Pretreatment of cotton stalks with ionic liquids for enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose and ethanol production

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Haykır, Nazife Işık

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This study aims efficient conversion of cotton stalks to cellulosic ethanol through ionic liquid pretreatment and enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis. Among several ionic liquids, EMIMAc exhibited the most striking impact on cotton stalks with respect to the changes in biomass structure and digestibility. Cotton stalks, which were subjected to EMIMAc pretreatment at 10% (w cotton stalks/w EMIMAc) of biomass loading and 150°C for 30 minutes, were found to be 9 times more digestible than untreated cotton stalks. Besides, glucose and ethanol yields, which were based on the cellulose content of untreated cotton stalks, were found as 67% and 66%, respectively. These yields were insufficient regarding efficient conversion of the cellulosic portion of cotton stalks to glucose and ethanol which is linked to the superior solvation capability of EMIMAc towards biomass. In order to enhance aforementioned yields, EMIMAc pretreatment was conducted at 30% of biomass loading. Though lignin extracted was much lower, higher yields were obtained compared to the former case since 96% of cellulose was recovered upon EMIMAc pretreatment and reduced crystallinity was observed for pretreated biomass. Glucose yield was achieved as 84% even at a substrate loading of 15% (w/v). Additionally, 76% of ethanol yield and 3% (v/v) of ethanol titer were obtained upon fermentation. Accordingly, reduction in biomass crystallinity was satisfactory to improve enzymatic accessibility of the biomass. Besides, EMIMAc maintained its effectiveness as a pretreatment agent upon recycling since no change in terms of hydrolysis of pretreated samples was observed upon EMIMAc recycling for three times.

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Hydrolysis., Cotton., Cellulose., Ethanol.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/22271

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N. I. Haykır, “Pretreatment of cotton stalks with ionic liquids for enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose and ethanol production,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2013.