Effects of Screen Size on Biochemical Conversion of Big Bluestem Biomass for Biofuel Production
Biomass size reduction is the first step for biofuel production from cellulosic biomass through biochemical pathway, and it is usually performed on a mill with screen installed to control the size of the produced particles. The absence of in-depth knowledge about the effects of screen size throughou...
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| author | Xiaoxu Song Meng Zhang Ke Zhang Z. J. Pei Donghai Wang |
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| description | Biomass size reduction is the first step for biofuel production from cellulosic biomass through biochemical pathway, and it is usually performed on a mill with screen installed to control the size of the produced particles. The absence of in-depth knowledge about the effects of screen size throughout the biochemical conversion of cellulosic biomass makes it difficult to choose the screen size to conduct biomass size reduction to minimize the energy consumption on mills, maximize the cellulose recovery rate after pretreatment, and maximize the enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency. The objective of this work is to address this issue by generating new knowledge on the effects of screen size in these three processes: size reduction, pretreatment, and enzymatic hydrolysis in conversion of big bluestem biomass for biofuel production. Four screen sizes used in this study were 1, 2, 4, and 8 mm. It was found that using a larger screen size saved energy in biomass size reduction on a knife mill. Moreover, particles produced with larger screen sizes achieved higher cellulose recovery rate after pretreatment, higher enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency, and higher total sugar yield. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-75b13911213342878b529efcd497d29f2025-02-03T01:25:53ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422015-01-01201510.1155/2015/947350947350Effects of Screen Size on Biochemical Conversion of Big Bluestem Biomass for Biofuel ProductionXiaoxu Song0Meng Zhang1Ke Zhang2Z. J. Pei3Donghai Wang4Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USADepartment of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USADepartment of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USADepartment of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USADepartment of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USABiomass size reduction is the first step for biofuel production from cellulosic biomass through biochemical pathway, and it is usually performed on a mill with screen installed to control the size of the produced particles. The absence of in-depth knowledge about the effects of screen size throughout the biochemical conversion of cellulosic biomass makes it difficult to choose the screen size to conduct biomass size reduction to minimize the energy consumption on mills, maximize the cellulose recovery rate after pretreatment, and maximize the enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency. The objective of this work is to address this issue by generating new knowledge on the effects of screen size in these three processes: size reduction, pretreatment, and enzymatic hydrolysis in conversion of big bluestem biomass for biofuel production. Four screen sizes used in this study were 1, 2, 4, and 8 mm. It was found that using a larger screen size saved energy in biomass size reduction on a knife mill. Moreover, particles produced with larger screen sizes achieved higher cellulose recovery rate after pretreatment, higher enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency, and higher total sugar yield.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/947350 |
| spellingShingle | Xiaoxu Song Meng Zhang Ke Zhang Z. J. Pei Donghai Wang Effects of Screen Size on Biochemical Conversion of Big Bluestem Biomass for Biofuel Production Advances in Materials Science and Engineering |
| title | Effects of Screen Size on Biochemical Conversion of Big Bluestem Biomass for Biofuel Production |
| title_full | Effects of Screen Size on Biochemical Conversion of Big Bluestem Biomass for Biofuel Production |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Screen Size on Biochemical Conversion of Big Bluestem Biomass for Biofuel Production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Screen Size on Biochemical Conversion of Big Bluestem Biomass for Biofuel Production |
| title_short | Effects of Screen Size on Biochemical Conversion of Big Bluestem Biomass for Biofuel Production |
| title_sort | effects of screen size on biochemical conversion of big bluestem biomass for biofuel production |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/947350 |
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