Characterization and components separation of corn stover by alkali and hydrogen peroxide treatments

• Authors: Li Cong , Zhang Li , Zhang Guanqun , Xu Jianguo , Zhang Long
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The dissolution of corn stover in alkaline solvent system composed of NaOH-H2O2 was reported and the separation of its ingredients combined with acid precipitation, ethanol extraction was proposed. It is proven that the residual after alkali solvent was cellulose, the filtrate by the acid precipitation of the liquor was lignin, the solid by the ethanol extraction of the liquor was hemicellulose. The optimum dissolution conditions were determined by single-factor experiment as follows: the concentration of H2O2 5.0%, pH 11.5, dissolution temperature 60°C, dissolution time 3.0 h, the ratio of liquid to solid 30 mL/g. And chemical analysis were employed to determine the purity of the components separated. The structure of the components separated were identifi ed by FT-IR, SEM, XRD and NMR. The cellulose recovery yield can achieve to 84.2% and lignin recovery yield is 86.6%, the hemicellulose recovery yield is 96.7%. After recycling the solvent 3 times, the recovery yield of cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose were 82.7, 87.6 and 97.4%, and the purity of cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose were 98.0, 96.5 and 98.7%, respectively.

Keywords

EN

Corn stover; Lignin; Hemicellulose; Cellulose; Component separation; NaOH-H2O2

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 89-95

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2015

online

9 - 6 - 2015

Contributors

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Li Cong

• Changchun University of Technology, Jilin Provincial Engineering Laboratory for the Complex Utilization of Petroresources and Biomass, Changchun, 130012. P. R. China

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Zhang Li

• Changchun University of Technology, Jilin Provincial Engineering Laboratory for the Complex Utilization of Petroresources and Biomass, Changchun, 130012. P. R. China

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Zhang Guanqun

• Changchun University of Technology, Jilin Provincial Engineering Laboratory for the Complex Utilization of Petroresources and Biomass, Changchun, 130012. P. R. China

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Xu Jianguo

• Changchun University of Technology, Jilin Provincial Engineering Laboratory for the Complex Utilization of Petroresources and Biomass, Changchun, 130012. P. R. China

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Zhang Long

• Changchun University of Technology, Jilin Provincial Engineering Laboratory for the Complex Utilization of Petroresources and Biomass, Changchun, 130012. P. R. China

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/pjct-2015-0035