• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1259-1266
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• 2016

Bioethanol was produced from Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed biomass using separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF). Pretreatment was evaluated for 60 min at 121℃ using 12% (w/v) biomass slurry with 364 mM H₂SO₄. Enzymatic saccharification was then carried out at 45℃ for 48 h using Celluclast 1.5 L. Ethanol fermentation with 12% (w/v) K. alvarezii hydrolyzate was performed using the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae KCTC1126, Kluyveromyces marxianus KCTC7150, and Candida lusitaniae ATCC42720 with or without prior adaptation to high concentrations of galactose. When non-adapted S. cerevisiae, K. marxianus, and C. lusitaniae were used, 11.5 g/l, 6.7 g/l, and 6.0 g/l of ethanol were produced, respectively. When adapted S. cerevisiae, K. marxianus, and C. lusitaniae were used, 15.8 g/l, 11.6 g/l, and 13.4 g/l of ethanol were obtained, respectively. The highest ethanol concentration was 15.8 g/l, with Y_EtOH = 0.43 and Y_T% = 84.3%, which was obtained using adapted S. cerevisiae.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.18-24
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• 2012

최근의 식량자원과 충돌의 우려가 있는 전분질계 에탄올 생산에 문제점이 대두되고 있고, 기존의 화석에너지를 대신할 새로운 재생가능 에너지개발에 대한 요구가 지속적으로 증가하면서 새로운 에너지 자원으로서 셀룰로오즈 계열 바이오매스가 지속적인 주목을 받고 있다. 하지만 지난 수십 년 간의 연구에도 불구하고 셀룰로오직 에탄올이 가격 경쟁력을 가지지 못하는 이유는 셀룰로오스 계열 바이오매스의 구성성분인 셀룰로오스, 헤미셀룰로오스, 리그닌의 분리과정이 어렵고, 전처리 과정 중 생산되는 부산물질에 의한 당화 및 발효율이 낮다는 점과, 당화를 위해 다량의 효소가 필요하고 가격이 비싸다는 점이다. 바이오 에탄올 생산을 위한 전처리 공정 기술을 상용화 단계까지 효율적이고, 경제적으로 구축하기 위해서는 경제성이 확보되고 원천 기술 적용이 가능한 바이오매스의 선정과 더불어 기존 기술들의 문제점을 파악, 극복하면서 전체 생산 수율을 높이는 동시에 에너지 저감형태의 새로운 전처리 공정 기술 개발이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제 점을 해결하기 위해 이전부터 많은 연구가 이루어진 농업 부산물 계열의 볏짚과 그 특성이 비슷할 것으로 보이는 보릿짚을 바이오매스로 선택하여 보편적으로 이용되고 있는 염기 전처리를 적용하여 그 특성에 대하여 파악해 보고자 하였다. 보릿짚은 볏짚과 비교하였을 때 셀룰로오스와 리그닌의 함량이 각각 41.60%와 17.56%로 그 함량이 비슷하게 나타났고 가축 사료로 사용되고 있는 볏짚에 비해 수급단가 또한 상대적으로 낮아 매우 경제적인 바이오매스로 보여진다. 보릿짚을 이용한 암모니아 침지 반응을 통한 볏짚과의 비교에서는 암모니아 농도; 15%, 반응온도; $60^{\circ}C$ 반응시간; 24hr의 조건에서 전처리 후 리그닌 제거율 29.09%, 가수분해도 64.78%(16.01 g/L), 에탄올 수율 56.50%(8.65 g/L)로 나타나 볏짚에 비해 그 효과가 낮은 것으로 나타났지만 암모니아에 의한 전처리에 상당한 효과가 있는 것으로 보여진다. NaOH 침지 반응은 NaOH 농도; 2%, 반응온도; $85^{\circ}C$, 반응시간; 1hr 동안 반응하여 볏짚과 암모니아 침지 반응에 대한 비교를 통해 그 특성을 파악하였다. NaOH 침지 반응 후 보릿짚의 상대적인 리그닌 제거율; 24.15%, 가수분해도; 58.40%(15.39 g/L), 에탄올 수율 52.56%(8.35 g/L)의 결과를 얻어, 보릿짚이 암모니아를 이용한 전처리와 NaOH를 이용한 전처리 즉 염기 용매를 이용한 전처리에 있어 효과적인 리그닌 제거가 가능한 것으로 결론 지을 수 있고 본 연구 결과를 바탕으로 차 후 NaOH와 암모니아 침지 반응 및 침출 반응의 최적화 연구를 통해 각 전처리의 최적화 조건을 설정할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

• 한국펄프종이공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국펄프종이공학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.101-110
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• 2011

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the different NaOH pretreatment concentrations (0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%, and 1.00%) on enzymatic saccharification (with cellulase, and ${\beta}$-glucosidase) and fermentation (by Saccharomyces cerevisiaeKCCM 11304) for bioethanol production from rice straw and rice husk. Pretreatment of rice straw and rice husk were conducted under both natural and powder state to observe the potentiality of the biomass condition (natural and powder state). In this study, glucose and ethanol production were increased with the increase of NaOH percentage for both rice straw and rice husk (natural and powder state). For rice straw, the highest amount of glucose was obtained in 1.00% NaOH pretreatment (0.81 g $g^{-1}$ in a natural, and 0.63 g $g^{-1}$ in a powder state pretreatment). Similarly, for rice husk, the highest amount of glucose was obtained in 1.00% NaOH pretreatment (0.47 g $g^{-1}$ in a natural, and 0.46 g $g^{-1}$ in a powder state pretreatment). However, 0.75% NaOH pretreatment resulted in glucose yield near about 1.00% NaOH pretreatment for both rice straw and rice husk (natural and powder state). On the other hand, for rice straw, the highest amount of ethanol was obtained in 1.00% NaOH pretreatment (0.36 g $g^{-1}$ in a natural, and 0.31 g $g^{-1}$ in a powder state pretreatment). In addition, for rice husk, the highest amount of ethanol was also obtained in 1.00% NaOH pretreatment (0.24 g $g^{-1}$ in a natural, and 0.23 g $g^{-1}$ in a powder state pretreatment). Moreover, 0.75% NaOH pretreatment resulted in ethanol yield near about 1.00% NaOH pretreatment for both rice straw and rice husk (natural and powder state). It was confirmed that higher amount of NaOH use is cost effective. Moreover, higher amount of glucose and ethanol was observed when powder was prepared after pretreatment. So 0.75% NaOH pretreatment in a natural state is supposed to be suitable for enzymatic saccharification and fermentation for bioethanol production.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.297-302
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• 2014

The autoclaving assisted by an irradiation pretreatment method was developed without toxic chemicals to produce fermentable sugars for their conversion to bioethanol. In the first step, electron beam irradiation (EBI) of rice straw was performed at various doses. The electron beam-irradiated rice straw was then autoclaved with DI water at $120^{\circ}C$ for 1 h. A total sugar yield of 81% was obtained from 300 kGy electron beam-irradiated rice straw after 72 h of enzymatic hydrolysis by Cellulase 1.5L (70 FPU/mL) and Novozyme-188 (40 CbU/mL). Also, the removal of hemicellulose and lignin was 32.0% and 32.5%, respectively. This result indicates that the environmentally-friendly pretreatment method of rice straw by an electron beam irradiation could be applied for bioethanol production in plant.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.182-194
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• 2017

The optimum alkali pretreatment parameters (reaction time, reaction temperature and potassium hydroxide concentration) for facilitate the conversion into fermentable sugar (glucose) from steam exploded (severity log Ro 2.45) barley husk were determined using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) based on a factorial Central Composite Design (CCD). The prediction of the response was carried out by a second-order polynomial model and regression analysis revealed that more than 88% of the variation can be explained by the models. The optimum conditions for maximum cellulose content were determined to be 201 min reaction time, $124^{\circ}C$ reaction temperature and 0.9% potassium hydroxide concentration. This data shows that the actual value obtained was similar to the predicted value calculated from the model. The pretreated barley husk using acid hydrolysis resulted in a glucose conversion of 94.6%. This research of steam explosion and alkali pretreatment was a promising method to improve cellulose-rich residue for lignocellulosic biomass.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.430-435
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• 2014

섬유소계 바이오매스의 주요 구성요소 간의 관계에 의한 물리적, 화학적 장벽은 셀룰로오스를 발효 가능한 당으로 전환시키는 효소당화를 방해한다. 전처리의 주 목적은 셀룰로오스의 효소당화율을 향상시키기 위하여 기질로의 효소접근성을 높이는 것으로, 전처리 공정의 발전은 지속적으로 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는, 간단하고, 상대적으로 저비용인 암모니아수에 의한 침지공정을 전처리방법로 채택하였다. 기질로는 국내 농업 잔류물 중 생산량이 높은 볏짚을 채택하였다. 암모니아수에 의한 침지 공정은 3, 12, 24 그리고 72시간 동안 수행되었다. 그리고 동시당화발효에 미치는 전처리의 효과를 조사하기 위해, 효소당화와 동시당화발효를 30, 40 그리고 $50^{\circ}C$에서 수행하였다. 연구 결과에 따르면, 볏짚이 암모니아수에 의한 침지 처리 되었을 때, 기존의 보편적인 동시당화발효와 비교하여 상대적으로 적은 효소사용량과 낮은 온도($30^{\circ}C$) 조건에서도 당화와 동시당화발효가 수행될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 그리고 암모니아수에 의한 침지 처리는 초기 당화속도를 증가시킴으로써 24시간 이내에 발효를 종료시켰다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.179.1-179.1
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• 2011

Pretreatment of cellulosic biomass is necessary before enzymatic saccharification and fermentation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of combined aqueous ammonia-dilute sulfuric acid treatment on cellulosic biomass. Miscanthus was pretreated using aqueous ammonia and dilute sulfuric acid solution under high temperature and pressure conditions to be converted into bioethanol. Aqueous ammonia treatment was performed with 15 %(w/w) ammonia solution at $150^{\circ}C$ of reaction temperature and 20 minutes of reaction time. And then, dilute sulfuric acid treatment was performed with 1.0 %(w/w) sulfuric acid solution at $150^{\circ}C$ of reaction temperature and 10 minutes of reaction time. The compositional variations of this combined aqueous ammonia-dilute sulfuric acid treatment resulted in 68.0 % of cellulose recovery and 95.7 % of hemicellulose, 81.3 % of lignin, 89.1 % of ash removal respectively. The enzymatic digestibility of 90.5 % was recorded in the combined pretreated Miscanthus sample and it was 14.7 times higher than the untreated sample. The ethanol yield in the Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation was 90.4 % of maximum theoretical yield based on cellulose content of the combined pretreated sample and it was about 98 % compared to the ${\alpha}$-cellulose ethanol yield.

• Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.2403-2412
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• 2018

The present study was aimed at evaluating the effect of variable sodium carbonate ($Na_2CO_3$) loading during wet air oxidation (WAO) pretreatment of rice straw in reducing biomass recalcitrance. The research study was intended to increase the cellulose recovery, hemicellulose solubilization, lignin removal in the solid fraction and limiting the generation of inhibitors in the liquid fraction while reducing the chemical input. The operating condition of $169^{\circ}C$, 4 bar, 18 min and 6.5 g/L $Na_2CO_3$ loading resulted in maximum cellulose recovery of 82.07% and hemicellulose solubilization and lignin removal of 85.43% and 65.42%, respectively, with a total phenolic content of 0.36 g/L in the liquid fraction. The crystallinity index increased from 47.69 to 51.25 along with enzymatic digestibility with an increase in $Na_2CO_3$ loading from 0 to 6.5 g/L as a result of removal of barriers for saccharification via effective cleavage of ether and ester bonds cross-linking the carbohydrates and lignin as indicated by FT-IR spectroscopy. A further increase in the $Na_2CO_3$ loading to 9.5 g/L did not significantly increase the sugar release. Thus, it was concluded that 6.5 g/L $Na_2CO_3$ during WAO is sufficient to increase the delignification and deacetylation, leading to significant changes in apparent cellulose crystallinity inter alia improvement in cellulose accessibility and digestibility of rice straw.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.114.2-114.2
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• 2011

Furfural is a versatile derivative. It can be utilized for a building-block of furfuryl alcohol production and a component of fuels or liquid alkanes. But in bio-process, furfural is a critical compound because it inhibits cell growth and metabolism. Furfural could be converted from xylose and usually produced from biomass in which hemicellulose is abundant. In this study, furfural production from miscanthus was performed and utilization of miscanthus residue was consequently conducted. At first, hydrolysis for investigation of miscanthus composition and furfural production was performed using sulfuric acid. Previously, we optimized dilute acid pretreatment condition for miscanthus pretreatment and the condition was found to be about 15 min of reaction time, 1.5% of acid concentration and about $140^{\circ}C$ of temperature and 60% (about 7 g/L) of xylose was solubilized from miscanthus. Using the xylose, furfural production was conducted as second step. Approximately $160{\sim}200^{\circ}C$ of temperature was accompanied with the hydrolysis for pyrolysis of biomass. When the investigated condition; $180^{\circ}C$ of temperature, 20 min of reaction time and 2% of acid concentration was operated for furfural production, furfural productivity was reached to be 77% of theoretical maximum. After reaction, residue of miscanthus was utilized as feedstock of ethanol fermentation. Residue was well washed using water and saccharified using hydrolysis enzymes. Hydrolysate (glucose) from saccharification was utilized for the carbon source of Saccharomyces cervisiae K35.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.470-474
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• 2011

볏짚은 한국에서 매년 대량 생산되는 주요 작물이다. 침지공정을 이용한 목질계 바이오매스의 전처리는 대기압과 $60^{\circ}C$의 온도에서 온화한 조건에서 수행되었다. 본 연구에서는 전처리된 바이오매스의 효소당화 조건을 찾아보았다. 볏짚의 경우에 이전의 목질계 바이오매스와 비교하여 당화시간이 다른 것들보다 짧은 것으로 나타났다. SAA(Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia) 전처리 볏짚의 당화는 40~48시간 사이에 종료가 되었고 $50^{\circ}C$에서 높은 글루코스 전환율을 나타냈다. 글루코스 전환율은 효소사용량이 각각 65 FPU/ml과 32 CbU/ml일 때 높았다. 기질 농도가 5%(w/v)일 때 전환율은 72시간 동안 당화 후에 83.8%로 나타났다. SAA 전처리 볏짚의 동시당화발효(SSF; Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation) 실험에서는 $40^{\circ}C$에서 높은 에탄올 생산수율을 보였다. 그때의 수율은 48시간에서 33.05%로 나타났다.