,Scale-up of biomass conversion using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate as the solvent

• 作 者: Ling Liang Jipeng Yan Qian He Tina Luong Todd R. Pray Blake A. Simmons Ning Sun
• 机 构: Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, E
• 出 处: 绿色能源与环境（英文）
• 发表日期: 2019年4期
• 关键词: Ionic liquid 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate Pretreatment Scale up Enzyme

This scale-up study demonstrated the feasibility of an ionic liquid (IL) pretreatment process at 40 kg scale, using the IL 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2C1Im][OAc]) as the solvent. The pretreatment was followed by enzymatic hydrolysis through which the pro-cess efficiency for biomass conversion to monomeric sugars was determined. The results show that 43 wt％of switchgrass was dissolved in IL after 2 h of pretreatment at 160 ℃ with 15 wt％solid loading. A 120 h enzymatic hydrolysis of the pretreated switchgrass results in 96％glucan and 98％xylan conversion. [C2C1Im][OAc] pretreatment has been successfully scaled up to 40 kg with improved sugar titers and yields relative to bench scale (6 kg). The mass flow of the overall process was established and the major scale-up challenges of the process were identified.