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Extraction and yeast fermentation of sugar product from cellulose hydrolysis in low acid aqueous system with catalytic accelerator

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With the aim to exhibit the advantages of catalytic accelerator in enhancing the selective hydrolysis of cellulose to sugar, cellulose is hydrolyzed in low acid aqueous system with catalytic accelerator. And then sugar products are extracted and fermented by yeast. By the assistance of catalytic accelerator, cellulose conversion rate and total reducing sugar yield are 95.7% and 90.9%. And the glucose yield is as high as 73.6%. The sugar products with high glucose content can be easily extracted from cellulose hydrolysate. Low toxicity of the sugar products to yeast is found during yeast fermentation. The glucose in cellulose hydrolysate can be fully consumed after 12 h. A highly actual ethanol yield is exhibited, which is equal to the actual yield level of standard glucose solution. The important role of catalytic accelerator in aqueous hydrolytic system to produce fermentable sugar is clearly reflected. Furthermore, a simple but effective way is established to efficient utilization of cellulose as an applicable carbon source for the conversion of more value-added chemicals and materials.

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Acknowledgements

We are also grateful for the use of HPLC equipment provided by Dr. Yingying Han in Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Funding

This study is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21978310), the Science and Technology Service Network Plan (KFJ-STS-QYZD-2021–16-002), the “One belt, one road” Projects of China Academy of Sciences (174433KYSB20190082), the Key Projects of Ningbo Public Welfare Science and Technology Plan (2021S020), the Leading Innovative and Entrepreneur Team Introduction Program of Zhejiang (2018R01014), the Natural Science Foundation of Education Department of Liaoning province (LJ2020038), and the Natural Science Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Liaoning Province (2019-ZD-0084).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, Liaoning, China

    Wei Liu & Zhuo Guo

  2. Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Polymeric Materials of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, Zhejiang, China

    Haining Na, Zhenyu Zhang & Jin Zhu

  3. Zhejiang Huakang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Quzhou, Zhejiang, China

    Changhui Hu & Mian Li

  4. College of Textiles and Clothing, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, Shandong, China

    Fang Zhou

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Liu, W., Na, H., Hu, C. et al. Extraction and yeast fermentation of sugar product from cellulose hydrolysis in low acid aqueous system with catalytic accelerator. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 13, 4343–4351 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03000-3

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