Deoiled algal biomass derived renewable sugars for bioethanol and biopolymer production in biorefinery framework

A. Naresh Kumar, Sulogna Chatterjee, Manupati Hemalatha, Avanthi Althuri, Booki Min, Sang Hyoun Kim, S. Venkata Mohan

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Abstract

The present study is designed to evaluate the potential of deoiled algal biomass (DAB) residue as an alternative resource for the production of bioethanol and biopolymers in a biorefinery approach. Hybrid pretreatment method resulted in higher sugar solubilization (0.590 g/g DAB) than the corresponding individual physicochemical (0.481 g/g DAB) and enzymatic methods (0.484 g/g DAB). Subsequent utilization of sugars from hybrid pretreatment for bioethanol using Saccharomyces cerevisiae resulted in maximum bioethanol production at pH 5.5 (0.145 ± 0.008 g/g DAB) followed by pH 5.0 (0.122 ± 0.004 g/g DAB) and pH 6.0 (0.102 ± 0.002 g/g DAB). The experiments for biopolymer (PHB: polyhydroxybutyrate) production resulted in 0.43 ± 0.20 g PHB/g DCW. Extracted polymer on NMR and FT-IR analysis showed the presence of PHB. Exploration of DAB as an alternative renewable resource for multiple biobased products supports sustainability and also enables entirety use of DAB by addressing the DAB-residue allied disposal issues.

Original languageEnglish
Article number122315
JournalBioresource technology
Volume296
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Jan

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research is supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (GoI) in the form of a research grant (INT/Korea/P-34). ANK and MH duly acknowledge the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. SC acknowledges the DST, GoI for providing DST Inspire Fellowship. AA sincerely thanks CSIR, India for financial assistance in the form of CSIR-Nehru Science Postdoctoral Fellowship (HRDG/CSIR-Nehru PDF/LS/EMR-I/04/2018). The authors wish to acknowledge Director, CSIR-IICT for kind support in carrying out this work [IICT Manuscript No. IICT/Pubs./2019/226].

Funding Information:
This research is supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (GoI) in the form of a research grant (INT/Korea/P-34). ANK and MH duly acknowledge the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. SC acknowledges the DST, GoI for providing DST Inspire Fellowship. AA sincerely thanks CSIR, India for financial assistance in the form of CSIR-Nehru Science Postdoctoral Fellowship (HRDG/CSIR-Nehru PDF / LS/EMR-I/04/2018 ). The authors wish to acknowledge Director, CSIR- IICT for kind support in carrying out this work [IICT Manuscript No. IICT/Pubs./ 2019/226 ]. Appendix A

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© 2019 Elsevier Ltd

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Bioengineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Waste Management and Disposal

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