Hydrothermal processing of agar waste to levulinic acid and fermentation of hydrolysate to bioethanol

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Increasing global energy consumption and depleting fossil-fuel reserves prompted the search for green alternatives. This study focuses on conversion of waste agar using different acids/alkalis (0.5% and 1%) as catalysts under varied temperature and time towards galactose (Gal), 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and levulinic acid (LA) production in sequential reactions. The optimized process for agar depolymerisation was achieved using 1% acid (H2SO4/HCl) catalysed conditions with a maximum of 11 g/L Gal yield (121 °C; 15 min). Increase in temperature (150 °C) and time (180 min) with 1% HCl/H2SO4 catalyst resulted in improved LA production along with Gal and HMF. The hydrolysis process was optimised for the selective production of LA (10 g/L at 175 °C; 180 min). Further, galactose-rich hydrolysates were assessed for bioethanol production using Saccharomyces cerevisiae that resulted in 3 g/L ethanol. Thus, the study comprehensively demonstrates waste agar utilization to yield biochemicals/fuels in a circular bio-based economy approach.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:382

Enthalten in:

Bioresource technology - 382(2023) vom: 15. Aug., Seite 129063

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Suresh, G [VerfasserIn]
Kopperi, Harishankar [VerfasserIn]
Mohan, S Venkata [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9002-18-0
Agar
Biorefinery
Galactose
Journal Article
Levulinic Acids
Platform chemicals
Pre-treatment
Process optimization
Saccharification
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Date Completed 05.06.2023

Date Revised 05.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129063

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355842262