Abstract
The Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) contains paper and cardboard, an attractive cellulosic feedstock for bioethanol production. Waste paper/cardboard (WPC) was subjected to mild acid treatment in solids loadings from 20 to 27.5 %. Different doses of commercial enzyme cocktail and various adjuvants facilitating enzymatic saccharification were tested. Enzyme dosing of 3.75 FPU/g fiber with very slow fed-batch saccharification of 27.5 % (w/v) solids from model lignin-free paper pulp resulted in 12.6 % (w/v) total sugar after 74 h. Use of cheap non-catalytic waste protein adjuvants including Soymeal, Protisyr, Feather meal strongly improved enzymatic saccharification and reduced the overall process cost by reducing commercial enzyme dosing. After fermentation with the industrial yeast strain BMD44 (Cellusec® 1.0) an ethanol titer of 5.77 % (v/v) was obtained using a reduced enzyme loading of 2.5 FPU/g of actual industrial WPC fiber. These results show the potential of economically profitable second-generation bioethanol production with WPC fiber.
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