Modeling of the separation of inhibitory components from pretreated rice straw hydrolysate by nanofiltration membranes

  • Soumen K. Maiti
  • , Y. Lukka Thuyavan
  • , Satyendra Singh
  • , Harinder S. Oberoi
  • , Gopal P. Agarwal*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The main objective of this work was to remove inhibitors and concentrate sugars in hydrolysates obtained from dilute acid-treated rice straw. The Donnan steric pore flow model (DSPM) was applied for membrane characterization and it captured the membrane transport adequately. The polyamide and polyethylene sulfate nanofiltration membranes of 150. Da molecular weight cut-off showed a separation factor of 3 for acetic acid over glucose and xylose and 7 over cellobiose for a simulated mixture at the optimum pH of 3. A separation factor of 3 was also found for the inhibitors hydroxymethyl furfural, ferulic and vanilic acids over sugars. The concentration of rice straw acid hydrolysate by a volume concentration ratio of 4 increased the concentrations of xylose, glucose, arabinose, cellobiose and inhibitor by 100%, 104%, 93%, 151% and 3%, respectively which indicates the membrane can be used for separating the inhibitors from acid-pretreated rice straw hydrolysate while simultaneously concentrating sugars.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)419-427
Number of pages9
JournalBioresource Technology
Volume114
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2012
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors thankfully acknowledge the financial assistance received under the NAIP project (C-30030) from Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), Govt. of India, New Delhi for conducting this research work. The help provided by Mr. Muthumareeswaran M.R in fabrication of two units used in conducting the experiments is highly appreciated.

Keywords

  • Acid pretreatment
  • DSPM
  • Nanofiltration
  • Rice straw
  • Separation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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

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