Continuous Succinic Acid Fermentation by Actinobacillus Succinogenes: Assessment of Growth and Succinic Acid Production Kinetics

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Succinic acid is one of the most interesting platform chemicals that can be produced in a biorefinery approach. The paper reports the characterization of...     

琥珀酸构建具有超级电容器性能的混合金属有机骨架

采用简单的溶剂热法合成了混合金属有机骨架材料（MOF （Ni,Co））,然后通过X射线衍射、FT-IR、扫描电子显微镜、X射线光电子能谱和N₂吸附-脱附对制备的材料进行了表征,并进一步研究了其作为超级电容器电极材料的性能。结果表明,具有独特的纳米花状结构的MOF （Ni_1.2Co_0.8）可以提供更多的电活性位点,从而具有优异的电化学性能,在1 A·g^-1时的比电容为850 F·g^-1。同时本研究工作说明MOF （Ni）电极材料在掺杂适量钴元素后,可增强电极内部电子/离子转移,降低活性物质和电解液之间的接触电阻,提高导电性,增强电化学性能。     

Production of Bio-hydrogen Using Bio-oil as a Potential Biomass-derived Renewable Feedstock

The bio-oil derived from pyrolysis of straw can be selectively converted into high-purity hydrogen by coupling three steps:(i)steam refonning(SR)of di tierent bio-oils,(ii)water-gas shift(WGS),and(iii)the removal of CO2.the catalytic SR reaction over the NiLaTiAl catalyst,coupled with a low-temperature WGS reaction with the CuZnAl catalyst,promoted the conversion of various oxygen-contaming organic compounds in the bio-oil into hydrogen and carbon dioxide.Under the optimized condition,light bio-oil achieved the highest conversion(99.8%,molar fraction),with a high hydrogen yield of 16.4%(mass traction)and a H2 purity of 99.94%(volume fraction).The carbon deposition on the NiLaTiAl catalyst was the main factor caused catalyst deactivation.Production of hydrogen from different bio-oil model compounds was also investigated in detail.     

离子色谱法测定丁二酸合成电解液中马来酸和丁二酸

采用离子色谱法测定丁二酸合成电解液中原料马来酸和产物丁二酸的含量。试样经Ion Pac AG19保护柱及Ion Pac AS19分析柱分离,以25 mmol·L^-1氢氧化钾溶液为淋洗液,采用抑制电导器检测。马来酸和丁二酸的质量浓度在1.0～10 mg·L^-1范围内与峰面积与峰高均呈线性关系。方法可用于测定合成丁二酸生产过程的不同时段溶液（起始、结束和母液）中马来酸和丁二酸的含量,有助于实现丁二酸的连续式电解合成工艺路线。     

反相高效液相色谱法测定产琥珀酸放线杆菌发酵液中的有机酸

提出了一种利用高效液相色谱法分析产琥珀酸放线杆菌发酵液中有机酸的方法。在EclipseXDB C8(4 .6mmi.d .× 1 5 0mm ,5 μm)色谱柱上 ,以 0 .0 0 5mol L硫酸溶液 (pH 2 .5 )作流动相 ,流速为 1mL min ,紫外检测波长 2 1 0nm。 7min内可以把 6种混合酸标样完全分离定量。发酵液经离心后直接进样分离定量 ,其中的琥珀酸、乳酸的回收率大于 97%。经多次实验结果证明 :本方法是测定琥珀酸发酵液中各有机酸的快速、有效的定量测定方法。     

纤维素水解液厌氧发酵产丁二酸发酵液中有机酸和混合单糖的测定

对于以纤维素类原料(玉米皮)水解糖液作碳源厌氧发酵制备丁二酸的发酵液,利用Aminex HPX-87H(300 mm×7 8 mm i.d., 5 μm)离子排斥色谱柱及折光示差检测器检测,以0 005 mol/L H2SO4溶液(pH 2 0)作流动相,在流速为0 6 mL/min,柱温为55 ℃时对发酵液进行检测,16 min内能将发酵液中甲酸、乙酸、丁二酸、葡萄糖、木糖、阿拉伯糖完全分离定量.6种物质线性相关系数均大于0 999,方法的回收率为99 3%～102 1%;RSD为0 6%～1 6%.本方法能够简便、快速测定丁二酸发酵体系中有机酸及单糖的含量.     

Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Succinic Acid Fermentation from Steam-Exploded Corn Stalk at High Solid Concentration by Recombinant Escherichia coli

Steam-exploded corn stalk biomass was used as the substrate for succinic acid production via lignocellulose enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation. Succinic acid fermentation was investigated in Escherichia coli strains overexpressing cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. 7120 ecaA gene encoding carbonic anhydrase (CA). For the washed steam-exploded corn stalk at 30 % substrate concentration, i.e., 30 % water-insoluble solids (WIS), enzymatic hydrolysis yielded 97.5 g/l glucose solution and a cellulose conversion of 73.6 %, thus a high succinic acid level up to 38.6 g/l. With the unwashed steam-exploded corn stalk, though a cellulose conversion of 71.2 % was obtained in hydrolysis at 30 % solid concentration (27.9 % WIS), its hydrolysate did not ferment at all, and the hydrolysate of 25 % solid loading containing 3.8 g/l acetic acid and 168.2 mg/l furfural exerted a strong inhibition on succinic acid production.     

Photoredox Catalysis as a Strategy for CO2 Incorporation: Direct Access to Carboxylic Acids from a Renewable Feedstock

Carbon dioxide is an attractive reagent for organic synthesis from the standpoint of global sustainability. Its widespread use, however, is hampered by the fact that it is poorly reactive. New catalysts and technologies that enable C?C bond constructions are thus of high intrinsic value. This Minireview describes recent advances in the area of photoredox catalysis as an enabling strategy for promoting carboxylations.     

Parameter Estimation for Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Food Waste Into Ethanol Using Matlab Simulink

The increase in waste disposal and energy costs has provided an incentive to convert carbohydrate-rich food waste streams into fuel. For example, dining halls and restaurants discard foods that require tipping fees for removal. An effective use of food waste may be the enzymatic hydrolysis of the waste to simple sugars and fermentation of the sugars to ethanol. As these wastes have complex compositions which may change day-to-day, experiments were carried out to test fermentability of two different types of food waste at 27 degrees C using Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast (ATCC4124) and Genencor's STARGEN enzyme in batch simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) experiments. A mathematical model of SSF based on experimentally matched rate equations for enzyme hydrolysis and yeast fermentation was developed in Matlab Simulink. Using Simulink parameter estimation 1.1.3, parameters for hydrolysis and fermentation were estimated through modified Michaelis-Menten and Monod-type equations with the aim of predicting changes in the levels of ethanol and glycerol from different initial concentrations of glucose, fructose, maltose, and starch. The model predictions and experimental observations agree reasonably well for the two food waste streams and a third validation dataset. The approach of using Simulink as a dynamic visual model for SSF represents a simple method which can be applied to a variety of biological pathways and may be very useful for systems approaches in metabolic engineering in the future.     

Food Waste Fermentation to Fumaric Acid by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhizopus arrhizus RH7-13</Emphasis>

Fumaric acid as a four-carbon unsaturated dicarboxylic acid is widely used in the food and chemical industries. Food waste (FW), rich in carbohydrates and protein, is a promising potential feedstock for renewable bio-based chemicals. In this research, we investigated the capability of Rhizopus arrhizus RH7-13 in producing fumaric acid from FW. The liquid fraction of the FW (L-FW) was proven to be the best seed culture medium in our research. When it was however used to be fermentation medium, the yield of fumaric acid reached 32.68 g/L, at a volumetric production of 0.34 g/L h. The solid fraction of FW mixed with water (S-FW) could also be used as fermentation medium when a certain amount of glucose was added, and the yield of fumaric acid reached 31.26 g/L. The results indicated that both fractions of FW could be well utilized in fermentation process and it could replace a part of common carbon, nitrogen, and nutrient. The process has an application potential since reducing the costs of raw materials.     

Potassium Vanadates of Mixed Valence as Sulfuric Acid Catalyst Precursors

The kinetics of hydrolytic precipitation of potassium vanadates K_xV₁₂O_31-δ ·nH₂O(0 < x ≤ 2.25; 0 <δ ≤ 1.15) from a KVO₃ solution at pH = 1.7 and 80°C in the presence of K₂SO₄ and VOSO₄ is controlled by second and third order reactions respectively occurring on the precipitate surface. This difference is due to the effect of VO²⁺ ions on the polymer anion [V₁₂ O_31-δ]ⁿ formation. Potassium vanadates K_xV₁₂O_31-δ ·nH₂O and K_xV₃O_8-δ·nH₂O (1.02 ≤ x ≤ 1.91; 0 ≤ δ ≤ 0.22) can be used as vanadium-containing precursors for sulfuric acid catalysts. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Succinic Acid Production by Actinobacillus succinogenes Using Spent Brewer's Yeast Hydrolysate as a Nitrogen Source

To develop a cost-effective fermentation medium, spent brewer's yeast hydrolysate was evaluated as a nitrogen source for succinic acid production by Actinobacillus succinogenes NJ113 in glucose-containing media. Autolysis and enzymatic hydrolysis were used to hydrolyze the spent brewer's yeast cells to release the nutrients. The results showed that enzymatic hydrolysis was a more effective method due to the higher succinic acid yield and cell growth. However, the incomplete glucose consumption indicated existence of nutrient limitation. Vitamins were subsequently identified as the main limiting factors for succinic acid production using enzymatically hydrolyzed spent brewer's yeast as a nitrogen source. After the addition of vitamins, cell growth and succinic acid concentration both improved. As a result, 15 g/L yeast extract could be successfully replaced with the enzymatic hydrolysate of spent brewer's yeast with vitamins supplementation, resulting in a production of 46.8 g/L succinic acid from 68 g/L glucose.     

Effect of Feedstock Concentration on Biogas Production by Inoculating Rumen Microorganisms in Biomass Solid Waste

A methane production system with continuous stirred-tank reactor, rumen liquid as inoculate microorganisms, and paper mill excess sludge (PES) as feedstock was studied. The work mainly focused on revealing the effect of feedstock concentration on the biogas production, which was seldom reported previously for the current system. The optimal fermentation conditions were found as follows: pH = 7, T = 39 ± 1 °C, sludge retention time is 20 days, sludge with total solids (TS) are 1, 2, 3.5, 5, 10, and 13% in weight. Daily gas yields were measured, and biogas compositions were analyzed by gas chromatograph. Under such conditions, the optimum input TS was 10 wt%, and the biogas yield and volume gas productivity were 280.2 mL/g·TS and 1188.4 mL L^?1·d^?1, respectively. The proportions of CH₄ and CO₂ in the biogas were 65.1 and 34.2%. The CH₄ yield reached 182.7 mL/g VS (volatile suspended solid), which was higher than previously reported values. The findings of this work have a significant effect on promoting the application of digesting PES by rumen microorganisms and further identified the technical parameter.     

Complex Formation of Calcium Ions and Monosubstituted Succinic Acid Derivatives in Aqueous Solutions

Complex formation of calcium ions with succinic acid monoamide, methyl hydrogen succinateat 25°C and ionic strength I = 0.3 (KCl) was studied by pH-potentiometric titration. The stability constants ofthe complexes were determined.     

Scandium Trifluoromethanesulfonate as an Extremely Active Lewis Acid Catalyst in Acylation of Alcohols with Acid Anhydrides and Mixed Anhydrides

Scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate (triflate), which is commercially available, is a practical and useful Lewis acid catalyst for acylation of alcohols with acid anhydrides or the esterification of alcohols by carboxylic acids in the presence of p-nitrobenzoic anhydrides. The remarkably high catalytic activity of scandium triflate can be used for assisting the acylation by acid anhydrides of not only primary alcohols but also sterically-hindered secondary or tertiary alcohols. The method presented is especially effective for selective macrolactonization of omega-hydroxy carboxylic acids.     

Renewable agricultural fibers as reinforcing fillers in plastics

Thermal properties such as melting and crystallization are important aspects in understanding the morphology and its contribution to the physical properties of semicrystalline polymers, such as polypropylene. The inclusion of fillers, which are small particles dispersed in the continuous polymer phase, often complicates the predictability of these properties by acting as nucleating agents or defect origins. This paper discusses the creation and use of empirical models based on experimental data for predicting and optimizing the thermal properties of agricultural filler-polypropylene (AgFiller-PP) composites, including peak melting temperature (T _m), peak crystallization temperature (T _c) and percent of crystallinity (X _c). Experiments were performed using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to gather data necessary for building appropriate prediction models. Finally, additional experiments were carried out to test the prediction results generated by the models.     

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.     

From Waste Biomass to Solid Support: Lignosulfonate as a Cost‐Effective and Renewable Supporting Material for Catalysis

Lignosulfonate (LS) is an organic waste generated as a byproduct of the cooking process in sulfite pulping in the manufacture of paper. In this paper, LS was used as an anionic supporting material for immobilizing cationic species, which can then be used as heterogeneous catalysts in some organic transformations. With this strategy, three lignin‐supported catalysts were prepared including 1) lignin‐SO₃Sc(OTf)₂, 2) lignin‐SO₃Cu(OTf), and 3) lignin‐IL@NH₂ (IL=ionic liquid). These solid materials were then examined in many organic transformations. It was finally found that, compared with its homogeneous counterpart as well as some other solid catalysts that are prepared by using different supports with the same metal or catalytically active species, the lignin‐supported catalysts showed better performance in these reactions not only in terms of activity but also with regard to recyclability.