Enzymatic Hydrolysis Condition of Pretreated Corncob by Oxalic Acid to Improve Ethanol Production

In this study, we investigated the features of bioethanol fermentation of corncob biomass after oxalic acid pretreatment as well as enzymatic hydrolysis. The enzymatic hydrolysis was performed with Accellerase 1000 and the highest yield of monomeric sugars ($64.8g/{\ell}$) was obtained at $50^{\circ}C$ and pH 4.5 for 96 hrs hydrolysis period. For the ethanol fermentation the monomeric sugars obtained from pretreated corncob were subjected to the biological treatment using Pichia stipitis CBS 6054. It was turned out that ethanol production from oxalic acid pretreated corncob was the most feasible at 10~14% of biomass loading as well as 15 FPU enzyme amount. Under these fermentation condition, the ethanol yield was approached to 0.47 after 24 hrs fermentation period, which was corresponded to 92.2% of conversion rate.

에탄올 생산 향상을 위한 옥살산 전처리 옥수숫대의 효소가수분해 조건 탐색

본 연구는 농업 부산물인 옥수숫대를 이용하여 옥살산 전처리와 효소가수분해를 통한 에탄올 발효 효율 향상조건을 탐색하였다. 옥살산 전처리 옥수숫대의 효소가수분해는 Accellerase 1000을 이용하였으며, $50^{\circ}C$ 온도조건과 pH 4.5에서 96시간 가수분해하여 가장 높은 단당류 수율인 $64.8g/{\ell}$의 단당류 수율을 나타냈다. 옥수숫대에서 생산된 단당류의 발효에는 Pichia stipitis CBS 6054를 공시균주로 사용하였고, 전처리 옥수숫대 및 효소 투입량이 각각 10~14%와 15 FPU 이었을 때 효율적인 에탄올 생산에 가장 적합한 것으로 판명되었다. 이러한 조건에서 24시간 발효 후에 약 88.2%의 에탄올 전환율에 해당되는 0.45의 에탄올 수율을 얻었다.