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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 98-104, 126.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2023.02.013

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Ultrasound-assisted Fenton-like Pretreatment of Eucalyptus for Enhancing Enzymolysis

Mengjie CHEN(), Zhinan WANG, Shujie WANG, Yingshi HUANG, Xianfeng HOU, Zhenzhong GAO()   

  1. College of Materials and Energy, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
  • Received:2022-01-13 Online:2023-04-28 Published:2023-04-26
  • Contact: Zhenzhong GAO E-mail:Mmu_xi@163.com;zzgao@scau.edu.cn

Abstract:

To overcome problems in traditional Fenton pretreatment, an ultrasonic-assisted iron-loaded zeolite Fenton-like(UZF) system was constructed, and single factor method was used to determine optimal conditions for UZF pretreatment of eucalyptus, i.e., H2O2 concentration of 4%, ultrasonic power of 240 W, and treatment time of 90 min. Under these conditions, the reducing sugar produced by enzymatic enzymolysis of eucalyptus powder was as high as (435.12±7.69) mg/g. The mechanism of UZF pretreatment to enhance enzymolysis efficiency of eucalyptus was investigated by means of composition, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy(SEM). The changes of main components and groups, crystalline properties, and surface microstructure of eucalyptus samples before and after UZF pretreatment were analyzed. The results showed that pretreatment removed more lignin and hemicellulose, which increased destruction of amorphous area of cellulose, and surface holes of wood powder became more and surface was more rough. The experimental results of recycling showed that the iron-loaded zeolite had certain recycling ability. After four times of recycling, reducing sugar yield could still reach 1.87 times than that of untreated eucalyptus powder.

Key words: ultrasonic, iron-loaded zeolite, fenton-like, eucalyptus, enzymolysis

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