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This research aimed to study bioethanol production from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches (OPEFB) with Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) and Separate Hydrolysis and Fermentation (SHF) by Klyveromyces marxinus. The basic steps for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass are (1) pretreatment for delignification, which is necessary to liberate cellulose and hemicellulose; (2) hydrolysis of cellulose and hemicellulose to generate fermentable sugars; and (3) fermentation of bioethanol from sugars. In step (1) OPEFB was subjected to acid–alkali pretreatment with a dilute acid solution (at substrate loading 12.50%w/v, sulfuric acid concentration 0.2 M, at 121 °C for 53 min) followed by an alkali solution (NaOH 5%w/v, at 121 °C for 20 min), which resulted in 72.10%wt cellulose yield with hemicellulose and lignin yields of 3.24%wt and 17.60%wt, respectively. Then the optimal conditions for ethanol production by SSF process were investigated by Response Surface Methodology. The four manipulated factors were temperature (30–45 °C), substrate loading (5–15% w/v), pH (4–6), and yeast concentration (1–5%v/v), and the maximal 0.281 g/g bioethanol yield was found at 12.24%w/v, pH 4.5, yeast concentration 2.04%v/v, and 36.94 °C. In SHF, hydrolysis and fermentation steps were conducted at the optimal conditions for SSF, giving 0.584 g/g reducing sugar and 0.258 g/g bioethanol yield. The results demonstrate that an acid–alkali pretreatment could remove hemicellulose and lignin from lignocellulosic biomass, increasing cellulose yield, while SSF performed better than SHF with both quicker processing and higher bioethanol concentration.
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This work was supported by Prince of Songkla University Funding (ENG590710S) and the Graduate School Research Support Funding. Also thanks to the PSU research and development office (RDO) and Assoc. Prof. Seppo Karrila for suggestions to improve the draft manuscript. We gratefully thank the Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, PSU, for facilities and equipment support.
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Sukhang, S., Choojit, S., Reungpeerakul, T. et al. Bioethanol production from oil palm empty fruit bunch with SSF and SHF processes using Kluyveromyces marxianus yeast. Cellulose 27, 301–314 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02778-2
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