Abstract
Wheat straw consists of 48.57±0.30% cellulose and 27.70±0.12% hemicellulose on dry solid (DS) basis and has the potential to serve as a low cost feedstock for production of ethanol. Dilute acid pretreatment at varied temperature and enzymatic saccharification were evaluated for conversion of wheat straw cellulose and hemicellulose to monomeric sugars. The maximum yield of monomeric sugars from wheat straw (7.83%, w/v, DS) by dilute H2SO4 (0.75%, v/v) pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification (45°C, pH 5.0, 72h) using cellulase, β-glucosidase, xylanase and esterase was 565±10mg/g. Under this condition, no measurable quantities of furfural and hydroxymethyl furfural were produced. The yield of ethanol (per litre) from acid pretreated enzyme saccharified wheat straw (78.3g) hydrolyzate by recombinant Escherichia coli strain FBR5 was 19±1g with a yield of 0.24g/g DS. Detoxification of the acid and enzyme treated wheat straw hydrolyzate by overliming reduced the fermentation time from 118 to 39h in the case of separate hydrolysis and fermentation (35°C, pH 6.5), and increased the ethanol yield from 13±2 to 17±0g/l and decreased the fermentation time from 136 to 112h in the case of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (35°C, pH 6.0).
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