Effect of Glycerol Concentration and Heating Treatment on Delignification and Bioethanol Production of Sago Dregs

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to find the suitable condition between glycerol concentration and heating time treatment in the process of delignification and bioethanol production. The production of bioethanol consisted of 3 main stages: hydrolysis, fermentation, and distillation. The best result was obtained by a glycerol concentration of 90% and 15 minutes of heating time. It was used to delignify the lignocellulose biomass waste of the sago dregs originally containing 36.56% of lignin, 37.6% of -cellulose and 39.51% of holocellulose. Then after being delignificated by 90% of glycerol concentration with 15 minutes heating time, the lignin content decreased to 19.3%, while -cellulose increased to 39.64% and holocellulose also increased to 62.18%. After the delignification was successful, it was followed by the bioethanol production to produce 25% of bioethanol. This research is expected to overcome the problem of the energy crisis, food crisis, and environmental pollution by the sago dregs.