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Cauliflower waste utilization for sustainable biobutanol production: revelation of drying kinetics and bioprocess development

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Efficient yet economic production of biofuel(s) using varied second-generation feedstock needs to be explored in the current scenario to cope up with global fuel demand. Hence, the present study was performed to reveal the use of cauliflower waste for acetone–butanol–ethanol (ABE) production using Clostridium acetobutylicum NRRL B 527. The proximate analysis of cauliflower waste demonstrated to comprise 17.32% cellulose, 9.12% hemicellulose, and 5.94% lignin. Drying of cauliflower waste was carried out in the temperature range of 60–120 °C to investigate its effect on ABE production. The experimental drying data were simulated using moisture diffusion control model. The cauliflower waste dried at 80 °C showed maximum total sugar yield of 26.05 g L−1. Furthermore, the removal of phenolics, acetic acid, and total furans was found to be 90–97, 10–40, and 95–97%, respectively. Incidentally, maximum ABE titer obtained was 5.35 g L−1 with 50% sugar utilization.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge Department of Science and Technology (DST) of Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, for providing financial support under the scheme of DST INSPIRE faculty award, (IFA 13-ENG-68/July 28, 2014) during the course of this investigation. Authors are also thankful to Radhika Malkar and Manoj Kamble from Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai for their help in SEM analysis. Authors are also thankful to Akshay Khade from Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering, Pune, India, for his help in FTIR analysis.

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    Manisha A. Khedkar, Pranhita R. Nimbalkar, Prakash V. Chavan, Yogesh J. Chendake & Sandip B. Bankar

  2. Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 16100, 00076, Aalto, Finland

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Khedkar, M.A., Nimbalkar, P.R., Chavan, P.V. et al. Cauliflower waste utilization for sustainable biobutanol production: revelation of drying kinetics and bioprocess development. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 40, 1493–1506 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-017-1806-y

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