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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 119-130.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2022.04.017

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Application of Aspen Plus in Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment for Ethanol Production: A Review

Fang WANG1, Hongdan ZHANG2,*()   

  1. 1. Department of Electronic Information Engineering, Yongcheng Vocational College, Yongcheng 476600, China
    2. Institute of Biomass Engineering, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
  • Received:2021-09-07 Online:2022-08-28 Published:2022-09-01
  • Contact: Hongdan ZHANG E-mail:hdzhang@scau.edu.cn

Abstract:

Pretreatment was a key step in sugar platform -based biomass refinery using lignocellulosic biomass as raw material. In this paper, the advantages and disadvantages of the commonly used methods such as dilute acid/alkali, steam explosion, liquid hot water, microwave, subcritical CO2, ionic liquids, deep-eutectic solvents, organosolv, milling/grinding, and biological, and the research progress of subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation were reviewed. Furthermore, the application of the co-production of ethanol and platform chemicals in the pretreatment of biomass feedstock at home and abroad based on Aspen Plus and techno-economic analysis were introduced. Finally, the drawbacks of Aspen Plus in biomass pretreatment for ethanol production were summarized and the further research directions were proposed.

Key words: biomass, pretreatment, Aspen Plus, techno-economic analysis, ethanol

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