Abstract
The aim of this work was to demonstrate the feasibility of second-generation bioethanol production using for the first time a sawmill mixed feedstock comprising four softwood species, representative of biomass resource in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region (France). The feedstock was subjected to a microwave-assisted water/ethanol Organosolv pretreatment. The investigation focused on enzymatic hydrolysis of this pretreated sawmill feedstock (PSF) using Cellic® Ctec2 as the enzyme, followed by fermentation of the resulting sugar solution using Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain. The cellulose-rich PSF with 71% w/w cellulose content presented high saccharification yields (up to 80%), which made it perfect for subsequent fermentation; this yield was predicted vs. time up to 5.2% w/v PSF loading using a mathematical model fitted only on data at 1.5%. Finally, high PSF loading (7.5%) and scaleup were shown to impair the saccharification yield, but alcoholic fermentation could still be carried out up to 80% of the theoretical glucose-to-ethanol conversion yield.
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