Multiscale modeling of biomass pretreatment for optimization of steam explosion conditions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 75, Issue , 2012, Pages 177-182

  Zhang, Yuzhen ^a   Chen, Hongzhang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Biochemical engineering; Biomass pretreatment; Energy; Momentum transfer; Process control; Steam explosion

Indexed keywords

CHIP SIZES; DISCHARGE PORT; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT PARAMETERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL PRETREATMENT; LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL; MATERIAL PROPERTY PARAMETERS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; OPERATION PARAMETERS; PRE-TREATMENT; SEVERITY FACTOR; STEAM EXPLOSION;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BRITTLE FRACTURE; EQUIPMENT; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STEAM;

EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 84860562004     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.02.052     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Abatzoglou N., Chornet E., Belkacem K. Phenomenological kinetics of complex systems: the development of a generalized severity parameter and its application to lignocellulosics fractionation. Chem. Eng. Sci. 1992, 47:1109-1122.
2. Alfani F., Gallifuoco A., Saporosi A., Spera A., Cantarella M. Comparison of SHF and SSF process of steam-exploded wheat straw. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2000, 25:184-192.
3. Ballesteros I., Negro M.J., Oliva J.M., Cabanas A., Manzanares P., Ballesteros M. Ethanol production from steam-explosion pretreated wheat straw. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 2006, 130:496-508.
4. Belkacemi K., Abatzoglou N., Overend R.P., Chornet E. Phenomenological kinetics of complex systems: mechanistic considerations in the solubilization of hemicelluloses following aqueous/steam treatments. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 1991, 30:2416-2425.
5. Benham P.P., Warnock F.V. Mechanics of solids and structures 1973, Pitman, London.
6. Cantarella M., Cantarella L., Gallifuoco A., Spera A., Alfani F. Comparison of different detoxification methods for steam-exploded poplar wood as a substrate for the bioproduction of ethanol in SHF and SSF. Process. Biochem. 2004, 39:1533-1542.
7. Chen H.Z. Process Engineering in Plant-Based Procucts 2009, Nova Science Publishers, New York.
8. Chen H.Z., Chen J.Z., Liu J., Li Z.H. Studies on the steam explosion of wheat straw. I. Effects of the processing conditions for steam explosion of wheat straw and analysis of the process. J. Cellulose Sci. Technol. 1999, 7(2):60-67.
9. Chen H.Z., Li Z.H. Paradiam and new concept for biochemical engineering-Development and its theory base of ecological biochemical engineering. J. Chin. Biotechnol. 2002, 22:74-77.
10. Chen H.Z., Liu L.Y. Unpolluted fractionation of wheat straw by steam explosion and ethanol extraction. Biores. Technol. 2007, 98:666-676.
11. Cherepanov G.P. Mechanics of Brittle Fracture 1979, McGraw-Hill, New York.
12. Chum H.L., Johnson D.K., Black S.K. Organosolv pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of poplars.2. Catalyst effects and the combined severity parameter. Indus. Eng. Chem. Res. 1990, 29:156-162.
13. Costa Sousa L., Chundawat S.P.S., Balan V., Dale B.E. 'Cradle-to-grave' assessment of existing lignocellulose pretreatment technologies. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2009, 20:339-347.
14. Hosseini S.A., Shah N. Multiscale modelling of hydrothermal biomass pretreatment for chip size optimization. Bioresource Technol. 2009, 100:2621-2628.
15. Kessler R.W., Becker U., Kohler R., Goth B. Steam explosion of flax-A superior technique for upgrading fibre value. Biomass Bioenergy 1998, 14:237-249.
16. Kumar P., Barrett D.M., Delwiche M.J., Stroeve P. Methods for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for efficient hydrolysis and biofuel production. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48:3713-3729.
17. Mason, W.H.,1929. Apparatus for and Process of Explosion of Lignocellulosic Material. US Patent 1655618.
18. Montane D., Overend R.P., Chornet E. Kinetic models for non-homogeneous complex systems with a time-dependent rate constant. Can. J. Chem. Eng. 1998, 76:58-68.
19. Overend R.P., Chornet E. Fractionation of lignocellulosic by steam-aqueous pretreatments. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 1987, 321:523-536.
20. Saddler J.N., Ramos L.P., Breuil C. Steam pretreatment of lignocellulosic residues. Bioconversion of Forest and Agricultural Plant Residues 1993, 73-92. CBA International, Oxon. J.N. Saddler (Ed.).
21. Talebnia F., Karakashev D., Angelidaki I. Production of bioethanol from wheat straw: An overview on pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation. Bioresource Technol. 2010, 101:4744-4753.
22. Wang X. The Fundament of Gas Dynamics 2006, Northwestern Polytechnical University Press, Xi'an.
23. Zhang S.Z. Dynamics of Explosion and Shock 1993, Ordnance Industry Press, Beijing.
24. Zheng Y., Pan Z.L., Zhang R.H. Overview of biomass pretreatment for cellulosic ethanol production. Int. J. Agri. Biol. Eng. 2009, 2:51-68.