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Title: Cellulosic Ethanol Potential of Feedstocks Grown on Marginal Lands

Abstract

To examine the chemical composition and ethanol production of feedstocks grown on marginal lands, prairie cordgrass and switchgrass from waterlogged land, saline land, and saline water irrigated land were evaluated. Samples were pretreated using 1% w w-1dilute acid at 160°C for 10 min, and simultaneous saccharification and cofermentation was conducted using industrial engineered . Samples grown on land irrigated with saline water had 2.8-fold higher total ash content compared to the other types of land, resulting in lower carbohydrate concentrations. Yeast fermented glucose and xylose simultaneously; almost all of the sugars were consumed, indicating that salts present in biomass ash did not inhibit yeast performance. Ethanol production from the waterlogged and saline lands was 2,500 to 4,700 L ha-1, which is comparable to that of samples grown on other agricultural lands. Finally, prairie cordgrass and switchgrass grown on marginal lands could be potential feedstocks for cellulosic biofuel. Keywords: Irrigation, Marginal land, Prairie cordgrass, Saline, Simultaneous saccharification and cofermentation, Switchgrass, Waterlogging.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
  2. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Crop Sciences
  3. US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Peoria, IL (United States). National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Urbana, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Contributing Org.:
Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI)
OSTI Identifier:
1489499
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1991844
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0018420
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Transactions of the ASABE (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 61; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2151-0040
Publisher:
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; irrigation; marginal land; prairie cordgrass; saline; simultaneous saccarification and cofermentation; switchgrass; waterlogging

Citation Formats

Kim, Sun Min, Lee, DoKyoung, Thapa, Santanu, Dien, Bruce S., Tumbleson, Mike E., Rausch, Kent D., and Singh, Vijay. Cellulosic Ethanol Potential of Feedstocks Grown on Marginal Lands. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.13031/trans.12945.
Kim, Sun Min, Lee, DoKyoung, Thapa, Santanu, Dien, Bruce S., Tumbleson, Mike E., Rausch, Kent D., & Singh, Vijay. Cellulosic Ethanol Potential of Feedstocks Grown on Marginal Lands. United States. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.12945
Kim, Sun Min, Lee, DoKyoung, Thapa, Santanu, Dien, Bruce S., Tumbleson, Mike E., Rausch, Kent D., and Singh, Vijay. 2018. "Cellulosic Ethanol Potential of Feedstocks Grown on Marginal Lands". United States. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.12945. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1489499.
@article{osti_1489499,
title = {Cellulosic Ethanol Potential of Feedstocks Grown on Marginal Lands},
author = {Kim, Sun Min and Lee, DoKyoung and Thapa, Santanu and Dien, Bruce S. and Tumbleson, Mike E. and Rausch, Kent D. and Singh, Vijay},
abstractNote = {To examine the chemical composition and ethanol production of feedstocks grown on marginal lands, prairie cordgrass and switchgrass from waterlogged land, saline land, and saline water irrigated land were evaluated. Samples were pretreated using 1% w w-1dilute acid at 160°C for 10 min, and simultaneous saccharification and cofermentation was conducted using industrial engineered . Samples grown on land irrigated with saline water had 2.8-fold higher total ash content compared to the other types of land, resulting in lower carbohydrate concentrations. Yeast fermented glucose and xylose simultaneously; almost all of the sugars were consumed, indicating that salts present in biomass ash did not inhibit yeast performance. Ethanol production from the waterlogged and saline lands was 2,500 to 4,700 L ha-1, which is comparable to that of samples grown on other agricultural lands. Finally, prairie cordgrass and switchgrass grown on marginal lands could be potential feedstocks for cellulosic biofuel. Keywords: Irrigation, Marginal land, Prairie cordgrass, Saline, Simultaneous saccharification and cofermentation, Switchgrass, Waterlogging.},
doi = {10.13031/trans.12945},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1489499}, journal = {Transactions of the ASABE (Online)},
issn = {2151-0040},
number = 6,
volume = 61,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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Table 1 Table 1: Prairie cordgrass and switchgrass growing conditions.

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