Understanding crystallinity indexes benchmarking concept from optimized parametric ionic liquid pretreatment using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate [EMIM]Ac on oil palm biomass

So much about the crystallinity details during lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment using ionic liquid as solvent has not been highly progressively described. The high expense associated with specific ionic liquids may have impeded the advancement of their use in pretreatment and its subsequent step...

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Main Authors: Amizon Azizan, Rosmaria Abu Darim, Intan Suhada Azmi, Rafidah Jalil, Shareena Fairuz Abdul Manaf
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Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
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author Amizon Azizan
Rosmaria Abu Darim
Intan Suhada Azmi
Rafidah Jalil
Shareena Fairuz Abdul Manaf
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description So much about the crystallinity details during lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment using ionic liquid as solvent has not been highly progressively described. The high expense associated with specific ionic liquids may have impeded the advancement of their use in pretreatment and its subsequent steps. Initially, the pretreated empty fruit bunch, oil palm frond, and oil palm trunk using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([EMIM]Ac) as ionic liquid solvent during pretreatment have indicated prospective distortion of the cellulosic chains. Simply using the calculated crystallinity status, for instance, from X-Ray Diffraction or Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy analyses, may assist during the early decisive point regarding pretreatment effectiveness. Thus, in this article, the crystallinity status, like the crystallinity index (CrI) from X-Ray Diffraction analysis, was used as a beneficial preliminary predictive index to describe the transformation of less ordered structures in lignocellulosic biomass as an early decisive point after pretreatment prior to any succeeding steps. For this, fifteen (15) sets of pretreatment optimization strategies with the Box-Behnken design method (Response Surface Methodology) solely on oil palm frond (OPF) were further proceeded with using [EMIM]Ac concentration percentages of 20, 40, and 60% (v/v), with OPF solid loading percentages of 5, 10, and 15% (w/v), as well as at reactor temperatures of 90, 110, and 130 °C. All the linear model terms of these independent variables, along with the 2-way interaction model between the ionic liquid and solid loading, were found to be significant to the effect of CrI on the pretreated OPF. The proposed optimized pretreatment variable region for lower CrI was observed and concluded to be approximately 48% [EMIM]Ac with a solid loading of 12% OPF-[EMIM]Ac at a temperature of 93 °C. The optimized pretreatment strategy indicated a moderate balance between ionic liquid concentration percentage and operating temperature on a solid loading per volume basis. With this optimization data route, the challenge of determining which highly efficient ionic liquid is costly during pretreatment on any biomass can be shortened by preliminary CrI value benchmarking.
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spelling doaj-art-79256477dffa450e9c4238ec4ab62fa12025-02-06T05:13:03ZengElsevierJournal of Ionic Liquids2772-42202025-06-0151100136Understanding crystallinity indexes benchmarking concept from optimized parametric ionic liquid pretreatment using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate [EMIM]Ac on oil palm biomassAmizon Azizan0Rosmaria Abu Darim1Intan Suhada Azmi2Rafidah Jalil3Shareena Fairuz Abdul Manaf4School of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia; Corresponding author.Fisheries Research Institute Gelang Patah, Department of Fisheries Malaysia, 81550 Gelang Patah, Johor, MalaysiaChemical Engineering Studies, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA Johor Branch, Pasir Gudang Campus, 87150 Masai, Johor, MalaysiaWood Chemistry & Non Wood Utilization Program, Forest Products Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), 52109 Kepong, Selangor, MalaysiaSchool of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, MalaysiaSo much about the crystallinity details during lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment using ionic liquid as solvent has not been highly progressively described. The high expense associated with specific ionic liquids may have impeded the advancement of their use in pretreatment and its subsequent steps. Initially, the pretreated empty fruit bunch, oil palm frond, and oil palm trunk using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([EMIM]Ac) as ionic liquid solvent during pretreatment have indicated prospective distortion of the cellulosic chains. Simply using the calculated crystallinity status, for instance, from X-Ray Diffraction or Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy analyses, may assist during the early decisive point regarding pretreatment effectiveness. Thus, in this article, the crystallinity status, like the crystallinity index (CrI) from X-Ray Diffraction analysis, was used as a beneficial preliminary predictive index to describe the transformation of less ordered structures in lignocellulosic biomass as an early decisive point after pretreatment prior to any succeeding steps. For this, fifteen (15) sets of pretreatment optimization strategies with the Box-Behnken design method (Response Surface Methodology) solely on oil palm frond (OPF) were further proceeded with using [EMIM]Ac concentration percentages of 20, 40, and 60% (v/v), with OPF solid loading percentages of 5, 10, and 15% (w/v), as well as at reactor temperatures of 90, 110, and 130 °C. All the linear model terms of these independent variables, along with the 2-way interaction model between the ionic liquid and solid loading, were found to be significant to the effect of CrI on the pretreated OPF. The proposed optimized pretreatment variable region for lower CrI was observed and concluded to be approximately 48% [EMIM]Ac with a solid loading of 12% OPF-[EMIM]Ac at a temperature of 93 °C. The optimized pretreatment strategy indicated a moderate balance between ionic liquid concentration percentage and operating temperature on a solid loading per volume basis. With this optimization data route, the challenge of determining which highly efficient ionic liquid is costly during pretreatment on any biomass can be shortened by preliminary CrI value benchmarking.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S27724220250000591-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetateBox-Behnken designIonic liquid pretreatmentResponse surface methodologyCrystallinity indexLateral order index
spellingShingle Amizon Azizan
Rosmaria Abu Darim
Intan Suhada Azmi
Rafidah Jalil
Shareena Fairuz Abdul Manaf
Understanding crystallinity indexes benchmarking concept from optimized parametric ionic liquid pretreatment using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate [EMIM]Ac on oil palm biomass
Journal of Ionic Liquids
1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate
Box-Behnken design
Ionic liquid pretreatment
Response surface methodology
Crystallinity index
Lateral order index
title Understanding crystallinity indexes benchmarking concept from optimized parametric ionic liquid pretreatment using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate [EMIM]Ac on oil palm biomass
title_full Understanding crystallinity indexes benchmarking concept from optimized parametric ionic liquid pretreatment using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate [EMIM]Ac on oil palm biomass
title_fullStr Understanding crystallinity indexes benchmarking concept from optimized parametric ionic liquid pretreatment using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate [EMIM]Ac on oil palm biomass
title_full_unstemmed Understanding crystallinity indexes benchmarking concept from optimized parametric ionic liquid pretreatment using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate [EMIM]Ac on oil palm biomass
title_short Understanding crystallinity indexes benchmarking concept from optimized parametric ionic liquid pretreatment using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate [EMIM]Ac on oil palm biomass
title_sort understanding crystallinity indexes benchmarking concept from optimized parametric ionic liquid pretreatment using 1 ethyl 3 methylimidazolium acetate emim ac on oil palm biomass
topic 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate
Box-Behnken design
Ionic liquid pretreatment
Response surface methodology
Crystallinity index
Lateral order index
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772422025000059
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