Abstract
This research investigated enhancing the efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw via freeze–thaw pretreatment and assessed the physicochemical structural changes after this pretreatment. The enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of cellulose and hemicellulose was enhanced, and hemicellulose was more susceptible to pretreatment. The highest enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency of cellulose and hemicellulose was 57.06 and 70.66%, respectively, at − 80 ℃ for 24 h and − 10 ℃ for 24 h, respectively, which were 2.23 and 3.13-fold higher than the control levels, respectively. Scanning electron microscopy images indicated that transverse cracks appeared before longitudinal cracks with stronger pretreatment conditions, and holes were found in every sample after this pretreatment. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that freeze–thaw pretreatment affected both the crystalline and amorphous regions and disrupted the hydrogen bonds within them. This study provides a physical pretreatment method to improve the efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
Data availability
The datasets used and/or analyzed in the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
References
Chen H, Liu J, Chang X, Chen D, Xue Y, Liu P, Lin H, Han S (2017) A review on the pretreatment of lignocellulose for high-value chemicals. Fuel Process Technol 160:196–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.12.007
Deng Y, Qiu L, Yao Y, Qin M (2018) A technology for strongly improving methane production from rice straw: freeze–thaw pretreatment. Rsc ADV 8:22643–22651. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ra03692f
Deng Y, Qiu Y, Yao Y, Ayiania M, Davaritouchaee M (2020) Weak-base pretreatment to increase biomethane production from wheat straw[J]. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27(30):37989–38003. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09914-7
Ghose TK (1987) Measurement of cellulase activities. Pure & Appl Chem 59:257–268. https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198759020257
Ji G, Gao C, Xiao W, Han L (2016) Mechanical fragmentation of corncob at different plant scales: Impact and mechanism on microstructure features and enzymatic hydrolysis. Bioresour Technol 205:159–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.01.029
Jiang J, Wang J, Zhang X, Wolcott M (2017) Assessing multi-scale deconstruction of wood cell wall subjected to mechanical milling for enhancing enzymatic hydrolysis. Ind Crop Prod 109:498–508
Jyoti K, Kalamdhad AS, Goud VV, Goel R (2019) Fungal pretreatment and associated kinetics of rice straw hydrolysis to accelerate methane yield from anaerobic digestion. Bioresour Technol 286:121368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121368
Kainthola J, Shariq M, Kalamdhad AS, Goud VV (2019) Enhanced methane potential of rice straw with microwave assisted pretreatment and its kinetic analysis. J Environ Manage 232:188–196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.052
Karthikeyan OP, Trably E, Mehariya S, Bernet N, Wong JWC, Carrere H (2018) Pretreatment of food waste for methane and hydrogen recovery: a review. Bioresour Technol 249:1025–1039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.105
Kian LK, Saba N, Jawaid M, Fouad H (2020) Characterization of microcrystalline cellulose extracted from olive fiber. Int J Biol Macromol 156:347–353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.04.015
Koupaie EH, Dahadha S, Bazyar Lakeh AA, Azizi A, Elbeshbishy E (2019) Enzymatic pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enhanced biomethane production-a review. J Environ Manage 233:774–784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.09.106
Kumari D, Singh R (2018) Pretreatment of lignocellulosic wastes for biofuel production: a critical review. Renew Sust Energ Rev 90:877–891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.03.111
Li Y, Zhang Z, Zhu S, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Zhang T, Zhang Q (2018) Comparison of bio-hydrogen production yield capacity between asynchronous and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation processes from agricultural residue by mixed anaerobic cultures. Bioresour Technol 247:1210–1214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.053
Li H, Xiong L, Chen X, Luo M, Chen X, Wang C, Huang C, Chen X (2019a) Enhanced enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw via a combination of alkaline hydrogen peroxide and lithium chloride/N, N-dimethylacetamide pretreatment. Ind Crop Prod 137:332–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.05.027
Li J, Wachemo AC, Yuan H, Zuo X, Li X (2019b) Natural freezing-thawing pretreatment of corn stalk for enhancing anaerobic digestion performance. Bioresour Technol 288:121518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121518
Li Y, Chen Y, Wu J (2019c) Enhancement of methane production in anaerobic digestion process: a review. Appl Energ 240:120–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.01.243
Liu X, Huang X, Wu X, Xu Q, Du M, Wang D, Yang Q, Liu Y, Ni BJ, Yang G, Yang F, Wang Q (2020) Activation of nitrite by freezing process for anaerobic digestion enhancement of waste activated sludge: performance and mechanisms[J]. Chem Eng J 387:124147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.124147
Manisha YSK (2017) Technological advances and applications of hydrolytic enzymes for valorization of lignocellulosic biomass. Bioresour Technol 245:1727–1739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.066
Qi N, Hu X, Xin X, Ye S, Fu Z, Zhao X (2020) Mechanisms of biohydrogen recovery enhancement from peanut shell by C. guangxiense: temperature pretreatment ranges from −80 to 100 °C. Bioresour Technol 304:123026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123026
Rempel A, Machado T, Treichel H, Colla E, Margarites AC, Colla LM (2018) Saccharification of Spirulina platensis biomass using free and immobilized amylolytic enzymes. Bioresour Technol 263:163–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.04.114
Rongpipi S, Ye D, Gomez ED, Gomez EW (2019) Progress and opportunities in the characterization of cellulose – an important regulator of cell wall growth and mechanics. Front Plant SCI 9:1–28. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01894
Sawatdeenarunat C, Nguyen D, Surendra KC, Shrestha S, Rajendran K, Oechsner H, Xie L, Khanal SK (2016) Anaerobic biorefinery: current status, challenges, and opportunities. Bioresour Technol 215:304–313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.03.074
Segal L, Creely JJ, Martin AE, Conrad CM (1959) An empirical method for estimating the degree of crystallinity of native cellulose using the X-ray diffractometer. Text Res J 29:786–794. https://doi.org/10.1177/004051755902901003
Sindhu R, Binod P, Pandey A (2016) Biological pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass–an overview. Bioresour Technol 199:76–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.08.030
Smichi N, Messaoudi Y, Ksouri R, Abdelly C, Gargouri M (2014) Pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification of new phytoresource for bioethanol production from halophyte species. Renew Energ 63:544–549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2013.10.016
Wang D, Shen F, Yang G, Zhang Y, Deng S, Zhang J, Zeng Y, Luo T, Mei Z (2018) Can hydrothermal pretreatment improve anaerobic digestion for biogas from lignocellulosic biomass? Bioresour Technol 249:117–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.197
Wang J, Chen X, Chio C, Yang C, Su E, Jin Y, Cao F, Qin W (2019) Delignification overmatches hemicellulose removal for improving hydrolysis of wheat straw using the enzyme cocktail from Aspergillus niger. Bioresour Technol 274:459–467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.12.029
Zabihi S, Sharafi A, Motamedi H, Esmaeilzadeh F, Doherty WOS (2021) Environmentally friendly acetic acid/steam explosion/supercritical carbon dioxide system for the pre-treatment of wheat straw. Environ Sci Pollut R 28:37867–37881. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13410-x
Zhang T, Jiang D, Zhang H, Lee D-J, Zhang Z, Zhang Q, Jing Y, Zhang Y, Xia C (2020a) Effects of different pretreatment methods on the structural characteristics, enzymatic saccharification and photo-fermentative bio-hydrogen production performance of corn straw. Bioresour Technol 304:122999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122999
Zhang Y, Li T, Shen Y, Wang L, Zhang H, Qian H, Qi X (2020b) Extrusion followed by ultrasound as a chemical-free pretreatment method to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis of rice hull for fermentable sugars production[J]. Ind Crop Prod 149:112356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.112356
Zhao D, Yang F, Dai Y, Tao F, Shen Y, Duan W, Zhou X, Ma H, Tang L, Li J (2017) Exploring crystalline structural variations of cellulose during pulp beating of tobacco stems. Carbohydr Polym 174:146–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.06.060
Zhao A, Yu L, Yang M, Wang C, Wang M, Bai X (2018) Effects of the combination of freeze-thawing and enzymatic hydrolysis on the microstructure and physicochemical properties of porous corn starch. Food Hydrocolloid 83:465–472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2018.04.041
Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge the comments and supervision provided by Prof. Yiqing Yao, Northwest A&F University.
Funding
This research was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. (2016YFD0501403). Foundation of State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering from the State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering (Grant No. 2022-K32).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Contributions
All authors contributed to the study’s conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Jianhong Sun and Yuanfang Deng. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Jianhong Sun, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Corresponding author
Ethics declarations
Ethics approval
Not applicable.
Consent for publication
Not applicable.
Competing interest
The authors declare no competing interests.
Additional information
Responsible Editor: Ta Yeong Wu
Publisher's note
Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Sun, J., Deng, Y., Li, S. et al. Enhanced efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw via freeze–thaw pretreatment. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 56696–56704 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18893-w
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18893-w