Development of a lactic acid production process using lignocellulosic biomass as feedstock

E.C. van der Pol

Development of a lactic acid production process using lignocellulosic biomass as feedstock

E.C. van der Pol

Research output: Thesis › internal PhD, WU

Abstract

The availability of crude oil is finite. Therefore, an alternative feedstock has to be found for the production of fuels and plastics. Lignocellulose is such an alternative feedstock. It is present in large quantities in agricultural waste material such as sugarcane bagasse.

In this PhD thesis, lignocellulose is chemically and enzymatically pretreated to depolymerise sugars present in this structure. The released sugar monomers are fermented by micro-organisms to lactic acid, which is a precursor for the bioplastic PLA. In this thesis, it is shown that it is possible to produce lactic acid from lignocellulosic biomass with high yields and high productivities.

Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Wageningen University
Supervisors/Advisors	Eggink, Gerrit, Promotor Weusthuis, Ruud, Co-promotor
Award date	18 Mar 2016
Place of Publication	Wageningen
Print ISBNs	9789462576735
Publication status	Published - 18 Mar 2016

Keywords

lignocellulose
biomass
biobased chemicals
sugarcane bagasse
lactic acid
sugars
byproducts
inhibitors
pretreatment
bacillus coagulans
furfural
saccharification
fermentation
quantitative techniques
production processes

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Development of a fermentation process to produce C3-acids from lignocellulose feedstock.
van der Pol, E., Eggink, G. & Weusthuis, R.
15/10/11 → 18/03/16
Project: PhD

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Development of a lactic acid production process using lignocellulosic biomass as feedstock

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