Highly sustainable cascade pretreatment of low-pressure steam heating and organic acid on pineapple waste biomass for efficient delignification

• Main Authors: Md. Illias, Rosli, Abdul Manas, Nor Hasmaliana, Ramli, Aizi Nor Mazila, Selvasembian, Rangabhashiyam, Wan Azelee, Nur Izyan, Rajagopal, Rajinikanth, Thirupathi, Anand, Chang, Soon Woong, Ravindran, Balasubramani
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/104159/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.124061

Cascade pretreatment of low-pressure steam heating (LPSH) and maleic acid (MA) on pineapple waste (PW) biomass aims to improve delignification, increase enzyme accessibility to carbohydrate in the feedstock while reducing inhibitor by-products. The best conditions for LPSH pretreatment were determin...