Potential for rice straw ethanol production in the Mekong Delta,Vietnam

This study is to evaluate the potential for development of a cellulosic ethanol facility in Vietnam. Rice straw is abundant in Vietnam and highly concentrated in the Mekong Delta, where about 26 Mt year⁻¹ of rice straw has been yearly produced. To minimize the overall production cost (PC) of ethanol from rice straw, it is crucial to choose the optimal facility size. The delivered cost of rice straw varied from 20.5 to 65.4 $ dry t⁻¹ depending on transportation distance. The Mekong Delta has much lower rice straw prices compared with other regions in Vietnam because of high density and quantity of rice straw supply. Thus, this region has been considered as the most suitable location for deploying ethanol production in Vietnam. The optimal plant size of ethanol production in the region was estimated up to 200 ML year⁻¹. The improvement in solid concentration of material in the hydrothermal pre-treatment step and using residues for power generation could substantially reduce the PC in Vietnam, where energy costs account for the second largest contribution to the PC, following only enzyme costs. The potential for building larger ethanol plants with low rice straw costs can reduce ethanol production costs in Vietnam. The current estimated production cost for an optimal plant size of 200 ML year⁻¹ was 1.19 $ L⁻¹. For the future scenario, considering improvements in pre-treatment, enzyme hydrolysis steps, specific enzyme activity, and applying residues for energy generation, the ethanol production cost could reduce to 0.45 $ L⁻¹ for a plant size of 200 ML year⁻¹ in Vietnam. These data indicated that the cost-competitiveness of ethanol production could be realized in Vietnam with future improvements in production technologies.     

Insights into biological delignification of rice straw by Trametes hirsuta and Myrothecium roridum and comparison of saccharification yields with dilute acid pretreatment

Rice straw is the most abundant agricultural residue on a global scale and is widely available as feedstock for cellulosic fuel production. However, it is highly recalcitrant to biochemical deconstruction and also generates inhibitors that affect enzymatic saccharification. Rice straw from eastern Arkansas was subjected to dilute acid pretreatment (160 °C, 48 min and 1.0% sulfuric acid) and solid-state fermentation with two lignocellulolytic fungi, Trametes hirsuta and Myrothecium roridum, and their saccharification efficacies were compared. T. hirsuta and M. roridum were tested separately; pretreatment of rice straw with either strain for seven days resulted in 19 and 70% enrichment of its holocellulose content, respectively. However, liquid chromatography analysis of the alkali extracts showed significant differences in cell wall degradation by T. hirsuta and M. roridum. T. hirsuta removed 15% more phenolic compounds and 38% more glucan than M. roridum, while M. roridum removed 77% more xylan than T. hirsuta. Fungal and dilute acid pretreated biomass was then hydrolyzed using Accellerase^® 1500, a saccharification cocktail. Saccharification efficiency of M. roridum was 37% higher than that of dilute acid pretreatment of rice straw, requiring 8% lower enzyme loading and 50% shorter enzymatic hydrolysis duration. Alkali extraction of fungal pretreated biomass also yielded 10–15 g kg⁻¹ of acid precipitable polymeric lignin (APPL), which is a valuable co-product for biorefineries. In comparison to dilute acid pretreatment, fungal pretreatment could be a cost-effective alternative for the degradation of recalcitrant biomass, such as rice straw.     

秸杆材料用作草皮栽培基质的研究

本文介绍了秸杆毡的成型工艺 ,通过植物所需的水、肥料和空气三种因素对秸杆毡的化学和物理性能进行了研究 ,该材料可被用作草皮栽培基质     

Clarification of a wheat straw‐derived medium with ion‐exchange resins for xylitol crystallization

BACKGROUND: Xylitol bioproduction from lignocellulosic residues comprises hydrolysis of the hemicellulose, detoxification of the hydrolysate, bioconversion of the xylose, and recovery of xylitol from the fermented hydrolysate. There are relatively few reports on xylitol recovery from fermented media. In the present study, ion‐exchange resins were used to clarify a fermented wheat straw hemicellulosic hydrolysate, which was then vacuum‐concentrated and submitted to cooling in the presence of ethanol for xylitol crystallization. RESULTS: Sequential adsorption into two anion‐exchange resins (A‐860S and A‐500PS) promoted considerable reductions in the content of soluble by‐products (up to 97.5%) and in medium coloration (99.5%). Vacuum concentration led to a dark‐colored viscous solution that inhibited xylitol crystallization. This inhibition could be overcome by mixing the concentrated medium with a commercial xylitol solution. Such a strategy led to xylitol crystals with up to 95.9% purity. The crystallization yield (43.5%) was close to that observed when using commercial xylitol solution (51.4%). CONCLUSION: The experimental data demonstrate the feasibility of using ion‐exchange resins followed by cooling in the presence of ethanol as a strategy to promote the fast recovery and purification of xylitol from hemicellulose‐derived fermentation media. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry     

我国秸杆人造板工业若干问题之我见

阐述我国发展秸秆人造板工业的必要性和可行性，介绍了秸秆人造板的种类、我国秸秆人造板工业发展现状和发展过程中应注意的问题，并对今后的发展提出了建议。     

不同预处理方法对稻秸纤维表面性质的影响

通过对稻秸原料进行水热、酸碱和冷等离子体预处理,分析了纤维表面的浸润性及表面自由基浓度的变化。研究表明,经水热及酸碱预处理后,纤维与水的接触角为90o,稻秸纤维的浸润性改善不明显,经冷等离子改性后,稻秸纤维表面浸润性改善非常明显。水热及乙酸处理有利于提高稻秸纤维的表面自由基浓度,碱处理则降低了稻秸纤维的表面自由基浓度。     

腐解稻草DOM提取液洗脱六价铬污染土壤试验研究

工矿企业产生的铬渣、含铬废水由于管理不善导致土壤铬污染严重,迫切需要寻求低成本铬污染土壤修复技术。提出腐解稻草中溶解性有机质（Dissolved Organic Matter, DOM）提取液洗脱铬污染土壤的技术,通过实验室模拟试验,以2种铬污染土壤（总铬含量为分别为121.54、941.90 mg/kg,六价铬含量分别为119.90、856.90 mg/kg）为研究目标,采用振荡淋洗法考察了固液比、淋洗时间、淋洗次数等因素对土壤中总铬、六价铬洗脱效果的影响,并探讨了淋洗前后铬形态变化及淋洗后土壤残留六价铬的持续钝化能力。研究结果表明：稻草经35 d腐解后的DOM提取液洗脱土壤中铬效果最佳,确定为最佳淋洗剂;固液比1：15、淋洗4h/次、淋洗2次为最佳淋洗工艺条件,该条件下,2种铬污染土壤总铬分别洗脱了47.79%、85.92%,六价铬含量分别削减了51.76%、95.09%;DOM提取液呈弱碱性,包含大量羧基、羟基及酚类物质,对水溶态、弱酸提取态和残渣态铬有较好的洗脱效果,有效降低了土壤环境风险,且能持续钝化淋洗后土壤中残余的六价铬。     

PET和关中麦秆共热解特性及其动力学研究

利用TG-FTIR技术研究陕西关中地区小麦秸秆（麦秆）、聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯（PET）及其两者混合物麦秆-PET（质量比1：1）在20 K/min的升温速率下的热解行为、主要热解产物、协同效应和动力学。研究结果表明：PET热解初始温度为375℃,最大热失重速率处的温度为454.9℃,失重率为62.87%,其热解残余质量为19.42%;麦秆-PET的热解DTG曲线表现为麦秆和PET主失重峰（339.9和444℃）的叠加,且混合试样在两个强峰处的失重率分别为22.9%和73.9%,最终热解残余质量为23.52%;PET和麦秆共热解过程中会出现两个协同效应（339.9和444℃）,这使得共热解产物中的CO、CH₄以及芳香族、酸类、酮类、醛类、醇类、烷烃、酚类和醚类等轻质焦油组分含量高于麦秆和PET单独热解,共热解提高了热解产物的热值,改善了热解产物组成,提升了热解产物的稳定性和燃料品质;采用Coats-Redfern积分法计算得到PET在主热解区的表观活化能为355.48 kJ/mol,远高于麦秆的表观活化能（86.5 kJ/mol）,麦秆-PET在低温区（258~363℃）的表观活化能为53.6 kJ/mol,在高温区（393~463℃）的表观活化能为81.6 kJ/mol。     

预处理方式对小麦秸秆制备高吸水性树脂的影响

以小麦秸秆为原料合成高吸水性树脂需首先对秸秆进行预处理,通过实验分析,比较了预处理方式如酸处理、碱浸泡、氨水浸泡、碱蒸煮及其联合处理对秸秆及高吸水性树脂的影响;用晶相显微镜、IR等表征了处理前后秸秆的微观形貌、化学结构及树脂的化学结构等;结果表明,比较理想的预处理方式是碱蒸煮处理〔w(NaOH)=14%的水溶液、150℃、0.6 MPa、30 m in〕结合浓度为1 mol/L的硝酸在100℃下处理30 m in,及w(NH3.H2O)=10%的氨水室温浸泡48 h结合浓度为1 mol/L的硝酸在100℃下处理45 m in;两种方式所得高吸水性树脂吸收纯水的质量倍率分别为405 g/g和293 g/g,吸收w(复混肥)=0.1%的水溶液的质量倍率分别为124 g/g和82g/g〔复混肥中w(N)=w(P)=w(K)=10%,N、P、K分别以尿素、过磷酸钙、氯化钾存在〕。     

微波辐射常压麦草中木质素快速提取方法研究

采用微波辐射技术,建立了从麦草中提取木质素的工艺.使用微波法分离木质素和纤维素是微波应用的一种新途径.考察了固液比例、微波辐射功率、辐射时间、碱浓度等对木质素提取效果的影响.结果表明,最佳提取工艺条件为:2 g样品在微波辐射功率为550 W,辐射时间为75 min,固液比为1:12.5,碱浓度为16%时,木质素提取液的吸光度达到1.25,并且验证性试验的结果很稳定.