Bioconversion of agricultural waste products to produce value-added
food products like simple sugar; fuels and chemicals offers potential
economic, environmental and strategic advantages over traditional
fossil-based products. A comparative study on the effect of
temperature and concentration on waste cellulose biomass degradation
to glucose was studied at temperature range of 80 – 1300C and
concentration range of 2, 4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5 and 6Mol/dm3
for a period of
48hours. The percentage (%) glucose yield was calculated at 8h
interval for the various temperatures and concentration ranges. This
study was done using two different acids namely sulphuric acid and
hydrochloric acid. The research showed that glucose is present in a
reasonable amount in sawdust and its %yield is greatly influenced by the acid concentration
and temperature. It is also influenced by the type of acid used and the reaction time. For a
temperature of 130
0C the %glucose yield when sulphuric acid was used for the cellulose
degradation at 2.0, 4.0, 4.5, 50, 5.5 and 6.0mol/dm3
after 48h is 28.4%, 37.2%, 35.6%,
47.8%, 56.7% and 61.2% while the %glucose yield for hydrochloric acid at the same
temperature and concentrations stood at 25.1%, 33.2%, 30.0%, 45.4%, 51.2% and 58.1%.
The results showed that the rate of hydrolysis by virtue of glucose yield, generally increased with increase in temperature and acid concentration except for acid concentration from 4,0 - 4.5mol/dm3 were we noticed a decline in %glucose yield for both acids and all the temperatures.
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Nnam, Raphael "Comparative study on the Effect of Temperature and Concentration on Waste Agricultural Cellulose Biomass Degradation" Afribary. Afribary, 03 Feb. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/comparative-study-on-the-effect-of-temperature-and-concentration-on-the-hydrolysis1609378143-1. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
Nnam, Raphael . "Comparative study on the Effect of Temperature and Concentration on Waste Agricultural Cellulose Biomass Degradation". Afribary, Afribary, 03 Feb. 2021. Web. 27 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/comparative-study-on-the-effect-of-temperature-and-concentration-on-the-hydrolysis1609378143-1 >.
Nnam, Raphael . "Comparative study on the Effect of Temperature and Concentration on Waste Agricultural Cellulose Biomass Degradation" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 27, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/comparative-study-on-the-effect-of-temperature-and-concentration-on-the-hydrolysis1609378143-1