Saumya Singh, Dalveer Kaur, Sudesh Kumar Yadav, Meena Krishania
Bioresource technology 2021 JanThe present study focuses on operational parameters for the efficient acid catalyzed rice straw pretreatment process for xylitol production. 75.77 % xylose yield was attained when the 24 h presoaked rice straw (≤10 mm or ≤ 15 mm) in 1.5 % (v/v) H2SO4 was pretreated in the same reactor at 121 °C for 30 min. Neutralization with barium hydroxide produced insoluble salt and noticeably reduced HMF and furfurals. Xylitol yield of 0.6 g/g of xylose, was achieved by fermenting rice straw hydrolysate medium with C. tropicalis MTCC 6192. This two-step process of production of xylitol from xylose rich hydrolysate is much simpler and produced minimal inhibitors including organic acids such as acetic acid. This process is modified for upscaling at optimized parameters and will simultaneously minimize the pollution problem caused by rice straw and is also promising for commercial scale. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Saumya Singh, Dalveer Kaur, Sudesh Kumar Yadav, Meena Krishania. Process scale-up of an efficient acid-catalyzed steam pretreatment of rice straw for xylitol production by C. Tropicalis MTCC 6192. Bioresource technology. 2021 Jan;320(Pt B):124422
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