极低频高压脉冲电场对萌发玉米种子超弱发光的影响

生物超弱发光是来自细胞的电磁信号,在揭示电磁生物学效应的机理研究中具有重要作用.为了研究极低频脉冲电场生物学效应及其机理,采用基于玉米细胞电位波动频率的1 Hz极低频高压脉冲电场处理萌发玉米种子,结果发现玉米种子的萌发过程明显加快,根长和芽长均有显著增长.对萌发种子的自发发光和延迟发光的测量结果显示,1 Hz极低频高压脉冲电场对萌发过程中玉米种子的自发发光和延迟发光积分强度都有明显的促进作用,表明1 Hz极低频高压脉冲电场加速了玉米种子萌发过程中的DNA合成和细胞代谢.     

复合酶耦合酶解酸处理后玉米秸秆的研究

以玉米秸秆为研究对象,经过2%硫酸预处理后,利用果胶酶、β-葡萄糖苷酶、纤维素酶三种酶协同酶解,以提高玉米秸秆的酶解产糖量。结果表明:当酶解时间为48h,果胶酶、β-葡萄糖苷酶、纤维素酶分别为45U/mL、30U/mL、60U/mL时,葡萄糖、木糖和酶水解得率分别为67.83%、3.25%、73.65%,相比纤维素酶单一酶解的葡萄糖、木糖和酶水解得率分别提高了65.04%、20.82%、65.06%。分步糖化发酵5天后,相比单一酶解发酵乙醇含量提高了72.5%。说明利用三种酶复合处理,能明显提高酶解产糖量。研究结果为玉米秸秆转化为可发酵糖技术的研究提供重要参考。     

The effect of ultrasound on the structure and properties of the water-soluble corn hull heteroxylan

Ultrasonic irradiation of a water-soluble corn hull xylan fraction in neutral and alkaline aqueous medium has been found to produce significant changes in its molecular properties. Degradation is first manifested by a decrease in the large molar mass component under generation of polymer chains with about the same size as those of the main molar mass component. The latter is slightly shifted to the lower molar mass region only at stronger irradiation conditions. Ultrasonication of the xylan in neutral aqueous medium at high ultrasound power and/or long irradiation caused no significant changes in its sugar composition, primary structure and viscoelastic properties.     

Mechanisms of aliphatic hydrocarbon formation during co-pyrolysis of coal and cotton stalk

Pyrolysis experiments were carried out in a tubular furnace. The characteristics of pyrolysis tar were analyzed by GC/MS. The results indicated that the aliphatic hydrocarbon yield derived from co-pyrolysis tar of cotton stalk and Shenmu coal was obviously higher than that of Shenmu coal pyrolysis under optimum condition. Moreover, microcrystalline cellulose was selected as a model compound and the copyrolysis tar of microcrystalline cellulose and Shenmu coal was analyzed for comparison. Base on the experimental results, it was indicated that the alkyl radicals generated from pyrolysis were converted to aliphatic hydrocarbons by radical reactions. Furthermore, the mechanisms of aliphatic hydrocarbon formation were discussed during co-pyrolysis of cotton stalk and Shenmu coal.     

Statistical Optimization for Succinic Acid Production from E. Coli in a Cost-Effective Medium

Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed for optimization of medium components and cultural parameters in cost effective cane molasses based medium for attaining high yield of succinic acid. The important factors obtained by “one-variable-at-a-time-approach” (cane molasses, corn steep liquor, sodium carbonate, and inoculum density) were further optimized by RSM. The optimum values of the parameters obtained through RSM (cane molasses 12.5%, corn steep liquor 7.5%, and sodium carbonate 25 mM) led to almost double yield of succinic acid (15.2 g/l in 36 h) as against “one-variable-at-a-time-approach” (7.1 g/l in 36 h) in 500-ml anaerobic bottles containing 300-ml cane molasses based medium. Subsequently, in 10-l bioreactor succinic acid production from Escherichia coli was further improved to 26.2 g/l in 30 h under conditions optimized through RSM. This fermentation-derived succinic acid will definitely help in replacing existing environmentally hazardous and cost-intensive chemical methods for the production of succinic acid.     

T1 THEOREM FOR BESOV SPACES ON NONHOMOGENEOUS SPACES

Suppose μ is a Radon measure on Rd, which may be non doubling. The only condition assumed on μ is a growth condition, namely, there is a constant Co ＞ 0 such that for all x ∈ supp(μ) and r ＞ 0,μ(B(x,r)) ≤ Corn, where 0 ＜ n ≤ d. We prove T1 theorem for non doubling measures with weak kernel conditions. Our approach yields new results for kernels satisfying weakened regularity conditions, while recovering previously known Tolsa's results. We also prove T1 theorem for Besov spaces on nonhomogeneous spaces with weak kernel conditions given in [7].     

近红外漫反射光谱法测定玉米秸秆NDF与ADF含量

应用主成分空间和傅里叶变换近红外光谱技术,采用偏最小二乘回归法(PLS),在国内首次建立了适合不同品种类型、不同生长发育时期和不同部位且适配范围广的近红外漫反射光谱(NIRS)测定玉米秸秆中性洗涤纤维(NeutralDetergentFiber,NDF)和酸性洗涤纤维(AcidDetergentFiber,ADF)含量的稳定校正模型。结果表明,采用一阶导数 矢量归一化预处理和一阶导数 多元散射校正预处理,谱区均为7502～5450cm-1和4601～4247cm-1,所建立的NDF与ADF校正模型,其校正和预测效果最佳。其校正决定系数(R2cal)均大于094,交叉验证和外部验证决定系数(R2cv,R2val)为092～096,各项误差(RMSEE,RMSECV和RMSEP)为149%～181%。该结果对青贮玉米秸秆材料快速鉴定和筛选具有重要的意义。     

An economic and environmental comparison of a biochemical and a thermochemical lignocellulosic ethanol conversion processes

With the world’s focus on rapidly deploying second generation biofuels technologies, there exists today a good deal of interest in how yields, economics, and environmental impacts of the various conversion processes of lignocellulosic biomass to transportation fuels compare. Although there is a good deal of information regarding these conversion processes, this information is typically very difficult to use on a comparison basis because different underlying assumptions, such as feedstock costs, plant size, co-product credits or assumed state of technology, have been utilized. In this study, a rigorous comparison of different biomass to transportation fuels conversion processes was performed with standard underlying economic and environmental assumptions so that exact comparisons can be made. This study looked at promising second-generation conversion processes utilizing biochemical and thermochemical gasification technologies on both a current and an achievable state of technology in 2012. The fundamental finding of this study is that although the biochemical and thermochemical processes to ethanol analyzed have their individual strengths and weaknesses, the two processes have very comparable yields, economics, and environmental impacts. Hence, this study concludes that based on this analysis there is not a distinct economic or environmental impact difference between biochemical and thermochemical gasification processes for second generation ethanol production.     

非离子型表面活性剂辅助酶水解玉米秸杆蒸爆渣

研究纤维素酶对蒸汽爆破预处理玉米秸杆的水解过程. 实验结果表明,玉米秸杆蒸爆渣中的木质素对纤维素酶存在非生产性吸附,降低了纤维素酶对玉米秸杆蒸爆渣的水解率;通过添加非离子型表面活性剂PEG 6000,减少纤维素酶的非生产性吸附,改善纤维素酶对玉米秸杆蒸爆渣的水解性能;在pH值为4.8,温度为50℃,PEG 6000浓度为3.5g/L的优化条件下,纤维素酶水解玉米秸杆蒸爆渣48h,还原糖水解率和葡萄糖水解率分别为83.61%和64.15%.     

Application of off-line pyrolysis with dynamic solid-phase microextraction to the GC–MS analysis of biomass pyrolysis products

Pyrolysis coupled with dynamic solid-phase micro extraction (Py-SPME) followed by GC–MS analysis was applied to the determination of volatile compounds evolved by a micro-scale off-line pyrolysis apparatus, in order to extend the information affordable with this type of analytical equipment. The Py-SPME method with a carboxen/PDMS fiber working in the retracted mode was tested on four biomass samples (switchgrass, sweet sorghum, corn stalk and poplar) for qualitative analysis of semi-volatile pyrolysis products and quantitative determination of main volatiles (C₁–C₄) pyrolysis products. The developed procedure allowed capturing and analysis of all GC analyzable compounds, without memory effects and with good peak resolution also for early GC-eluting compounds. Twelve main volatile pyrolysis products, including hydroxyacetaldehyde and acetic acid, were successfully quantified; in spite of the intrinsic variability introduced by dynamic SPME sampling, results were relatively accurate and consistent with literature data on bench pyrolysis reactors.