Knowledge Agora



Scientific Article details

Title Effect of the autohydrolysis treatment on the integral revalorisation of Ziziphus lotus
ID_Doc 8099
Authors Saad, S; Dávila, I; Mannai, F; Labidi, J; Moussaoui, Y
Title Effect of the autohydrolysis treatment on the integral revalorisation of Ziziphus lotus
Year 2024
Published Biomass Conversion And Biorefinery, 14, 2
DOI 10.1007/s13399-022-02457-6
Abstract In this work, the autohydrolysis of Ziziphus lotus has been used as a pretreatment that permitted the integral revalorisation of this feedstock by obtaining oligosaccharides, lignin and cellulose nanofibres. For that, firstly, the temperature of the autohydrolysis process was optimised to maximise the production of oligosaccharides, obtaining 17.8 g/L of oligosaccharides at the optimum conditions. Afterwards, the effect of the autohydrolysis pretreatment on the effectiveness of the subsequent biorefinery steps and on the characteristics of the obtained products was analysed. It was observed that the autohydrolysis pretreatment not only increased the organosolv delignification process by 42.7%, but also decreased polydispersity of the obtained lignin by 33.82%. Regarding the cellulose nanofibres, their crystallinity index increased from 74.3 to 79.2% due to the effect of the autohydrolysis treatment. Thus, the autohydrolysis pretreatment would permit the integral revalorisation of Ziziphus lotus by a biorefinery approach that could be an example of the circular economy and of a zero-waste production.
Author Keywords Oligosaccharides; Lignin; Ziziphus lotus; Cellulose nanofibres; Integral biorefinery
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000755406800001
WoS Category Energy & Fuels; Engineering, Chemical
Research Area Energy & Fuels; Engineering
PDF
Similar atricles
Scroll