Lactic acid production from microwave-alkali pretreated oil palm trunk biomass using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Lai, Long Wee
مؤلفون آخرون: Ani Idris, supervisor
التنسيق: Doctoral thesis
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2025
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://utmik.utm.my/handle/123456789/59363
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spelling utm-123456789-593632025-08-21T04:28:36Z Lactic acid production from microwave-alkali pretreated oil palm trunk biomass using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation Lai, Long Wee Ani Idris, supervisor Chemical engineering Also available in printed version Oil palm trunk (OPT) has never been used as a substrate in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) for lactic acid production due to the existence of lignin in lignocellulose which makes biomass difficult to be hydrolyzed by enzymes and microbes. Hence, when used as substrate, effective pretreatment method is necessary so as to release the cellulose from complex crystalline structure. Production of lactic acid via SSF required compromising circumstances as microbe and enzyme perform best at different operating conditions. Present study demonstrated the production of lactic acid from microwave-alkali (Mw-A) pretreated OPT biomass by using cellulase, 1,4-P-D-glucosidase and Rhizopus oryzae NRRL 395 through SSF process. The OPT biomass was treated using three different pretreatment methods: Mw-A, steam-alkali-chemical (SAC) and Mw-A + SAC techniques. Variations on physical and chemical constituents on OPT were analyzed. After pretreatment, results revealed higher amount of cellulose (g/100g biomass) was obtained for Mw-A sample, 71.88 as compared to Mw-A +SAC, 56.50 and SAC, 42.70. The 72 h enzymatic saccharification revealed that accumulated glucose amount (Mw-A sample) was 4.86-fold as compared to untreated substrate. The values of enzyme kinetics parameters: Lineweaver-Burk method (/^m=3.682 g ,L~ 1, Knax=4 750 g.L~ 1.m in ~ 1 ) were in close agreement with non-linear regression (/^m=3.422 g .L ~1, Vmax=4710 g.L~ 1.m in ~1), obeying Michaelis-Menten model. Experimental design on SSF was performed by response surface methodology (RSM) using face centered central composite design. The influence of three independent variables: temperature (32-42 ° C), pH (4-6) and enzyme ratio (3:1—7:1) on lactic acid production were investigated. When temperature, pH and enzyme ratio were set to 36.11 ° C, 4.56 and 5:1; experimental value was in good agreement with RSM model prediction where lactic acid production at 6.632 ± 0.032 g .L~1 was achieved. By performing Mw-A pretreatment; treated OPT substrate was easy to be utilized in SSF process for the production of lactic acid atiff UTM 192 p. Thesis (Ph.D (Kejuruteraan Bioproses)) - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2015 2025-03-17T06:02:34Z 2025-03-17T06:02:34Z 2015 Doctoral thesis https://utmik.utm.my/handle/123456789/59363 valet-20170403-152522 vital:97556 ENG Closed Access UTM Complete Unpublished application/pdf Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
spellingShingle Chemical engineering
Lai, Long Wee
Lactic acid production from microwave-alkali pretreated oil palm trunk biomass using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
thesis_level PhD
title Lactic acid production from microwave-alkali pretreated oil palm trunk biomass using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
title_full Lactic acid production from microwave-alkali pretreated oil palm trunk biomass using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
title_fullStr Lactic acid production from microwave-alkali pretreated oil palm trunk biomass using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
title_full_unstemmed Lactic acid production from microwave-alkali pretreated oil palm trunk biomass using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
title_short Lactic acid production from microwave-alkali pretreated oil palm trunk biomass using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
title_sort lactic acid production from microwave alkali pretreated oil palm trunk biomass using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
topic Chemical engineering
url https://utmik.utm.my/handle/123456789/59363
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