BioChem - DOS

Fermentable sugars recovery from grape stalks for bioethanol production

Renewable energy

Egues, I.; Serrano, L.; Amendola, D.; De Faveri, D.M.; Spigno, G.; Labidi, J.

Three different processes were investigated for the recovery of fermentable sugars from grape stalks: autohydrolysis at 121 <SUP>o</SUP>C before and after a pre-washing step and acid hydrolysis (2% H<SUB>2</SUB>SO<SUB>4</SUB>w/w) after a pre-washing step. Moreover, optimal conditions of a charcoal-based purification process were determined by experimental design. All hydrolysates, with their corresponding synthetic liquors were used as fermentation substrates for the production of metabolites by the yeast: Debaryomyces nepalensis NCYC 1026. The main fermentation product was ethanol, where a maximum production of 20.84 g/l, a conversion yield of 0.35 g ethanol/g monomeric sugars and a productivity of 0.453 g/l h were obtained from non-purified autohydrolysate liquor. In all cases, ethanol production and cell growth were better in non-purified liquors than in synthetic liquors. These results could be influenced by the presence of other sugars in the hydrolysates, with higher concentration in non-purified ones.

2013

Pergamon Press

0960-1481

60

pp.553-558

10.1016/j.renene.2013.06.006

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Grape stalks; Hydrolysis; Sugars; Purification; Fermentation; Ethanol