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An application of low concentration alkaline hydrogen peroxide at non-severe pretreatment conditions together with deep eutectic solvent to improve delignification of oil palm fronds

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Cost-effective pretreatments are essential to overcome the recalcitrant properties of lignocellulosic biomass in order to reutilize cellulosic components within the biomass for value-added products. In this study, a sequential pretreatment of low concentration (< 1.00 vol%) alkaline hydrogen peroxide (AHP) at ambient temperature (~ 25 °C) and pressure (1 atm.) with Type III deep eutectic solvent (DES) was used to fractionate oil palm fronds (OPF). A combination of AHP (0.25 vol%, 90 min) and DES (120 °C, 4 h) at the later stage resulted in a pretreated OPF with a delignification of 18.99%, remarkably improved DES-alone delignification extent by 1.6 folds. The characterizations of pretreated OPF confirmed that mild conditions AHP + DES pretreatment could synergically improve the delignification efficiency. Thus, the use of this sequential pretreatment enabled the lignin extraction and effectively disrupted the recalcitrant structure of OPF, yielding a potential feedstock for a biorefinery process at the later stage.

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The funding of this research is supported by Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia under Fundamental-Malaysia’s Research Star Award [FRGS-MRSA/1/2018/WAB01/MUSM/02/1]. In addition, the authors would like to thank Monash University Malaysia for providing M.C. Ho with a Master scholarship.

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    Mun Chun Ho, Ta Yeong Wu, Samuel Wei Qiang Chee, Chia Yee Ngang & Irene Mei Leng Chew

  2. Monash-Industry Palm Oil Education and Research Platform (MIPO), School of Engineering, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Ta Yeong Wu

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Wen Hui Teoh

  4. Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Jamaliah Md. Jahim & Abdul Wahab Mohammad

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Ho, M.C., Wu, T.Y., Chee, S.W.Q. et al. An application of low concentration alkaline hydrogen peroxide at non-severe pretreatment conditions together with deep eutectic solvent to improve delignification of oil palm fronds. Cellulose 26, 8557–8573 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02646-z

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