Avaliação do potencial da casca de Eucalyptus spp. para a produção de bioetanol / Evaluation of the potential use of Eucalyptus spp. bark for bioethanol production

AUTOR(ES)

Juliano Bragatto

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

The use of no fossil source for biofuels production has been stimuled in the all world. Proposing a new global scenario related to the energy matrix, together with the environmental conditions, there is the need to search alternative renewable raw materials. In this context, Brazil presents special conditions, considering the lignocellulosic residues from the forestry industry. Nowadays, Brazil is the largest cellulose short fiber producer from Eucalyptus spp, having a strong sector in expansion. This industrial activity produces in average 2,8 to 5,7 million tons of solid waste in the form of bark (mostly from eucalyptus). Usually, the destiny of this biomass is inefficient and represents a significant loss of the energetic potential, since these lignocellulosic residues can suffer biotransformation and produce high value components, like the biofuels (ethanol). Therewith, the aim of this work was to evaluate the potential of the eucalyptus bark related to ethanol fuel production. In this way, barks from 5 commercial clones (E. urophylla x E. grandis e E. grandis) were characterized due to the chemical composition. Eucalyptus barks were subjected to a series of acid and alkaline pretreatments, evaluated in factorial design aiming to recover potentially fermentable sugars. Eucalyptus bark presented on average 20% of total soluble carbohydrates TSC (glucose, fructose and sucrose). TSC were extracted with hot water (80 °C) and fermented by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Ethanol production per ton of dry bark was 106 liters (first generation ethanol). After TSC extraction, the residual biomass from eucalyptus bark were subjected to several pretreatments. The alkaline pretreatment (NaOH) presented a high enzymatic efficiency of glucose conversion of approximately 30% after 24 hours of incubation. With the results obtained in enzymatic analysis, is estimated that it can be produced more than 94 liters of ethanol per ton of bark (cellulosic ethanol).

ASSUNTO(S)

bagaços biocombustíveis biomassa cana-de-açúcar carbohydrates carboidratos cascas (planta) cellulose and paper. celulose enzimas hidrolíticas enzymes fermentação alcoólica. fermentation saccharomyces cerevisiae sugarcane bagasse

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