Potential for ethanol production from different sorghum cultivars

Castro, Eulogio; Nieves, Ismael U.; Rondón, Vanessa; Sagues, William J.; Fernández-Sandoval, Marco T.; Yomano, Lorraine P.; York, Sean W.; Erickson, John; Vermerris, Wilfred

doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.050

Potential for ethanol production from different sorghum cultivars

Journal Article · Fri Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Industrial Crops and Products

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.08.050· OSTI ID:1770131

Castro, Eulogio ^[1]; Nieves, Ismael U. ^[2]; Rondón, Vanessa ^[2]; Sagues, William J. ^[2]; Fernández-Sandoval, Marco T. ^[2]; Yomano, Lorraine P. ^[2]; York, Sean W. ^[3]; Erickson, John ^[3]; Vermerris, Wilfred ^[3]

University of Florida, Perry, FL (United States); University of Jaen (Spain); University of Florida
University of Florida, Perry, FL (United States)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)

This work presents the ethanol production results using three sweet sorghum cultivars. The sugar rich juice was fermented by Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli. The residual bagasse was further pretreated by dilute phosphoric acid steam explosion. The resulting slurry was submitted to Liquefaction plus Simultaneous Saccharification and co-Fermentation (L + SScF) process using Novozymes Cellic CTec3 enzymes and an engineered ethanologenic E. coli strain. Results show a sugar concentration in the juice ranging from 140 to 170 g/ L, which were almost completely converted into ethanol by yeast. Concerning the L + SScF, the final ethanol concentration produced increased with enzyme dosage, with little difference among all three sorghum cultivars, reaching up to 27.5 g EtOH/L at enzyme concentrations of 11.5 FPU/gDW. Here, considering the ethanol produced from juice and from Sweet Sorghum Bagasse (SSB), there is a potential of producing up to 10,600 L of ethanol per hectare, improving on the values reported for corn ethanol.

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Research Organization:: University of Florida

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of International Affairs (IA); USDA-NIFA Biomass Research and Development Initiative Competitive; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office; Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Grant/Contract Number:: PI0000031

OSTI ID:: 1770131

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1538381
OSTI ID: 1495843

Journal Information:: Industrial Crops and Products, Journal Name: Industrial Crops and Products Vol. 109; ISSN 0926-6690

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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