Research Article

Steam Explosion Pretreatment with Different Concentrations of Hydrogen Peroxide along with Citric Acid: A Former Step towards Bioethanol Production

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Recent studies on hydrogen peroxide pretreatment on various lignocellulosic biomass.

Pretreatment methodsBiomassRequired pretreatment conditionChanges after pretreatmentRef.

Alkaline hydrogen peroxideWheat straw0.2 Mol/l NaOH at 30°C for 5 hr
20 mg H2O2/g biomass
50°C for 7 hrs
42.7% of lignin removal[17]
Hydrogen peroxide- acetic acid (75% HPAC)Poplar30%, H2O2 & 99%, acetic acid in 1 : 1 ratio
100 mM H2SO4 as catalyst (1 : 10, w/v) 80°C, 2 hr
Decrease in lignin concentration from 28.2% to 3.1%
Glucan content increased from 40% to 67.2%, with 11.8% glucan removal
[19]
Alkaline hydrogen peroxide treatmentBamboo3%, H2O2, 100°C, 2.2% NaOH76.5% of glucan, 56% of xylan recovered, & 79.25% of lignin removal[20]
HPACBamboo30% H2O2: CH3COOH (1 : 1, )Reducing sugar yield increases by more than 1.3-fold while cellulosic content increases by 1.7-fold[22]
H2O2 + H3PO4 (PHP)Wheat straw74.92 gm H3PO4 (85%, ) & 5.08 gm H2O2 (30%, )54.1% of lignin removal with 92.4% of sugar conversion[27]
HPACMaize straw, sugarcane bagasse, Eucalyptus bark10 ml HPAC (1 : 1, v/v), incubated at 80°C for 2 hrCellulose crystallinity increases from 34% to 53%[39]
Combined process of acetic acid and H2O2 (AC-HPAC)Poplar5%, acetic acid with solid to liquid ratio of 1 : 10
100 ml HPAC (80%, ) & 100 mM H2SO4 at 60°C for 2 hr.
Glucan content increased from 42.1% to 54.5% with 85.8% glucan content[40]
Alkaline hydrogen peroxide+ supercritical CO2 + ultrasoundSugarcane bagassePressured CO2–20.6 Mpa, 453 K temperature for 1 hr, 0.6% H2O2 treatment for 9 hr and 4 hr ultrasound retention time97.8%, of glucose recovery[41]