Critical CO2 pretreatment of biomass increases glucose yield after enzymatic hydrolysis
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 12:40
in Earth & Climate
The sugar obtained after enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunches (EFBs increased from 17% to 24% when supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) pretreatment of the EFBs was used, according to a new study. SC-CO2 pretreatment plus premixing of the EFBs with alkali further increased the glucose yield to almost 37%, as reported in the study published in Industrial Biotechnology.