Reducing sugars and bioethanol production from oil palm empty fruit bunch by applying a batch and continuous pretreatment process with low temperature and pressure

Maryana, Roni; Bardant, Teuku Beuna; Ihsan, Dede M.; Das, Atanu Kumar; Irawan, Yan; Rizal, Wahyu Angga; Triwahyuni, Eka; Muryanto; Utami, Amaliyah Rohsari, I; Sudiyani, Yanni

doi:10.1007/s13399-022-03138-0

Research article2024Peer reviewed

Reducing sugars and bioethanol production from oil palm empty fruit bunch by applying a batch and continuous pretreatment process with low temperature and pressure

Maryana, Roni; Bardant, Teuku Beuna; Ihsan, Dede M.; Das, Atanu Kumar; Irawan, Yan; Rizal, Wahyu Angga; Triwahyuni, Eka; Muryanto; Utami, Amaliyah Rohsari, I; Sudiyani, Yanni

Abstract

Exploring sustainable energy and chemical sources based on biomass has increased global interest. This study was focused on produce second-generation bioethanol using a new pretreatment process. The effectiveness of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) pretreatment on oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) for lignin removal, reducing sugar, and bioethanol production at low temperature and pressure was investigated using batch and continuous processes. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the NaOH concentration and solid to liquor ratio (SL) at a maximum temperature of 100 degrees C and atmospheric pressure. The mathematical formula derived from RSM was based on 11 runs of the batch treatment. In the batch treatment process, 2 M NaOH, the temperature of 80 degrees C, and SL ratio of 8 have resulted in lignin removal of 38.7%, reducing sugars of 8.3%, and bioethanol concentration of 4.1%. The validation of formula has been calculated from calculation and experiment values. Moreover, at the same retention time, continuous pretreatment showed a reducing sugar content of 5.9% and a bioethanol concentration by 2.5%. The results show that the continuous process can be employed in effective bioethanol production from OPEFB.

Keywords

Oil palm empty fruit bunch; Pretreatment; Reducing sugars; Bioethanol; Screw continuous reactor

Published in

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
2024, volume: 14, number: 10, pages: 11155–11164

SLU Authors

Das, Atanu Kumar
- Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Global goals (SDG)

SDG7 Affordable and clean energy

UKÄ Subject classification

Other Environmental Engineering
Bioenergy
Renewable Bioenergy Research

Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03138-0

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/118330