Averheim, Andreas
- Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
This thesis focuses on the valorization of softwood bark via a steam explosion processing step. A mixed softwood bark from an industrial source was steam exploded in a scalable system for continuous steam explosion. Two pathways for converting the steam-exploded bark into marketable products were investigated.The first path focused on sugars and bioethanol from the steam-exploded bark via enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation. By studying enzymatic digestibility for substrates steam-exploded at a variety of conditions (autohydrolysis and dilute acid hydrolysis), it could be determined that conversion into glucose was modest (
Keywords
ctivated carbon; adsorption; enzymatic hydrolysis; fermentation; furfural; 2-naphthol; Raman spectroscopy; softwood bark; steam explosion
Published in
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae
2024, number: 2024:61
Publisher: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Forest Science
Bio Materials
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.54612/a.3rucs3brk1
- ISBN: 978-91-8046-352-2
- eISBN: 978-91-8046-388-1
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/130456