Investigating the effects of substrate morphology and experimental conditions on the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass through modeling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding how the digestibility of lignocellulosic biomass is affected by its morphology is essential to design efficient processes for biomass deconstruction. In this study, we used a model based on a set of partial differential equations describing the evolution of the substrate morphology to investigate the interplay between experimental conditions and the physical characteristics of biomass particles as the reaction proceeds. Our model carefully considers the overall quantity of cellulase present in the hydrolysis mixture and explores its interplay with the available accessible cellulose surface.

Results

Exploring the effect of various experimental and structural parameters highlighted the significant role of internal mass transfer as the substrate size in

SUBMITTER: Rohrbach JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8073973 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature