EP3164497A1 - Procede de fermentation ibe - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a process for producing an aqueous mixture comprising isopropanol, n-butanol and ethanol by fermentation of an aqueous solution comprising C5 and / or C6 sugars.
- the "green” ethylene can be synthesized by dehydration of ethanol which is itself obtained by fermentation of sugars, preferably glucose.
- sugars preferably glucose.
- first generation ethanol production processes the glucose that is fermented comes from sugar plants such as beets or sugar cane.
- second generation processes fermented sugars are obtained from lignocellulosic biomass, which is one of the most abundant renewable resources on earth.
- “Second generation” methods generally involve the following steps:
- An object of the invention is to provide a process for producing an aqueous mixture (isopropanol, n-butanol, ethanol) by fermentation of an aqueous solution of sugars having 5 (C5) and / or 6 (C6) carbon atoms. carbon by means of a fermentative microorganism whose solvent yield is improved.
- the invention therefore relates to a process for producing an aqueous mixture comprising isopropanol, n-butanol and ethanol comprising a step in which an aqueous solution containing C5 and / or C6 sugars is anaerobically cured. and acetate in the presence of a fermentative microorganism of the genus Clostridium and wherein said aqueous solution has an acetate concentration of between 0.5 and 10 g / L and a weight ratio (acetate) / (the sum of the sugars in C5 and / or C6) of 0.005 to 0.35 g / g.
- the inventors have found that the presence of acetate in an aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars makes it possible to improve the fermentation performance "IBE" of the fermentative microorganism of the genus Clostridium and in particular to increase the concentration of isopropanol and n-butanol of the aqueous solution obtained at the end of the fermentation.
- acetate refers to the deprotonated form of acetic acid, that is to say of chemical formula CH 3 COO " .
- the proportion of acetate relative to acetic acid and its concentration in the aqueous solution can be adjusted by means of the variable "pH" of said solution.
- the concentration of acetate in the aqueous solution is between 1 and 8 g / l. More preferably, the concentration of acetate in the aqueous solution is between 2 and 6 g / l, preferably between 3 and 6 g / l.
- the pH of the aqueous solution containing C5 and / or C6 sugars and acetate is between 4 and 8. More preferably, the pH of the aqueous solution containing C5 sugars and / or C6 and acetate is between 5 and 8.
- the mass ratio (acetate) / (the sum of the sugars C5 and / or C6) is between 0.08 and 0.35 g / g.
- the weight ratio (acetate) / (the sum of the sugars C5 and / or C6) is more preferably between 0.09 and 0.2 g / g.
- the concentration of C5 and / or C6 sugars in the aqueous solution is between 30 and 100 g / l.
- the aqueous solution containing C5 and / or C6 sugars and acetate is a residual stream resulting from a pretreatment step of a lignocellulosic biomass.
- the aqueous solution containing C5 and / or C6 sugars and acetate is a vinasse produced by fermentation of sugars.
- the vinasse can be previously concentrated, for example by evaporation.
- the aqueous solution containing C5 and / or 06 sugars and acetate is a hydrolyzate derived from the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass.
- the aqueous solution containing sugars in 05 and / or 06 and acetate is an aqueous solution containing sugars in 05 and / or 06 containing an aqueous solution containing acetate which is selected from:
- a hydrolyzate obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis of a lignocellulosic biomass ⁇ A waste effluent resulting from a pretreatment stage of a lignocellulosic biomass.
- the sugar at 05 is xylose and the sugar at 06 is glucose.
- the glucose may possibly come from a stream resulting from the enzymatic hydrolysis step of a first generation biofuel production process (for example ethanol) using as raw material sugar plants, for example sugar beet. and sugar cane or corn or grains of wheat.
- a first generation biofuel production process for example ethanol
- the fermentative microorganism used in the process according to the invention is chosen from the Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium beijerinckii strains.
- the fermentations "IBE” are carried out at a temperature generally between 30 and 37 ° C, preferably at 34 ° C, for a period of between 30 and 120 hours and maintaining a continuous stirring to homogenize the culture medium.
- the fermentation is conducted in a "batch” or “fed-batch” mode, well known to those skilled in the art.
- the invention also relates to a process for producing biofuel from lignocellulosic biomass comprising the following steps:
- Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose and hemicellulose are performed to produce a hydrolyzate containing sugars
- the sugars of the hydrolyzate are fermented in the presence of a fermentation microorganism to produce biofuel
- the process further comprises a process for producing an aqueous mixture comprising isopropanol, n-butanol and ethanol by fermentation of an aqueous solution containing C5 sugars and / or C6 and acetate, said solution being chosen from:
- the process for producing the "IBE" mixture according to the invention is advantageously integrated into a process for producing alcohol and / or second-generation solvents so as to treat and efficientlyze by-products generated especially during the stage. pretreatment and fermentation.
- the subject of the invention is a fermentation process known as "IBE" for producing, using a microorganism of the genus Clostridium, a mixture of solvents (isopropanol, n-butanol, ethanol) from an aqueous solution. containing C5 and / or C6 sugars and in the presence of acetate.
- the fermentation is carried out in the absence of oxygen and in a bioreactor also designated by the term "fermenter”.
- the bioreactor is an equipment for the propagation of fermentative microorganisms capable of producing molecules (solvents or other organic compounds) of interest.
- a fermentation in a bioreactor thus allows growth of the microorganism batch with a control of key parameters such as pH, agitation and temperature of the medium.
- the fermentation step consists of developing the microorganisms and recovering a reaction effluent or fermentation broth containing an aqueous solution of the mixture (isopropanol, n-butanol, ethanol).
- the fermentation product is then generally treated in a concentration step to provide a concentrated aqueous solution (isopropanol, n-butanol, ethanol).
- the fermentation is carried out at a temperature generally between 30 and 37 ° C, preferably at 34 ° C, for a period of between 30 and 120 hours and maintaining a continuous stirring to homogenize the reaction medium.
- the aqueous solution generally contains C5 and / or C6 sugars in a proportion of 30 to 100 g / l and, in addition, acetic acid in deprotonated form, that is to say in the form of acetate of formula CH 3 COO " .
- the concentration of acetate in said aqueous solution is between 0.5 and 10 g / l, preferably between 1 and 8 g / l, more preferably between 2 and 6 g / l. L and very preferably between 3 and 6 g / L.
- the mass ratio (acetate) / (the sum of the sugars C5 and / or C6) is between 0.005 and 0.35. very preferred, the mass ratio (acetate) / (the sum of the sugars C5 and / or C6) is between 0.08 and 0.35 g / g, preferably between 0.09 and 0.2.
- the aqueous solution has a pH of between 4 and 8, and preferably between 5 and 8.
- the acetate can be added to an aqueous solution of C5 sugars and / or or C6 to satisfy the acetate concentration of the culture medium.
- the method according to the invention involves the use of a microorganism of the genus Clostridium which is a bacterium of the family gram positive anaerobic bacilli.
- the fermentative microorganism is selected from the Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium beijerinckii strains and can be either a natural strain or a genetically modified strain to produce isopropanol.
- the concentration of microorganism in the fermentation medium is generally between 1 and 30 g / l, and preferably between 2 and 10 g / l.
- the aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars that can be fermented by the process according to the invention can have different origins.
- the aqueous solution advantageously comes from the treatment of a renewable resource.
- the renewable resource is lignocellulosic biomass type, which notably includes woody substrates (hardwood and softwood), agricultural by-products (straw) or lignocellulosic waste-generating industries (agro-food industries, paper mills).
- the aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars can also be obtained from sugar plants, for example sugar beet and sugar cane, or from corn or wheat grains.
- any C5 sugar naturally present in the various lignocellulosic biomasses (mono- or dicotyledons) used for biofuel production biologically can be fermented by the process according to the invention.
- the C5 sugars are chosen from xylose and arabinose.
- any C6 sugar can also be fermented by the process according to the invention.
- the C6 sugars are selected from glucose, mannose, galactose. More preferably, the C6 sugar is glucose.
- the aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars may be derived from a step of a process for producing alcohol and / or second-generation solvents.
- the solution may be an effluent from the lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment step.
- the pretreatment stage which aims at modifying the physical and physico-chemical properties of the lignocellulosic material, with a view to improving the accessibility of the cellulose trapped within the matrix of lignin and hemicellulose, generates waste effluents generally containing a a mixture of C5 and C6 sugars which can thus be advantageously used for the IBE fermentation according to the invention.
- the waste effluent may be from a pretreatment chosen from acid cooking, alkaline cooking, steam explosion with or without acid impregnation, Organosolv processes.
- a pretreatment chosen from acid cooking, alkaline cooking, steam explosion with or without acid impregnation, Organosolv processes.
- Such effluent from the pretreatment is advantageous in that it contains sugars useful for fermentation and also acetic acid (or acetate).
- the aqueous solution containing C5 and / or C6 sugars and acetate is a waste effluent resulting from a pretreatment by steam explosion.
- Pretreatment by steam explosion is also known as “steam explosion”, “steam gunning”, “explosive relaxation”, “steam pretreatment”.
- the biomass is rapidly heated to high temperature (150 ° - 250 ° C) by injection of steam under pressure. Stopping treatment is usually done by sudden decompression, called detente or explosion, which destructures the lignocellulosic matrix.
- the residence times vary from 10 seconds to a few minutes, for pressures ranging from 10 to 50 bars. Many configurations are possible for this type of pretreatment.
- the implementation may be batch type, or continuous type.
- the steam explosion may be preceded by an impregnation acid to promote hydrolysis of hemicelluloses during cooking.
- an impregnation acid to promote hydrolysis of hemicelluloses during cooking.
- an acid pre-impregnation makes it possible in particular to reduce the temperature of the process (between 150 and 200 ° C. against 250 ° C. for the steam explosion without acid impregnation) and thus to minimize the formation of degradation compounds. .
- the aqueous stream containing C5 and / or C6 sugars and the acetate which is fermented by the process according to the invention may have as its origin an acidic liquor, recovered at the end of the acid impregnation step of lignocellulosic biomass that precedes the pretreatment stage by steam explosion.
- aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars and of the acetate a hydrolyzate obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis of the cellulose and hemicellulose released during the biomass pre-treatment stage.
- the hydrolysis is carried out in the presence of cellulolytic and / or hemicellulolytic enzymes produced by a microorganism belonging to the genera Trichoderma, Aspergillus, Penicillium or Schizophyllum.
- the aqueous solution of C5 and / or C6 sugars and acetate may also be a waste effluent from the fermentation step which is also referred to as "vinasse".
- this liquid residue of fermentation contains unfermented sugars including pentoses (C5 sugars) and even traces of hexoses most difficult to metabolize by the fermentative microorganism (eg galactose).
- C5 sugars pentoses
- traces of hexoses most difficult to metabolize by the fermentative microorganism
- the acetate content in the aqueous solution of sugars it is of course possible to enrich said aqueous solution with C5 and / or C6 sugars and with acetate by supplying additional acetic acid in the medium.
- the following sources are used as the source of acetate:
- the acid liquor recovered at the end of the acid impregnation step of a lignocellulosic biomass that precedes the steam explosion step The liquid fraction resulting from a solid / liquid separation operation carried out on the pretreated biomass which is recovered after the expansion phase of the steam explosion pretreatment stage;
- a condensate resulting from the treatment of the vapor phase generated by the steam explosion pretreatment stage is
- FIG. 1 is a diagram of a process for the production of alcohol and / or second-generation solvents incorporating an "IBE" fermentation unit.
- Figure 2 is a diagram of the fermentation process "IBE" according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 represents an exemplary implementation of the process according to the invention which is advantageously integrated in a process for producing alcohol and / or second-generation solvents.
- the substrate (lignocellulosic biomass) is introduced via line 1 into the pretreatment reactor 2.
- the reagents and utilities such as the steam required to conduct the pretreatment are introduced via line 3.
- the mixture is extracted by line 6 a pretreated substrate and a waste pretreatment effluent that is discharged through line 4.
- the composition of the waste effluent depends on the method used for the pretreatment. When the pretreatment is of acid type with or without steam explosion, the waste effluent may contain between 0.5 and 10 g / L of acetic acid.
- the waste effluent of the pretreatment containing C5 and / or C6 sugars and of acetate is advantageously treated by the process according to the invention, optionally after bringing the residual effluent to pH when the pH of the latter is outside the range 4 to 8 pH units.
- the waste effluent is sent via line 4 to the "IBE" fermentation reactor 19 in order to produce an aqueous solution containing a mixture (isopropanol, n-butanol, ethanol).
- the conversion unit 7 comprises at least one enzymatic hydrolysis reactor 7a of cellulose in hexoses (preferably in glucose) and an alcoholic fermentation bioreactor and / or of solvents 7b which transforms the hexoses in alcohol and / or solvents.
- the fermentation is of ethyl type to produce ethanol.
- the conditions of the enzymatic hydrolysis mainly the solids content of the mixture to be hydrolysed and the amount of enzymes used, are chosen so as to obtain a solubilization of the cellulose of between 20% and 99% in the reactor 7a, and more particularly between 30% and 95%.
- the water required to obtain the level of target solid material is added via line 8.
- the cellulolytic and / or hemicellulolytic enzymes are added via line 8a.
- the hydrolyzate obtained at the outlet of the reactor 7a is sent via line 9 into the fermentation bioreactor 7b. According to one variant, steps 7a and 7b are carried out concomitantly within one and the same reactor.
- microorganisms used for the fermentation of the released hexoses are introduced via line 8b and the additives necessary for pH adjustment or liquefaction are introduced via line 8c into the bioreactor 7b.
- a fermentation must containing an alcoholic aqueous mixture and / or solvents and solid material (mainly lignin) is withdrawn from bioreactor 7b by line 11 and sent to a treatment unit 12 for recovering an aqueous alcoholic solution. and / or concentrated solvents.
- solid material mainly lignin
- the treatment unit 12 comprises a concentration unit of the alcohols and / or solvents 13 and a solid / liquid separation unit 15.
- a stream is recovered.
- aqueous solution of alcohol and / or concentrated solvents which is discharged via line 16 and a sludge which is drawn off by line 14.
- the sludge is composed of a solid fraction, consisting essentially of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin which have not been hydrolysed, and a liquid fraction referred to as "vinasse”.
- the sludge is treated in the solid / liquid separation unit 15. This unit 15 makes it possible to separate the residual solids via line 17 and a liquid fraction (or vinasse) via line 18.
- Vinasse which is an aqueous solution containing unfermented sugars with, in particular, pentoses (xylose, arabinose) or even traces of hexoses (for example galactose, which is the most difficult hexose to be metabolized by conventional yeasts) as well as oligomers of sugars and acetate, thus constitutes a useful solution for the fermentation "IBE" according to the invention.
- pentoses xylose, arabinose
- hexoses for example galactose, which is the most difficult hexose to be metabolized by conventional yeasts
- oligomers of sugars and acetate thus constitutes a useful solution for the fermentation "IBE" according to the invention.
- the vinasse is advantageously treated in the "IBE" fermentation bioreactor 19.
- the vinasse can be previously concentrated before being sent to the reactor 19.
- the sludge can be directly sent to the "IBE" bioreactor 19.
- the "IBE” fermentation bioreactor 19 is fed with microorganism of the Clostridium genus by line 21 and with acetic acid by line 20.
- the presence of Line 20 providing acetic acid is useful when the culture medium in the reactor 19 does not contain enough acetate according to the invention.
- the added acetic acid can come from a condensate produced by the pretreatment step when it involves a steam explosion.
- FIG. 2 represents an exemplary implementation of the process for producing an aqueous mixture of isopropanol, n-butanol and ethanol according to the invention.
- the substrate (lignocellulosic biomass) is introduced via line 1 into the pretreatment reactor 2.
- the reagents and utilities such as the steam required to conduct the pretreatment are introduced via line 3.
- the mixture is extracted by line 5 a pretreated substrate and a waste pre-treatment effluent that is discharged via line 4.
- the composition of the waste effluent depends on the method used for the pretreatment.
- the waste effluent from the pretreatment containing C5 and / or C6 sugars and acetate is advantageously treated by the process according to the invention.
- the waste effluent is sent via line 4 into the "IBE" fermentation reactor 19 to produce an aqueous solution containing an aqueous mixture of isopropanol, n-butanol and ethanol.
- the pretreated substrate it is sent via line 5 to a unit for converting cellulose into hexoses 7a in which the enzymatic hydrolysis of the cellulose is carried out.
- the conditions of the enzymatic hydrolysis mainly the solids content of the mixture to be hydrolysed and the amount of enzymes used, are chosen so as to obtain a solubilization of the cellulose of between 10% and 99% in the reactor 7, and more particularly between 15 and 95%.
- the water required to obtain the level of target solid material is added via line 8.
- the cellulolytic and / or hemicellulolytic enzymes are added via line 8a.
- the hydrolyzate obtained at the outlet of the cellulose conversion unit 7a is sent via line 9 into the fermentation bioreactor "IBE" 19.
- microorganisms of the genus Clostridium used for the fermentation of hexoses and pentoses are introduced via line 21.
- a fermentation must containing an aqueous mixture of isopropanol, n-butanol, ethanol and solid material (mainly lignin) is thus withdrawn from the bioreactor 19 via line 22 and sent to a treatment unit 23 for recovering a solution.
- concentrated aqueous isopropanol, n-butanol, ethanol As indicated in FIG. 2, the treatment unit 23 comprises a solvent concentration unit 24 and a solid / liquid separation unit 26. At the end of the concentration step, an aqueous concentrated solvent stream is recovered. which is discharged through line 27 and a sludge that is withdrawn through line 25.
- the sludge is composed of a solid fraction, consisting essentially of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin which have not been hydrolysed, and of a liquid fraction referred to as "vinasse".
- the sludge is thus treated in the solid / liquid separation unit 26.
- This unit 26 makes it possible to separate the residual solids by the line 28 and a liquid fraction (or vinasse) via the line 29.
- Vinasse which is an aqueous solution containing residual sugars and possibly acetate, is a useful solution for IBE fermentation.
- the vinasse is advantageously recycled to the fermentation bioreactor "IBE” 19 via line 29.
- the sludge, containing the solid residues and the vinasse is sent directly into the "IBE" bioreactor 19
- the "IBE” fermentation bioreactor 19 is supplied via line 20 with acetic acid (or acetate) when the culture medium in the reactor 19 does not contain enough acetate according to the invention.
- the acetic acid (or acetate) may be possibly from a condensate produced after the treatment of the vapor phase produced by the expansion phase of the pretreatment by steam explosion.
- Isopropanol / Butanol / Ethanol fermentation in batch was carried out using the Clostridium beijerinckii strain NRRL B593 (DSMZ 6423) and in a CM1 culture medium containing 60 g / l glucose and to which it was added 0 g / ml. L or 3 g / L or 6 g / L of ammonium acetate.
- composition for 1 liter of CM1 solution is detailed below:
- Glucose 60 The fermentation was conducted batchwise under the following operating conditions:
- the amount of the strain Clostridium beijerinckii NRRL B593 used for the tests is between 16 and 24 g / L and was determined by measuring the optical density at 600 nm of the culture medium after seeding of the strain.
- Table 1 gives the final concentrations of substrates and products obtained at the end of batch culture after 50 hours.
- Acetic acid 1 [g / L] 0.8 -1, 7 7 0.01 -3.3
- a negative value indicates a net consumption of acetic acid ([acetic acid] finai - [acetic acid] ⁇ )
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