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- Title
The use of steam explosion to increase the nutrition available from rice straw.
- Authors
Li, Bin; Chen, Kunjie; Gao, Xiang; Zhao, Chao; Shao, Qianjun; Sun, Qian; Li, Hua
- Abstract
In the present study, rice straw was pretreated using steam-explosion (ST) technique to improve the enzymatic hydrolysis of potential reducing sugars for feed utilization. The response surface methodology based on central composite design was used to optimize the effects of steam pressure, pressure retention time, and straw moisture content on the yield of reducing sugar. All the investigated variables had significant effects (P < 0.001) on the reducing sugar yield. The optimum yield of 30.86% was obtained under the following pretreatment conditions: steam pressure, 1.54 MPa; pressure retention time, 140.5 Sec; and straw moisture content, 41.6%. The yield after thermal treatment under the same conditions was approximately 16%. Infrared (IR) radiation analysis showed a decrease in the cellulose IR crystallization index. ST noticeably increases reducing sugars in rice straw, and this technique may also be applicable to other cellulose/lignin sources of biomass.
- Subjects
RICE straw; RICE -- Nutrition; CRYSTALLIZATION; INFRARED radiation; CELLULOSE; RESPONSE surfaces (Statistics)
- Publication
Biotechnology & Applied Biochemistry, 2015, Vol 62, Issue 6, p823
- ISSN
0885-4513
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bab.1336