Eucalyptus Red Grandis pretreatment with protic ionic liquids: effect of severity and influence of sub/super-critical CO2 atmosphere on pretreatment performance
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Author(s)
Malaret, F
Gschwend, FJV
Lopes, JM
Tu, WC
Hallett, Jason
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass with low-cost ionic liquids (ILs) has proven to be a promising technology that could be implemented in a biorefinery to obtain renewable materials, fuels and chemicals. This study investigates the pretreatment efficacy of the ionoSolv pretreatment of Eucalyptus red grandis using the low-cost ionic liquid triethylammonium hydrogen sulfate ([N2220][HSO4]) in the presence of 20 wt% water at 10% solids loading. The temperatures investigated were 120 °C and 150 °C. Also, the influence of performing the pretreatment under sub-critical and supercritical CO2 was investigated. The IL used is very effective in deconstructing eucalyptus, producing cellulose-rich pulps resulting in enzymatic saccharification yields of 86% for some pretreatment conditions. It has been found that under a CO2 atmosphere, the ionoSolv process is pressure independent. The good performance of this IL in the pretreatment of eucalyptus is promising for the development of a large-scale ionoSolv pretreatment processes.
Date Issued
2020-04-22
Date Acceptance
2020-04-07
Citation
RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences, 2020, 10, pp.16050-16060
ISSN
2046-2069
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Start Page
16050
End Page
16060
Journal / Book Title
RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences
Volume
10
Copyright Statement
© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Grant Number
EP/S000771/1
Subjects
03 Chemical Sciences
Publication Status
Published