Production of Bio-Fuels by Enzyme-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Cellulose

Abstract:

Converting biomass into fuel is becoming increasingly important owing to the desirability of finding substitutes for fossil fuels and to the need to address the problem of global warming. Cellulose, one of the main constituents of biomass, is the most abundant bio-renewable material on the planet. Considerable effort has been devoted to the hydrolysis of cellulose in order to convert it into fuel. In this paper, both two-dimensional electrode electrochemical degradation of cellulose and the use of biological degradation of cellulose were investigated, which provides a detailed study of cellulose activity and stability in various ionic liquids. In the two-dimensional electrode reaction system, after 5 hours at the voltage of 8 V under the conditions of electrolysis, the degradation of cellulose reached 43.7%, BOD5/COD also significantly improved with biological treatment to the combination of electrochemical techniques. As the result, HEMA is a promising, novel, green medium for performing cellulose hydrolysis reactions to convert biomass into bio-fuels.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 519)
• Pages: 100-103
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.519.100
• Online since: July 2012
• Authors: Lin Nan Zhang, Jin Long Wang, Bing Hui Xu, Patricia Flatt
• Keywords: Bio-Fuels, Cellulose, Degradation

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