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Table 2 Comparison of various WS pretreatments with dry fractionation technology developed in this work

From: New dry technology of environmentally friendly biomass refinery: glucose yield and energy efficiency

Pretreatment conditions

Enzymatic hydrolysis conditions

Glucose (mg/g WS)

Reducing sugars (mg/g WS)

Solvent or water (L/Kg WS)

Chemical reagent (Kg/Kg WS)

Reference

Mechanical

50 - 600 μm

Celluclast-1.5 L Trichoderma reesei, 50°C, 20 hours

150

ND

0

0

[27]

600 - 1000 μm

120

ND

0

0

Ball milling 240 hour, 10 μm

Cellulase Trichoderma reesei, 37°C, 48 hours

N.D.

270

0

0

[28]

Centrifugal milling: 270 μm

N.D.

108

0

0

Milling + electrostatic fractionation: 50 -70 μm

Cellulase Trichoderma Longibrachiatum 37°C, 72 hours

254*

294*

0

0

This study

Chemical

750 μm, glycerol 70%, 230°C, 4 hours

Celluclast-1.5 L Trichoderma reesei, 50°C, 2.5 h

268

423

20

0

[30]

750 μm, ionic liquid/WS ratio: 25/1 w/w, 150°C, 1 hour

368

744

0.03

25

750 μm, 1% acid, 140°C, 40 minutes

176

223

20

1

Physicochemical

833 μm, water/WS ratio: 40/1, Steam explosion: 210°C, 10 minutes

Cellulase BTXL Trichoderma reesei, 50°C, 72 hours

ND

117

40

0

[31]

833 μm, 50% v/v acetic acid, steam explosion: 220°C, 8 minutes

 

ND

244

40

20

 

833 μm, 70% v/v ethanol steam explosion: 220°C, 5 minutes

ND

264

40

-

833 μm, supercritical CO2 190°C, 12 mPa, 30 minutes

Cellulase Trichoderma reesei, 50°C, 72 hours

ND

149

ND

ND

[32]

833 μm, steam explosion (A) 200°C, 15 minutes + supercritical CO2: 190°C, 12 mPa, 30 minutes

ND

234

ND

ND

  1. ND not determined; WS: wheat straw.
  2. *254 gKg-1 of glucose and 294 gKg-1 of reducing sugars obtained for F2B+ fraction after ES.