King Grass: A promising material for the production of second-generation butanol

Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of sago hampas into biobutanol by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824

“…Ezeji et al also reported that Clostridia prefer glucose than C5‐sources when tested in ABE fermentation model. This trend of sugar profile can also be seen in other SHF studies using lignocellulosic biomass as substrate . Because of this situation, the trend of solvents production showed a distinct behaviour in SHF using glucose over SHF using hydrolysate.…”

“…This trend of sugar profile can also be seen in other SHF studies using lignocellulosic biomass as substrate. 10,24 Because of this situation, the trend of solvents production showed a distinct behaviour in SHF using glucose over SHF using hydrolysate. The highest biobutanol production was obtained after 48 hour of glucose fermentation, and 72 hour of sago hampas hydrolysate fermentation.…”

“…[4][5][6] In order to make biobutanol more feasible for industrial application, a suitable substrate for fermentation has been investigated by many researchers. Some of the substrate used was starch-based materials such as corn, 7 cassava, 8 and konjac waste, 9 and lignocellulosic-based materials such as king grass, 10 oil palm empty fruit bunch, 11 corn stover, 12 oil palm decanter cake, 13 wheat straw, 14 and other substrates. Sago hampas, which is a waste produced in the processing of sago starch can be used as a substrate for biobutanol production.…”

Optical diagnostics of early flame development in a DISI (direct injection spark ignition) engine fueled with n-butanol and gasoline

“…Amongst alcohols, butanol is an emerging renewable fuel which can be produced from biological sources [7]. It has several advantages over methanol and ethanol, including high tolerance to water contamination, reduced corrosive action on aluminum or polymer fuel system components, ability to blend in gasoline [8] or diesel [9,10] at high fraction without modifying vehicles and better fuel economy due to higher energy density.…”

Exploring the inhibitory characteristics of acid hydrolysates upon butanol fermentation: A toxicological assessment

“…The most common lignocellulosic feedstock is agricultural waste (e.g., rice straw, corn stover, and bagasse) (Cheng et al, 2012;Kumar et al, 2012;Qureshi et al, 2010). Moreover, feasibility assessments of BuOH production from many plants (King Grass, eucalyptus, timothy grass, and switchgrass) have also been carried out recently (Gallego et al, 2015;Liu et al, 2015;Nanda et al, 2014). Currently, the third generation feedstock-microalgae is seen as more promising for BuOH production due to its worldwide abundance in water bodies and their fast growth via consumption of CO 2 .…”