Issue 15, 2023

Effect and control of energy input on tissue and cell dissociation and chemical depolymerization in pure subcritical water autohydrolysis of naked oat stem

Abstract

Pure subcritical water autohydrolysis is an economical and green biorefinery method and potentially applicable technology. Elucidating and regulating the energy input effects on the structural dissociation and chemical depolymerization of lignocellulosic biomass will progress the industrialization of pure subcritical water autohydrolysis biorefineries. In this work, a method for determining the degree of tissue dissociation was invented. Combined with the analysis of the microstructure, ultrastructure, chemical composition, and aggregation state, this paper reveals the process and mechanism of the P-factor effect as an energy input measurement on the bio-structural dissociation and chemical depolymerization during naked oat stem autohydrolysis. A method of using the P-factor to regulate the biostructural dissociation and chemical depolymerization was developed. For the first time, a critical point for the autohydrolysis of naked oat stem in pure subcritical water between 170–210 °C was found to be at a P-factor = 233, around which an essential change in biostructural dissociation and chemical depolymerization occurred. The findings indicate that the control of naked oat-stem tissue and cell dissociation, ultrastructure, and chemical depolymerization can be accomplished using the P-factor as an energy input measurement for autohydrolysis. The revealed mechanism and method created in this study enable the stepwise separation of gramineae tissues, cells, and major chemical components, enabling a full-composition multi-purpose biorefinery of lignocellulose.

Graphical abstract: Effect and control of energy input on tissue and cell dissociation and chemical depolymerization in pure subcritical water autohydrolysis of naked oat stem

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 May 2023
Accepted
29 Jun 2023
First published
30 Jun 2023

Green Chem., 2023,25, 5968-5978

Effect and control of energy input on tissue and cell dissociation and chemical depolymerization in pure subcritical water autohydrolysis of naked oat stem

J. Wei, H. Zhang, S. Zhai, H. Ren and H. Zhai, Green Chem., 2023, 25, 5968 DOI: 10.1039/D3GC01514A

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