加快我国纤维乙醇产业发展的建议

随着我国汽车保有量的不断增长,机动车尾气排放成为影响空气质量的重要因素之一。燃料乙醇具有绿色、环保、可再生的资源优势,能够促进燃烧、减少排放污染。本文从国家能源安全、粮食安全、农民增收和环境污染等多方面综述了发展纤维乙醇产业的重要性和必要性,同时结合当前纤维乙醇产业的发展现状对纤维乙醇产业政策提出了建议。     

玉米纤维乙醇技术研究进展与应用现状

对玉米纤维的组成及结构特性、适用的预处理技术和乙醇发酵菌株进行了综述,并对国外现有工业化玉米纤维乙醇技术及其应用进行了归纳,以期为我国燃料乙醇企业提供参考。     

利用废弃物原料生产燃料乙醇的研究进展

乙醇是一种十分重要的工业用途的化工原料。目前国内外学者纷纷采用不同的方法和手段对乙醇发酵进行研究,目前,利用废弃物为原料生产乙醇是热点。本文阐述了利用各种废弃原料生产乙醇的必要性,并分别论述了利用纤维质废弃物、淀粉质废弃物、糖质废弃物等生产乙醇的研究进展,着重论述了利用纤维质废弃物的生产情况,提出了需进一步研究和解决的问题。     

植物木质素合成调控与生物质能源利用

植物木质素生物合成调控研究已在造纸树种与饲草品质的改良中取得了许多进展。随着对木质纤维原料乙醇发酵研究的兴起, 植物木质素合成调控再次成为研究热点。该文总结了目前生物质能源利用的现状, 同时针对木质素在木质纤维乙醇发酵中的限制作用, 综述了近年来植物木质素合成调控的研究进展, 提出了今后的研究方向和内容, 并展望了木质素合成调控在木质纤维乙醇发酵中的应用。     

植物木质素合成调控与生物质能源利用

植物木质素生物合成调控研究已在造纸树种与饲草品质的改良中取得了许多进展。随着对木质纤维原料乙醇发酵研究的兴起,植物木质素合成调控再次成为研究热点。该文总结了目前生物质能源利用的现状,同时针对木质素在木质纤维乙醇发酵中的限制作用,综述了近年来植物木质素合成调控的研究进展,提出了今后的研究方向和内容,并展望了木质素合成调控在木质纤维乙醇发酵中的应用。     

酿酒酵母异源表达纤维二糖转运蛋白LacY与纤维二糖利用菌株的构建北大核心

【目的】在酿酒酵母体内设计代谢通路,使酿酒酵母能利用纤维素水解产物纤维二糖生产乙醇。【方法】首先,用大肠杆菌DH5α总DNA为模板克隆编码大肠杆菌乳糖透过酶的LacY基因。为过表达LacY基因,以质粒YEplac181作为载体,将酿酒酵母PGK1p强启动子加到LacY基因之前,CYC1t终止子加到LacY基因之后,构建质粒YEplac181-PGK1p-LacY-CYC1t。之后,将纤维二糖转运蛋白LacY表达质粒和β-葡萄糖苷酶(β-glucosidase,BGL)表达质粒pRS316-PGK1p-gh1-1-CYC1t依次转入野生型酿酒酵母W303-1A中,使野生型酿酒酵母W303-1A异源表达可转运纤维二糖的LacY蛋白和β-葡萄糖苷酶GH1-1,构建可利用纤维二糖的酿酒酵母工程菌W303-1A GL。最后,通过发酵测定酿酒酵母工程菌W303-1A GL的纤维二糖利用情况和乙醇产量,并对纤维二糖代谢通路中纤维二糖酶活力进行测定。【结果】本研究构建了纤维二糖转运蛋白LacY和β-葡萄糖苷酶GH1-1协同表达的酿酒酵母工程菌W303-1AGL。W303-1AGL可以有效利用纤维二糖发酵生产乙醇,W303-1A GL发酵24 h时乙醇产量达到3.25 g/L,得率为0.325 g乙醇/g纤维二糖,利用葡萄糖产乙醇理论得率为0.511 g乙醇/g纤维二糖,达到葡萄糖产乙醇理论得率的64%,细胞密度最高在第54 h达到OD600=10.84,胞内β-葡萄糖苷酶的酶活在72 h最高,可达到0.51 U/mg。【结论】本研究成功构建了能有效利用纤维二糖的重组酿酒酵母工程菌W303-1A GL,为提高纤维素乙醇生产效率、降低纤维素乙醇生产成本提供了新思路。     

燃料乙醇非粮化——我国发展纤维乙醇的挑战与对策

在分析国内外燃料乙醇发展状况的基础上阐述了以非粮原料木质纤维素生产燃料乙醇的重要性,着重论述了发展纤维素燃料乙醇所面临的发展机遇和技术挑战,同时对我国纤维乙醇的产业化发展提出了建议。     

构建伴有β-葡萄糖苷酶表达的乙醇发酵大肠杆菌

研究构建能够分泌表达纤维素酶的产乙醇菌株,实现降解木质纤维素生产乙醇的整合生物加工过程。文中通过克隆来自运动发酵单胞菌Zymomonas mobilis ZM4的丙酮酸脱羧酶基因pdc和乙醇脱氢酶基因adhB,并通过Red重组将二者整合到大肠杆菌Escherichia coli JM109基因组中,首先构建了一株可以利用葡萄糖进行乙醇发酵的重组菌E. coli P81。随后将来源于多粘芽胞杆菌Bacillus polymyxa1.794的β-葡萄糖苷酶基因bglB在E. coli P81中进行了分泌表达,得到了一株可以进行纤维二糖降解和乙醇发酵双重功能的重组菌E. coli P81(pUC19-bglB)。该菌胞外分泌β-糖苷酶活达到84.78 mU/mL菌液,纤维二糖酶活达到了32.32 mU/mL菌液。该重组菌E. coli P81(pUC19-bglB) 以纤维二糖为碳源进行乙醇发酵,乙醇得率达到了理论产率55.8％,而在葡萄糖和纤维二糖的共发酵中,其乙醇产量达到了理论产率46.5％。构建得到的此株整合生物加工大肠杆菌能够利用β-葡萄糖苷酶生产乙醇,为构建能利用木质纤维素分解产物生产燃料乙醇的高效、稳定生产用工程菌奠定了良好的基础。     

马斯科马湖集团将在密歇根州建立纤维乙醇工厂

密歇根州州长Jennifer Granholm和马斯科马湖集团公司（Mascoma Corporation）CEO Bruce Jamerson日前共同宣布马斯科马湖将在北密半岛建立它的第一个商业化规模运行的纤维乙醇工厂,该乙醇工厂采用先进的联合生物工艺从非粮可再生植物中制取纤维乙醇。     

资讯动态

正美国ADM公司和杜邦公司联合推出乙醇生产用酶美国ADM公司和杜邦工业生物科学公司于2018年6月22日宣布,合作开发、生产和销售谷物基乙醇装置操作所用的纤维素酶。纤维素酶有助于玉米粒纤维水解,玉米粒纤维主要由纤维素和半纤维素碳水化合物组成。一旦纤维分解,更多的糖就可以释放,可经发酵制备乙醇。由于玉米粒纤维是低价值副产品物流的一     

木薯纤维素乙醇发酵的纤维素酶成本评价

木薯中的纤维素成分约占木薯干重的10％(W/W).文中以木薯燃料乙醇生产的木薯纤维素酒渣为原料,从纤维素酶成本角度评估了三种利用木薯纤维素组分发酵生产乙醇的方法,包括木薯纤维素酒渣的直接糖化和乙醇发酵、木薯纤维素酒渣预处理后的糖化与乙醇发酵、木薯乙醇发酵中同步淀粉与纤维素糖化以及乙醇发酵.结果表明,前两种方法的纤维素利用效率不高,酶成本分别达到13602、11659元/吨乙醇.第三种方法,即在木薯乙醇发酵过程同时加入糖化酶和纤维素酶,进行同步淀粉与纤维素糖化,进而进行乙醇发酵,木薯纤维素乙醇的收益最高.发酵结束时的乙醇浓度从101.5g/L提高到107.0g/L,纤维素酶成本为3 589元/吨乙醇.此方法利用木薯纤维素与木薯淀粉同时进行,不会带来额外的设备及操作投入,酶成本低于产品乙醇价格,可实现盈利,因此第三种方法为木薯纤维用于乙醇发酵的最适方法,本研究结果将为木薯乙醇产业深度利用木薯纤维提供依据.     

Enzymatic production of ethanol from cellulose using soluble cellulose acetate as an intermediate

A two-stage process for the enzymatic conversion of cellulose to ethanol is proposed as an alternative to currently incomplete and relatively slow enzymatic conversion processes employing natural insoluble cellulose. This alternative approach is designed to promote faster and more complete conversion of cellulose to fermentable sugars through the use of a homogeneous enzymatic hydrolysis reaction. Cellulose is chemically dissolved in the first stage to form water-soluble cellulose acetate (WSCA). The WSCA is then converted to ethanol in a simultaneous saccharification-fermentation with Pestal-otiopsis westerdijkii enzymes (containing cellulolytic and acetyl esterase components) and yeast.Water-soluble cellulose acetate was successfully prepared from purified wood cellulose (Solka Floe) and chemical reagents. Enzyme pretreatment of WSCAto form metabolizable sugars was a necessary step in achieving practical conversion of WSCA to ethanol using yeast. The results showed that WSCA has a low enzyme requirement and a high convertibility to reducing sugars with enzymes from P. westerdijkii fungus. Pestalotiopsis westerdijkii enzymes were found to be superior to enzymes from Trichoderma viride in producing metabolizable glucose from WSCA. The yeast utilized 55-70% of the hydrolyzate sugars that were produced by P. westerrlijkii enzymes on WSCA and produced ethanol. The acetate that was liberated into solution by the action of acetyl esterase enzymes on WSCA was found to have a stimulatory effect on ethanol production in yeast. This is an important feature that can be used to advantage in manipulating the conversion to maximize the production of ethanol. Hence, the simultaneous saccharification-fermentation of WSCA to ethanol using P. westerdijkii enzymes and yeast has features that are highly desirable for developing an economical cellulose conversion process.     

Cellulose conversion in dry grind ethanol plants

The expansion of the dry grind ethanol industry provides a unique opportunity to introduce cellulose conversion technology to existing grain to ethanol plants, while enhancing ethanol yields by up to 14%, and decreasing the volume while increasing protein content of distiller's grains. The technologies required are cellulose pretreatment, enzyme hydrolysis, fermentation, and drying. Laboratory data combined with compositional analysis and process simulations are used to present a comparative analysis of a dry grind process to a process with pretreatment and hydrolysis of cellulose in distiller's grains. The additional processing steps are projected to give a 32% increase in net present value if process modifications are made to a 100 million gallon/year plant.     

One-pot bioethanol production from cellulose by co-culture of Acremonium cellulolyticus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: While the ethanol production from biomass by consolidated bioprocess (CBP) is considered to be the most ideal process, simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) is the most appropriate strategy in practice. In this study, one-pot bioethanol production, including cellulase production, saccharification of cellulose, and ethanol production, was investigated for the conversion of biomass to biofuel by co-culture of two different microorganisms such as a hyper cellulase producer, Acremonium cellulolyticus C-1 and an ethanol producer Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Furthermore, the operational conditions of the one-pot process were evaluated for maximizing ethanol concentration from cellulose in a single reactor. RESULTS: Ethanol production from cellulose was carried out in one-pot bioethanol production process. A. cellulolyticus C-1 and S. cerevisiae were co-cultured in a single reactor. Cellulase producing-medium supplemented with 2.5 g/l of yeast extract was used for productions of both cellulase and ethanol. Cellulase production was achieved by A. cellulolyticus C-1 using Solka-Floc (SF) as a cellulase-inducing substrate. Subsequently, ethanol was produced with addition of both 10%(v/v) of S. cerevisiae inoculum and SF at the culture time of 60 h. Dissolved oxygen levels were adjusted at higher than 20% during cellulase producing phase and at lower than 10% during ethanol producing phase. Cellulase activity remained 8--12 FPU/ml throughout the one-pot process. When 50--300 g SF/l was used in 500 ml Erlenmeyer flask scale, the ethanol concentration and yield based on initial SF were as 8.7--46.3 g/l and 0.15--0.18 (g ethanol/g SF), respectively. In 3-l fermentor with 50--300 g SF/l, the ethanol concentration and yield were 9.5--35.1 g/l with their yields of 0.12--0.19 (g/g) respectively, demonstrating that the one-pot bioethanol production is a reproducible process in a scale-up bioconversion of cellulose to ethanol. CONCLUSION: A. cellulolyticus cells produce cellulase using SF. Subsequently, the produced cellulase saccharifies the SF, and then liberated reducing sugars are converted to ethanol by S. cerevisiae. These reactions were carried out in the one-pot process with two different microorganisms in a single reactor, which does require neither an addition of extraneous cellulase nor any pretreatment of cellulose. Collectively, the one-pot bioethanol production process with two different microorganisms could be an alternative strategy for a practical bioethanol production using biomass.     

纤维素制酒精的分散、耦合、并行系统

生物转化是纤维素制酒精的有效途径。以强化纤维素酒精生物转化过程,降低转化成本为目的,在对该过程深入分析的基础上,提出了纤维素制酒精的分散、耦合、并行系统并阐述了其设计原则与解决方案,有普遍意义。     

Economic impact of total solids loading on enzymatic hydrolysis of dilute acid pretreated corn stover

In process integration studies of the biomass-to-ethanol conversion process, it is necessary to understand how cellulose conversion yields vary as a function of solids and enzyme loading and other key operating variables. The impact of solids loading on enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis of dilute acid pretreated corn stover slurry was determined using an experimental response surface design methodology. From the experimental work, an empirical correlation was obtained that expresses monomeric glucose yield from enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis as a function of solids loading, enzyme loading, and temperature. This correlation was used in a technoeconomic model to study the impact of solids loading on ethanol production economics. The empirical correlation was used to provide a more realistic assessment of process cost by accounting for changes in cellulose conversion yields at different solids and enzyme loadings as well as enzyme cost. As long as enzymatic cellulose conversion drops off at higher total solids loading (due to end-product inhibition or other factors), there is an optimum value for the total solids loading that minimizes the ethanol production cost. The optimum total solids loading shifts to higher values as enzyme cost decreases.     

Simultaneous improvement of saccharification and ethanol production from crystalline cellulose by alleviation of irreversible adsorption of cellulase with a cell surface-engineered yeast strain

Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic material is an essential step in the bioethanol production process. However, complete cellulose hydrolysis by cellulase is difficult due to the irreversible adsorption of cellulase onto cellulose. Thus, part of the cellulose remains in crystalline form after hydrolysis. In this study, after 96-h hydrolysis of Avicel crystalline cellulose, 47.1 % of the cellulase was adsorbed on the cellulose surface with 10.8 % crystalline cellulose remaining. In simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of 100 g/L Avicel with 1.0 filter paper unit/mL cellulase, a wild-type yeast strain produced 44.7 g/L ethanol after 96 h. The yield of ethanol was 79.7 % of the theoretical yield. On the other hand, a recombinant yeast strain displaying various cellulases, such as β-glucosidase, cellobiohydrolase, and endoglucanase, produced 48.9 g/L ethanol, which corresponds to 87.3 % of the theoretical yield. Higher ethanol production appears to be attributable to higher efficiency of cellulase displayed on the cell surface. These results suggest that cellulases displayed on the yeast cell surface improve hydrolysis of Avicel crystalline cellulose. Indeed, after the 96-h simultaneous saccharification and fermentation using the cellulase-displaying yeast, the amount of residual cellulose was 1.5 g/L, one quarter of the cellulose remaining using the wild-type strain, a result of the alleviation of irreversible adsorption of cellulases on the crystalline cellulose.     

兼性厌氧复合菌群H纤维素降解和产乙醇能力及生态组成初探

通过限制性培养条件和连续继代培养,筛选获得了一组具有高效稳定降解纤维素能力的复合菌群H。该菌群在传代30代以上仍能保持各项性状稳定,其工作pH为6～9,3 d可以完全降解置于100 mL PCS缓冲液培养基中的滤纸,发酵液中能够检出1.54 g/L乙醇。通过16S rDNA扩增和DGGE的方法,对菌群在不同阶段的微生物组成进行了研究,确定了琥珀酸嗜热梭菌Clostridium thermo succinogene、产气荚膜梭菌Clostridium straminisolvens和紫色板蓝根梭菌Clostridium isatidis等多种可直接实现纤维素到乙醇转化的菌株。菌群通过菌种之间的协同作用,共同维持了体系的稳定及降解能力的稳定。明确菌系的组成,对于进一步研究菌群降解机理、优化菌群和提高乙醇产率意义重大。     

Fractionation of wheat and barley straw to access high-molecular-mass hemicelluloses prior to ethanol production

The cost efficiency of the biorefining process can be improved by extracting high-molecular-mass hemicelluloses from lignocellulosic biomass prior to ethanol production. These hemicelluloses can be used in several high-value-added applications and are likely to be important raw materials in the future. In this study, steam pretreatment in an alkaline environment was used to pretreat the lignocellulosic biomass for ethanol production and, at the same time, extract arabinoxylan with a high-molecular-mass. It was shown that 30% of the arabinoxylan in barley straw could be extracted with high-molecular-mass, without dissolving the cellulose. The cellulose in the solid fraction could then be hydrolysed with cellulase enzymes giving a cellulose conversion of about 80–90% after 72 h. For wheat straw, more than 40% of the arabinoxylan could be extracted with high-molecular-mass and the cellulose conversion of the solid residue after 72 h was about 70–85%. The high cellulose conversion of the pretreated wheat and barley straw shows that they can be used for ethanol production without further treatment. It is therefore concluded that it is possible to extract high-molecular-mass arabinoxylan simultaneously with the pretreatment of biomass for ethanol production in a single steam pretreatment step.     

Study of the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose for production of fuel ethanol by the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation process

The biochemical conversion of cellulosic biomass to ethanol, a promising alternative fuel, can be carried out efficiently and economically using the simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process. The SSF integrates the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose, catalyzed by the synergistic action of cellulase and beta-glucosidase, with the fermentative synthesis of ethanol. Because the enzymatic step determines the ethanol. Because the enzymatic step determines the availability of glucose to the ethanologenic fermentation, the kinetic of cellulose hydrolysis by cellulase and beta-glucosidase and the susceptibility of the two enzymes to inhibition by hydrolysis and fermentation products are of significant importance to the SSF performance and were investigated under realistic SSF conditions. A previously developed SSF mathematical model was used to conceptualize the depolymerization of cellulose. The model was regressed to the collected data to determine the values of the enzyme parameters and was found to satisfactorily predict the kinetics of cellulose hydrolysis. Cellobiose and glucose were identified as the strongest inhibitors of cellulase and beta-glucosidase, respectively. Experimental and modeling results are presented in light of the impact of enzymatic hydrolysis on fuel ethanol production. (c) 1993 Wiley & Sons, Inc.