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High Temperature Lignin Separation for Improved Yields in Ethanol Organosolv Pre-Treatment
The full utilization of renewable raw materials is necessary for a sustainable economy. Lignin is an abundant biopolymer, but is currently mainly used for energy production. Ethanol organosolv pre-treatment produces high-quality lignin, but still faces substantial economic challenges. Lignin solubility increases with temperature, and previous studies have shown that it reprecipitates during cooling after the pre-treatment. Thus, a possibility for the optimization of lignin production with this process can be the separation of extract and residual biomass at high temperatures. In this work, lignin was extracted from wheat straw at 180 °C, and the extract was separated from the remaining solids at several temperatures after the pre-treatment. The results show that 10.1 g/kg of lignin and 2.2 g/kg of carbohydrates are dissolved at the pre-treatment temperature of 180 °C, which is reduced to 8.6 g/kg of lignin and 1.2 g/kg of carbohydrates after cooling. The precipitation of lignin separated from the extracts at 180 °C showed that a higher lignin concentration at high temperatures results in a 46% improvement in the yield of solid lignin, while there was no significant impact on the lignin purity.
High Temperature Lignin Separation for Improved Yields in Ethanol Organosolv Pre-Treatment
The full utilization of renewable raw materials is necessary for a sustainable economy. Lignin is an abundant biopolymer, but is currently mainly used for energy production. Ethanol organosolv pre-treatment produces high-quality lignin, but still faces substantial economic challenges. Lignin solubility increases with temperature, and previous studies have shown that it reprecipitates during cooling after the pre-treatment. Thus, a possibility for the optimization of lignin production with this process can be the separation of extract and residual biomass at high temperatures. In this work, lignin was extracted from wheat straw at 180 °C, and the extract was separated from the remaining solids at several temperatures after the pre-treatment. The results show that 10.1 g/kg of lignin and 2.2 g/kg of carbohydrates are dissolved at the pre-treatment temperature of 180 °C, which is reduced to 8.6 g/kg of lignin and 1.2 g/kg of carbohydrates after cooling. The precipitation of lignin separated from the extracts at 180 °C showed that a higher lignin concentration at high temperatures results in a 46% improvement in the yield of solid lignin, while there was no significant impact on the lignin purity.
High Temperature Lignin Separation for Improved Yields in Ethanol Organosolv Pre-Treatment
Johannes Adamcyk (author) / Stefan Beisl (author) / Anton Friedl (author)
2023
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