Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosics with Continuous Irradiation of Supersonic Wave
Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosics with Continuous Irradiation of Supersonic Wave
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连续超声波辐照木质纤维素的酶水解
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb18268.x
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发表时间:
1990
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
M. Kimura
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作者:
K. Nakao;K. Fukunaga;Y. Yasuda;M. Kimura
Cellulose is the most abundant organic material on Earth. For its utilization, much work has been carried out on pyrolysis, combustion, microbial digestion, hydrolysis, and so on.’ The hydrolysis makes possible the production of glucose, which serves as a raw material for alcohol, proteins, and chemical products. The biodegradation of cellulose in nature is slow because of the insolubility of cellulose and its failure to permeate into living cells. There are two industrial processes that can be used to carry out hydrolysis: the acid and enzymatic processes. The enzymatic hydrolysis is more advantageous compared to the acid hydrolysis because it requires no special equipment resistant to difficult operating conditions and, in addition, it provides products of better quality. The utilization of cellulose from biomass (lignocellulosics) with the enzymatic process still presents some problems. The reaction is slow and the efficiencies are low, due mainly to the high crystallinity of the cellulose, the presence of lignin, and the low specific surface area.*,’ In order to enhance the rate of enzymatic hydrolysis of insoluble cellulose and to improve the use of cellulase, it is essential to renew a surface of the substrate continuously during hydrolysis. It provides a new surface of the substrate to be adsorbed and hydrolyzed by the enzyme and it also reactivates a deactivated enzyme adsorbed in the inner surface of the substrate. This principle was previously derived from an analysis on the hydrolysis in a packed column as well as in a ball-mill r e a ~ t o r . ~ Thus, the hydrolysis under continuous irradiation of supersonic wave was carried out according to this principle. The purpose of this work is (a) to understand better an interaction between enzyme and substrate, (b) to know an effect of lignin on the hydrolysis, and (c) to examine the applicability of our kinetic model.