Abstract
To improve the lignocellulose conversion for ABE in high solids fermentation, this study explored the feasibility of cycling the process through the cellulolytic or/and solventogenic phases via intermittent flushing of the fermentation media. Five different flushing strategies (varying medium ingredients, inoculum supplement and cycling through phases) were investigated. Flushing regularly throughout the cellulolytic phase is necessary because re-incubation at 65 °C significantly improved glucose availability by at least 6-fold. The solvents accumulation was increased by 4-fold using corn stover (3-fold using miscanthus) over that produced by flushing only through the solventogenic phase. In addition, cycling process was simplified by re-incubating the flushed cellulolytic phase with no re-inoculation because the initial inoculum of Clostridiumthermocellum remained viable throughout sequential co-culture. This study served as the first proof of the cycling flush system applied in co-cultural SSC and the knowledge gained can be used to design a farm-scale flushing system.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2014
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.08.113
Funding Information
The authors sincerely acknowledge the financial support of the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture Biomass Research and Development Initiative Grant #2011-10006-30363.
Related Content
The investigation reported in this paper (No. 14-05-055) is a part of a project of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station and is published with the approval of the director.
Supplementary data associated with this article can be found, in the online version, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.08.113.
Repository Citation
Yao, Wanying and Nokes, Sue E., "First Proof of Concept of Sustainable Metabolite Production from High Solids Fermentation of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using a Bacterial Co-Culture and Cycling Flush System" (2014). Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications. 166.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/bae_facpub/166
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Notes/Citation Information
Published in Bioresource Technology, v. 173, p. 216-223.
© 2014. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
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