A strategy for synergistic ethanol yield and improved production predictability through blending feedstocks.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The integration of first- and second-generation bioethanol processes has the potential to accelerate the establishment of second-generation bioethanol on the market. Cofermenting pretreated wheat straw with a glucose-rich process stream, such as wheat grain hydrolysate, in a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process could address the technical issues faced during the biological conversion of lignocellulose to ethanol. For example, doing so can increase the final ethanol concentration in the broth and mitigate the effects of inhibitors formed during the pretreatment. Previous research has indicated that blends of first- and second-generation substrates during simultaneous saccharification and fermentation have synergistic effects on the final ethanol yield, a

SUBMITTER: Persson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7487856 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature