• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.475-489
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• 2022

The objective of this study was to understand the conversion characteristics of glucose and xylose using the major monosaccharide standards for lignocellulosic biomass. The acid-catalyzed organosolv pretreatment conducted using ethanol was significantly different from the acid-catalyzed process conducted in an aqueous medium. 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), levulinic acid and furfural were produced from glucose conversion. The maximum yield of 5-HMF was 5.5%, at 200℃, when 0.5% sulfuric acid was used. The maximum yield of levulinic acid was 21.5%, at 220℃, when 1.0% sulfuric acid was used. Furfural was produced from xylose conversion and under 0.5% sulfuric acid, furfural reached the maximum yield 48.5% at 210℃. Ethyl levulinate and methyl levulinate were also formed from the glucose standard following the esterification reaction conducted under conditions of the combined conversion method, which proceeded under both ethanol-rich and water-rich conditions.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제41권7호
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• pp.191-201
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• 2017

Background: Limited availability of corn stover due to the competing uses (organic manure, animal feed, bio-materials, and bioenergy) presents a major concern for its future in the bio-economy. Furthermore, biomass research has exhibited different results due to the differences in the supply of enzymes and dissimilar analytical methods. The effect of the two leading pretreatment techniques (dilute acid and alkaline) on glucose yield from three corn stover fractions (cob, stalk, and leaf) sourced from a single harvest in Uganda were studied at temperatures 100, 120, 140, and $160^{\circ}C$ over reaction times of 5, 10, 30, and 60 min. Results: From this study, the highest glucose concentrations obtained from the dilute acid (DA) pretreated cobs, stalks, and leaves were 18.4 g/L (66.8% glucose yield), 16.2 g/L (64.1% glucose yield), and 11.0 g/L (49.5% glucose yield), respectively. The optimal pretreatment settings needed to obtain these yields from the DA pretreated samples were at a temperature of $160^{\circ}C$ over an incubation time of 30 min. The highest glucose concentrations obtained from the alkaline (AL) pretreated cobs, stalks, and leaves were 24.7 g/L (81.73% glucose yield), 21.3 g/L (81.23% glucose yield), and 15.0 g/L (51.92% glucose yield), respectively. To be able to achieve these yields, the optimal pretreatment settings for the cobs and stalks were $140^{\circ}C$ and for a retention time of 30 min, while the leaves require optimal conditions of $140^{\circ}C$ and for a retention time of 60 min. Conclusions: The study recommends that the leaves could be left on the field during harvesting since the recovery of glucose from the pretreated cobs and stalks is higher.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.16-21
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• 2015

2세대 바이오매스 볏짚을 이용하여 전자선 조사 후 NMMO 처리 공정을 수행하고 이를 분석하였다. 볏짚은 전자선 500 kGy 조사 후 NMMO 처리를 한 경우 72시간의 효소당화를 거쳐 글루코스 60.8%와 자일로스 9.7% 포함 약 83.8% 정도의 당수율을 보였다. 이 전처리 공정은 유해한 화학물질을 사용하지 않아서 친환경적이며 전자선 조사와 NMMO 처리의 시너지 효과가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 전자선 조사량이 너무 높다는 단점이 있으며 추후에는 낮은 전자선 조사량과 여러 가지 단일공정을 통합한 새로운 복합전처리 방법 연구의 필요성이 있다. 따라서 이 단점을 보완한다면 전자선 조사라는 친환경적 방법과 더불어 NMMO 용액의 재활용성을 이유로 바이오에탄올 생산 등의 산업현장에의 적용 가능성이 높다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.18-23
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• 2016

Cell walls of microalgae consist of a polysaccharide and glycoprotein matrix providing the cells with a formidable defense against its environment. Anaerobic digestion (AD) of microalgae is primarily inhibited by the chemical composition of their cell walls containing biopolymers able to resist bacterial degradation. Adoption of pre-treatments such as thermal, thermal hydrolysis, ultrasound and enzymatic hydrolysis have the potential to remove these inhibitory compounds and enhance biogas yields by degrading the cell wall, and releasing the intracellular algogenic organic matter (AOM). This paper preproposal stage investigated the effect of different pre-treatments on microalgae cell wall, and their impact on the quantity of soluble biomass released in the media and thus on the digestion process yields. This Paper present optimum approach to degradation of the cell wall by ultra-sonication with practical design specification parameter for ultrasound based pretreatment system. As a result of this paper presents, a microalgae system in a wastewater treatment flowsheet for residual nutrient uptake can be justified by processing the waste biomass for energy recovery. As a conclusion on this result, Low energy harvesting technologies and pre-treatment of the algal biomass are required to improve the overall energy balance of this integrated system.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2016

Biofuel has been considered as promising renewable energy to solve various problems that result from increasing usage of fossil fuels since the early 20th century. In terms of chemical and physical properties as fuel, biobutanol has more merits than bioethanol. It could replace gasoline for transportation and industrial demand is increasing significantly. Production of butanol can be achieved by chemical synthesis or by microbial fermentation. The water hyacinth, an aquatic macrophyte, originated from tropical South America but is currently distributed all over the world. Water hyacinth has excellent water purification capacity and it can be utilized as animal feed, organic fertilizer, and biomass feedstock. However, it can cause problems in the rivers and lakes due to its rapid growth and dense mats formation. In this study, the potential of water hyacinth was evaluated as a lignocellulosic biomass feedstock in biobutanol fermentation by using Clostridium beijerinckii. Water hyacinth was converted to water hyacinth hydrolysate medium through pretreatment and saccharification. It was found that productivity of water hyacinth hydrolysate medium on biobutanol production was comparable to general medium.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2023

Levulinic acid (LA) derived from cellulosic biomass, serves a crucial intermediate that can be used in various chemical conversions. This study focused on optimizing the production of LA using two types of pretreated rice husk (de-ashed and delignificated cellulosic biomass) in a batch reaction system through catalytic conversion with sulfuric acid. To determine the optimal conditions, the conversions of glucose and α-cellulose were examined to compare the effects of pretreatment on the rice husk. The experimental parameters covered a broad spectrum, including temperatures ranging from 140℃ to 200℃, a reaction time was up to 600 minutes, and a substrate to catalyst (acid solution) ratio of 100 g/L. The highest LA yield was 44.8%, achieved from de-ashed rice husk with 3.0 wt.% of sulfuric acid at 180℃ and with a reaction time of 180 minutes. In the case of the delignificated rice husk, a LA yield of 43.6% was obtained with 3.0 wt.% of sulfuric acid at 200℃ and with reaction time of 30 minutes.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.585-591
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• 2014

To evaluate the potential utility of pretreatment of raw biomass with a complex microbial system, we investigated the degradation of rice straw by BMC-9, a lignocellulose decomposition strain obtained from a biogas slurry compost environment. The degradation characteristics and corresponding changes in the bacterial community were assessed. The results showed that rapid degradation occurred from day 0 to day 9, with a peak total biomass bacterium concentration of $3.3{\times}10^8$ copies/ml on day 1. The pH of the fermentation broth declined initially and then increased, and the mass of rice straw decreased steadily. The highest concentrations of volatile fatty acid contents (0.291 mg/l lactic acid, 0.31 mg/l formic acid, 1.93 mg/l acetic acid, and 0.73 mg/l propionic acid) as well as the highest xylanse activity (1.79 U/ml) and carboxymethyl cellulase activity (0.37 U/ml) occurred on day 9. The greatest diversity among the microbial community also occurred on day 9, with the presence of bacteria belonging to Clostridium sp., Bacillus sp., and Geobacillus sp. Together, our results indicate that BMC-9 has a strong ability to rapidly degrade the lignocelluloses of rice straw under relatively inexpensive conditions, and the optimum fermentation time is 9 days.

• 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국자원식물학회 2023년도 임시총회 및 춘계학술대회
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• pp.12-12
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• 2023

Plant biomass, or lignocellulose, is one of the most abundant natural resources on earth. Lignocellulosic biomass, such as agricultural and forestry residue, serves as a renewable feedstock for microbial cell factories due to its low price and abundant availability. However, the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass requires a pretreatment process prior to microbial fermentation, from which fermentable sugars including xylose and glucose are generated along with various inhibitory compounds. The presence of furan derivatives, such as 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde and 2-furaldehyde (furfural), hampers the microbial conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into value-added commodities. In this study, furfural tolerance was improved by investigating the detoxification mechanism in non-model yeast. The genes encoding aldehyde dehydrogenases were overexpressed to enhance furfural tolerance and resulted in improving cell growth and lipid production that can be converted into biofuel. Taken together, this approach contributes to the understanding of the reducing toxicity mechanism of furfural by the aldehyde dehydrogenases and provides a promising strategy that the use of microorganism as an industrial workhorse to treat efficiently lignocellulosic biomass as sustainable plant derivatives.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.362-367
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• 2006

도시 하수처리장에서 수집되는 폐활성 슬러지는 유기성 물질을 다량 함유하고 있는 바이오매스이다. 하지만, 대부분의 연구 결과 폐활성 슬러지를 이용한 생물학적 수소생산율은 매우 낮다고 보고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 폐활성 슬러지를 산, 알카리 처리, 기계적 처리, 열처리, 오존 처리, 초음파 처리 등의 전처리에 대한 효과를 살펴보았다. 전처리 실험결과, 폐활성 슬러지 내의 유기물질들은 가용화되었으며 $SCOD_{Cr}$값으로 약 14.6배의 증가를 보였다. 열처리된 혐기성 슬러지를 이용하여 폐활성 슬러지로부터 최적의 생물학적 수소생산을 위한 실험은 전처리 방법에 대한 효과 및 완충용액의 효과, 수소분압, 그리고 염소이온의 농도 등에 대하여 회분식 조건에서 살펴보았다. 실험결과 효과적인 전처리 방법 및 완충용액의 첨가, gas sparging 등의 방법에 의한 낮은 수소분압인 경우에 수소생산율이 0.52 mmol $H_2/g$-DS(Dried Solids)로 크게 증가함을 확인하였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.399-404
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• 2012

비식량 농업부산물인 왕겨로부터 에탄올 생산을 위한 효율적인 바이오매스 전처리 방법을 탐색하였다. 고온 고압 조건의 회분식 반응기에서 알칼리 용매는 암모니아와 가성소다, 산 용매는 희황산을 사용하였다. 가성소다 용액 처리 후 희황산 용액으로 복합처리한 시료의 효소 당화효율이 82.8%로 가장 높게 나타났고 이때 약 94.7%의 회분 성분 제거율을 보였다. 전처리 왕겨 시료의 효소 당화효율과 회분 성분 제거율 추세가 거의 비슷하게 나타나 왕겨의 효소당화 최대 저해요인이 회분(규산염) 성분임을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 규산염 함량이 높은 바이오매스는 고온 고압 조건하에서 가성소다-희황산 복합 처리법을 적용하는 것이 효소 당화효율 증진에 매우 유리함을 확인하였다.