25% (with four feeds). All processes, with the exception of 7.5% load, had %VethanolVsolution-1 above 4% and the fed batch processes reached a similar ethanol production (68 g/L), towering in 17% the ethanol concentration compared to batch process with load of 20%. All processes, with the exception of 7.5 % load, had %Vethanol/Vsolution above 4% and the fed batch processes reached the highest ethanol production of study (68 g/L). The processes with initial load of 10 % and final of 20 % reached a higher efficiency (81 %), but the process that reached the highest productivity was the process with the initial load of 15 % and final of 25 % (2,4 g/L.h), and high ethanol global yield too (32 gEthanol/KgCAB), so this process achieved the best results of present study. Based on the results presented, CAB-OH showed a promising substrate for ethanol production by SSF and PSSF processes, conducted by batch and fed batch method, using high loadings of solids.