Coupled biohydrogen production and bio-nanocatalysis for dual energy from cellulose: towards cellulosic waste up-conversion into biofuels

Jaime Gomez-Bolivar; Rafael L. Orozco; Alan J. Stephen; Iryna P. Mikheenko; Gary A. Leeke; Mohamed L. Merroun; Lynne E. Macaskie

doi:10.3390/catal12060577

Coupled biohydrogen production and bio-nanocatalysis for dual energy from cellulose: towards cellulosic waste up-conversion into biofuels

Jaime Gomez-Bolivar^*, Rafael L. Orozco, Alan J. Stephen, Iryna P. Mikheenko, Gary A. Leeke, Mohamed L. Merroun, Lynne E. Macaskie

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Abstract

Hydrogen, an emergent alternative energy vector to fossil fuels, can be produced sustainably by fermentation of cellulose following hydrolysis. Fermentation feedstock was produced hydrolytically using hot compressed water. The addition of CO₂ enhanced hydrolysis by ~26% between 240 and 260^◦C with comparable hydrolysis products as obtained under N₂ but at a 10^◦C lower temperature. Co-production of inhibitory 5-hydromethyl furfural was mitigated via activated carbon sorption, facilitating fermentative biohydrogen production from the hydrolysate by Escherichia coli. Post-fermentation E. coli cells were recycled to biomanufacture supported Pd/Ru nanocatalyst to up-convert liquid-extracted 5-HMF to 2,5-dimethyl furan, a precursor of ‘drop in’ liquid fuel, in a one-pot reaction. This side stream up-valorisation mitigates against the high ‘parasitic’ energy demand of cellulose bioenergy, potentially increasing process viability via the coupled generation of two biofuels. This is discussed with respect to example data obtained via a hydrogen biotechnology with catalytic side stream up-conversion from cellulose feedstock.

Original language	English
Article number	577
Number of pages	19
Journal	Catalysts
Volume	12
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12060577
Publication status	Published - 24 May 2022

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Funding: This research was funded by EPSRC (Grants EP/D05768X/1 and EP/E034888/1), BBSRC (Grants BB/C516195/2 and BB/E003788/1) and NERC (Grant NE/L014076/1), the Royal Society (Industrial Fellowship to L.E.M.), Advantage West Midlands (Grant ref. POC46) and the Government of Mexico (studentship no. 203186 to R.L.O.). This work was partially supported by the Spanish Government Sistema Nacional de Garantía Juvenil grant PEJ-2014-P-00391 (Promoción de Empleo Joven e Implantación de la Garantía Juvenil 2014, MINECO) with a scholarship to J.G.-B.

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Keywords

2,5-dimethyl furan
5-hydroxymethyl furfural up-valorisation
biohydrogen
cellulose
hot compressed water hydrolysis
liquid fuel

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Catalysis
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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