KR20120088096A - Device for preparing fermentable sugar and method of preparing fermentable sugar using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Producing method and apparatus for fermentable sugar are provided to reduce the generation amount of waste water, and to economically produce the fermentable sugar by using high concentration biomass. CONSTITUTION: A producing apparatus for fermentable sugar comprises the following: a feeder for inserting raw materials including a biomass(10) and a solvent to obtain a mixture; a reactor reacting the mixture; a solid-liquid separator(109) separating the reacted mixture into a solid material and supernatant liquid(20); a precipitating unit precipitating the supernatant liquid and circulating liquid filtered from a filter, and obtaining concentrate containing lignin and a solvent; a solvent separator separating the supernatant liquid and the concentrate into the solvent and the circulating liquid; a lignin separator separating the lignin from the concentrate; first, second, and third filters; and a saccharifying device including plural paddles.

Description

DEVICE FOR PREPARING FERMENTABLE SUGAR AND METHOD OF PREPARING FERMENTABLE SUGAR USING THE SAME

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for producing fermentable sugars, in which a pretreatment process, a solvent recovery process, and a saccharification fermentation process are performed, and a method for producing fermentable sugars using the same.

Biofuels and biochemicals produced from biomass are competitive, economical and relatively clean alternatives. The development of processes to convert biomass from agriculture, fisheries, industry and forestry into higher value materials has been intensive in many countries where research on the use of biomass has been conducted in the face of high grain prices and waste disposal issues. It's going on.

In the pretreatment process for the production of biofuels and biochemicals using biomass, physicochemical complex processes are mainly used, and economic efficiency is being analyzed in demonstration-scale facilities, but low concentration biomass is used to improve treatment efficiency and continuous process operation. It is operated as a mass but it does not lead to the large scale commercialization process because of low economics.

In addition, the physicochemical complex process generates a large amount of wastewater due to the use of a solvent, which is disadvantageous in terms of economics and environmental aspects.

One aspect of the present invention is to provide a device for producing a fermentable sugar having economical efficiency as it is possible to operate a continuous process while using a high concentration of biomass, reducing the amount of wastewater generated and the wastewater treatment process simple.

Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a fermentable sugar using the apparatus for producing the fermentable sugar.

Yet another aspect of the present invention is to provide a biofuel and a biochemical produced using the apparatus for producing the fermentable sugar.

One aspect of the present invention is a feeder for inputting a raw material containing a biomass and a solvent to obtain a mixture; A reactor for reacting the mixture to obtain a reactant; A solid-liquid separator separating the solid from the reactant and a stripping solution containing the solvent; A precipitator for precipitating from the circulating liquid filtered by the desorption liquid and the following filter into a concentrate containing lignin and the solvent; A solvent separator that separates the solvent and the circulating fluid from the desorption solution and the concentrate and comprises at least one filter; A lignin separator for separating the lignin contained in the concentrate; And a fermentation sugar obtained from the solid, and a continuous saccharification fermentor including a saccharification agent and a saccharification fermenter including a half paddle type stirrer.

The solvent separator comprises a primary filter for obtaining a filtrate comprising the lignin from the concentrate; A secondary filter for filtering a mixture of pigment material, solvent and water from the filtrate; And a tertiary filter for filtering the mixture of solvent and water from the mixture.

The lignin separator is a mixing tank to mix the concentrate, carbon dioxide and polymer flocculant to obtain a concentrate mixture; And a precipitation tank for precipitating the lignin from the concentrate mixture.

The glycosylator includes a plurality of paddles positioned at the top, middle, and bottom, respectively, and the middle paddles have a left-right asymmetrical structure, and paddles positioned at the top and bottom, respectively. It may be shorter than their length.

Another aspect of the present invention comprises the steps of obtaining a mixture by adding a raw material containing a biomass and a solvent to the feeder; Injecting the mixture into a reactor to obtain a reactant; Inputting the reactant into a solid-liquid separator to separate the solids and the detachment solution; Injecting the circulating liquid filtered by the desorption liquid and the following filter into a precipitator to precipitate into a concentrate comprising lignin and the solvent; Separating the solvent and the circulating fluid by introducing the desorption solution and the concentrate into a solvent separator including at least one filter; Introducing the solvent into the feeder; Injecting the concentrate into a lignin separator to separate the lignin; And it provides a method for producing a fermentable sugar comprising the step of obtaining a fermentable sugar by introducing the solids into a continuous saccharification fermentor comprising a saccharification and a saccharification fermenter comprising a half-paddle stirrer.

Separating the solvent may include the step of adding the concentrate to the primary filter to obtain a filtrate containing the lignin; Introducing the filtrate into a secondary filter to filter a mixture of pigment material, the solvent and water; And injecting the mixture into a third filter to filter the mixture of the solvent and water.

The separating of the lignin may include adding the concentrate, carbon dioxide, and a polymer flocculant to a mixing tank to obtain a concentrate mixture; And injecting the concentrate mixture into a precipitation tank to precipitate the lignin.

Yet another aspect of the present invention provides a biofuel and a biochemical manufactured using the apparatus for preparing fermentable sugar.

Other details of the embodiments of the present invention are included in the following detailed description.

In the production of biofuels and biochemicals using the biofuel and biochemicals production apparatus, it is possible to operate a continuous pretreatment process using a high concentration of biomass, and to obtain a high concentration of fermentable sugars. Economics can be secured by reducing equipment and operating costs, and wastewater generation and operating costs can be reduced by solvent recovery and reuse.

1 is a schematic view showing a continuous pretreatment reactor in a device for preparing fermentable sugars according to one embodiment.
2 is a schematic view showing a solvent recovering device in an apparatus for preparing fermentable sugar according to one embodiment.
3 is a schematic diagram showing a continuous saccharification fermenter in the apparatus for producing fermentable sugars according to one embodiment.
Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the apparatus for producing a fermentable sugar according to one embodiment in order of production method.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

According to one embodiment, a method is provided with a device for producing high concentrations of fermentable sugars for the production of biofuels and biochemicals.

The high concentration of fermentable sugar is produced by using a high concentration of biomass, and the biomass will be described first.

The biomass is agricultural by-products such as rice straw, barley straw, sweet potato stem, rapeseed stem, cassava stem; Solid waste such as waste paper and fluff; Wood such as thinning wood, waste wood, and processed byproducts; Aquatic plants such as algae and algae may be used, and these may be mixed with each other.

Cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, which are the major constituents of biomass, differ in composition ratio according to the type and site of biomass and are tightly bonded to form a basic structure of a plant.

The cellulose is a glucose polymer connected to each other by β-1,4-glucoside bonds and exists in plants in the form of fine fiber bundles. The cellulose accounts for 20 to 50% by weight of the total amount of biomass, which is an important component that is converted into biofuels and biochemicals through the saccharification process and into glucose and fermentation.

The hemicellulose is a heterogeneous polysaccharide composed of numerous monomers such as D-galactose, D-mannose, D-xylose, L-arabinose and the like. This is also an important component, such as cellulose, to be converted into biofuels and biochemicals, accounting for 10 to 35% by weight of the total biomass.

The lignin is a complex network formed by the polymerization of phenyl propane units, and the constituent monomers of the lignin are methoxylatio p-coumaryl alcohol, coniferyl alcohol, and sinapyl alcohol. It binds to hemicellulose and acts to protect plants from microorganisms and chemical degradation. However, during the saccharification process, the enzyme may affect the surface area that can be adsorbed to cellulose and hemicellulose, and also directly binds to the enzyme, thereby limiting the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose and hemicellulose, thereby reducing the effective enzyme degree. It is a substance that slows down and must be removed through pretreatment.

Cellulose and hemicellulose are made up of hydrogen bonds, hemicellulose and lignin are made up of covalent bonds.

The carbohydrate component of seaweed in biomass varies from 40 to 70% by weight depending on its type. Among them, red algae, which contain the most carbohydrates, is composed of cellulose, a fibrous component, and agar, a major component, and agar has a low content of agarose and sulfate groups. It consists of high agaropectin.

The agarose is composed of D-galactose (D-galactose) and 3,6- anhydro-L-galactose (3,6-anhydro-L-galactose), and the agalopectin is agarose esterified galactose sulfate It consists of Ross, D-glucuronic acid and a small amount of pyruvic acid.

The polysaccharide agar can be degraded using enzymes or by physical or chemical methods.

The processes required to convert biomass into biofuels and biochemicals are classified into physical, chemical and biological methods according to various types of biomass.

Specific examples include steam decay method, alkali treatment method, sulfur dioxide treatment method, hydrogen peroxide treatment method, supercritical ammonia treatment method, weak acid extraction treatment method, ammonia bombardment method and ionic liquid treatment method, among which alkali, which is an efficient method for lignin removal and hemicellulose recovery, is used. And chemical processes with acids.

1 to 3 are schematic diagrams each showing a part of an apparatus for producing fermentable sugars according to one embodiment, illustrating a method for producing a high concentration of fermentable sugars through the apparatus.

The method for producing a high concentration of fermentable sugars can be largely divided into a pretreatment step, a solvent recovery step, and a saccharification fermentation step.

In the pretreatment process, tissue decomposition of the biomass described above may occur through high temperature and high pressure reaction using a solvent. The pretreatment process may be carried out in a continuous pretreatment reactor comprising a twin screw and a retainer. The continuous pretreatment reactor is capable of continuous mixing, reaction and transfer through the twin screw and maintains the reaction time during the low temperature alkali pretreatment through the retainer, which has higher industrial use value, productivity, and processing speed than the batch pretreatment reactor. And the like can be improved. In other words, it is possible to operate a continuous pretreatment process using a high concentration of biomass.

In the solvent recovery process, the solvent used in the pretreatment may be recovered in a solvent separator. The recovered solvent can be reused, thereby not only reducing the amount of waste water generated but also ensuring economic feasibility. In addition, the lignin in the solvent recovery process can be separated using the principle of filtration and flocculation, the separated lignin can be used as a basic raw material of the boiler fuel and biochemicals.

The saccharification fermentation process may be performed in a continuous saccharification fermenter as a step of obtaining a high concentration of fermentable sugars from the biomass obtained in the pretreatment process. The saccharification of pretreatment biomass is difficult due to the high enzyme price and high concentration of saccharification due to the viscosity and agitation problem of the saccharification liquid. When it is performed in the continuous saccharification fermenter, the biomass is additionally added to the biomass mixed liquid which is converted into liquid phase by saccharification. Therefore, the amount of enzyme used and the saccharification efficiency can be improved compared to the batch saccharifier. In addition, by obtaining a high concentration of fermentable sugar, it is possible to secure economic feasibility by reducing equipment and operation costs of the refining process.

The pretreatment process may be performed by the following method through the continuous pretreatment reactor shown in FIG.

1 is a schematic view showing a continuous pretreatment reactor in a device for preparing fermentable sugars according to one embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, a continuous pretreatment reactor consists of a feeder comprising a feed screw 102 and an actuator 103, and a reactor comprising a twin screw 104 and a retainer 105. Specifically, raw materials such as biomass 10, a solvent, water, and the like are added to the feeder and mixed, and then the obtained mixture is added to the reactor for reaction.

The supply screw 102 is a place for continuously supplying the quantitative biomass 10, it is possible to adjust the supply amount of the biomass according to the rotational speed.

The actuator 103 is a place for maintaining a predetermined pressure, and specifically, may maintain a pressure of 0.1 to 30 kg / cm ² .

The twin screw 104 is a place where two screws are engaged to forcibly transfer the biomass to an empty space in front of the advancing direction. Since the twin screw 104 has a larger friction area than other transfer devices, the twin screw 104 can be miniaturized and is advantageous for physical agitation. The biomass concentration can be reacted.

The biomass may be high concentration, specifically, may have a concentration of 5 to 50% by weight, and more specifically, may have a concentration of 15 to 30% by weight. Batch pretreatment reactor or single screw type continuous reactor can achieve the optimum pretreatment effect in the concentration range of 5 to 15% by weight due to moisture absorption and fluidity of the biomass, but in one embodiment comprising twin screw and retention group In the continuous pretreatment reactor according to the present invention, the efficiency of pretreatment can be obtained even at a biomass concentration of 20% by weight or more by physical stirring and decomposition at a lower moisture concentration. Increasing the biomass concentration may reduce the size and cost of the solvent recovery and wastewater treatment process to ensure economic feasibility.

An alkali solvent may be used as the solvent, and specifically, ammonia, sodium hydroxide, calcium compound, or the like may be used.

The retention group 105 is a place for maintaining the residence time required to complete the pretreatment reaction, specifically, the residence time of the mixture may be 5 to 120 minutes, more specifically 30 to 60 minutes. When the mixture stays for a time within the above range, dissociation of the biomass may occur efficiently, and components such as lignin may be well dissolved in an alkaline solvent.

The internal temperature of the retention group 105 may be 80 to 200 ° C, specifically 120 to 150 ° C. When the internal temperature of the reactor is within the above range it can be obtained an excellent pretreatment efficiency.

As the continuous pretreatment reactor according to the embodiment includes the retention group 105, the residence time inside the screw is short and 180 ° C and 10 kg / cm ² for dissociation of the biomass tissue in a simple transfer method Compared to the single screw type continuous reactor requiring the aeration under the above conditions, excellent pretreatment efficiency can be obtained even at the conditions of 150 ° C. and 5 kg / cm ² .

Subsequently, the reactant obtained in the reactor is collected and collected by a collecting screw 106, an actuator 107, and a cyclone 108, and the collected reactant is added to the solid-liquid separator 109 to collect the solid 30 and the desorption liquid. Separate with 20. Thereafter, the desorption solution is continuously introduced into the precipitator to precipitate the concentrate. At this time, the circulating liquid filtered in the solvent separator including the filter as described later as well as the desorption liquid is added to the precipitator. The precipitated concentrate comprises lignin, the solvent, water and the like.

The concentration of the lignin contained in the concentrate may be 0.1 to 10% by weight, specifically, 1 to 3% by weight.

The concentration of the solvent included in the concentrate may be 0.1 to 20% by weight, specifically 1 to 10% by weight.

The solvent recovery process may be divided into a solvent separation process and a lignin separation process, each process may be performed by the following method through the solvent recovery machine shown in FIG.

2 is a schematic view showing a solvent recovering device in an apparatus for preparing fermentable sugar according to one embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, the solvent separation process may be reused in the process by separating the solvent through a solvent separator.

The solvent separator may include at least one filter, and specifically includes a primary filter 205, a secondary filter 206, and a tertiary filter 207.

Specifically, the leachate and the concentrate obtained in the pretreatment process, that is, discharged from the upper part of the precipitator 201 are introduced into the primary filter 205 to obtain a filtrate including the lignin, and then the filtration. The liquid is introduced into the secondary filter 206 to filter the mixture of pigment material, the solvent and water. Thereafter, the mixture is introduced into a tertiary filter 207 to filter the mixture of the solvent and water, thereby separating the solvent. The solvent is added to the solvent storage tank 110 and then reused in the process by being introduced into the feeder in the pretreatment process, thereby enabling an economical and environmentally friendly process that can reduce the amount of waste water generated.

The pore size of the primary filter 205 may be 0.1 to 10 ㎛, the pore size of the secondary filter 206 may be 0.01 to 0.1 ㎛, the pore size of the tertiary filter 207 is 0.001 To 0.01 μm. When the pore size of each of the primary, secondary and tertiary filters is within the above range, the filtration of the lignin and the like dissolved in various sizes is separated by size to extend the filter replacement cycle and reduce the reflux ratio of the process to reduce the operating costs of the process. Savings can ensure economic feasibility.

In the lignin separation process, the concentrate obtained in the pretreatment process, that is, discharged from the lower part of the precipitator 201 may be introduced into a lignin separator to separate the lignin 40.

Specifically, the concentrate, carbon dioxide and the polymer flocculant may be added to the mixing tank 203 to obtain a concentrate mixture, and then the concentrate mixture may be added to the precipitation tank 204 to precipitate the lignin to separate lignin.

The separated lignin may be sent to the boiler room at regular intervals and used as a heat source or as a basic raw material of biochemicals.

The carbon dioxide may be contained in an amount of 100 to 20,000 parts by volume, specifically, 5,000 to 10,000 parts by volume, based on 100 parts by volume of the total amount of the concentrate mixture. When carbon dioxide is contained in the above range, the pH is adjusted to about alkaline, and the dissolved components such as ligrin can be precipitated as solid fine particles, and the supernatant can be returned to the solvent recovery process through a separate degassing process.

The polymer flocculant may be 0.0001 to 1% by weight, specifically 0.001 to 0.1% by weight based on the total amount of the concentrate mixture. When the polymer coagulant is included in the above range, the solid fine particles may be aggregated to a size capable of precipitation separation.

The precipitated lignin concentration may be 20 to 80% by weight in dry weight, specifically, 30 to 60% by weight.

The saccharification fermentation process may be performed by the following method through the continuous saccharification fermenter shown in FIG.

3 is a schematic diagram showing a continuous saccharification fermenter in the apparatus for producing fermentable sugars according to one embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, the solid obtained in the pretreatment process may be introduced into a continuous saccharification fermenter together with an enzyme to obtain fermentable sugars. Specifically, the solids may be added to the lower portion of the saccharifier 302 through the solids feeder 301 to be saccharified, and then the obtained saccharin may be added to the saccharification fermenter 303 to be saccharified and fermented to obtain fermentable sugars.

The saccharifier 302 is composed of a large diameter cylindrical vessel and a half paddle type stirrer.

A plurality of paddles 321 constituting the stirrer may be present in the saccharifier 302, and specifically, the paddles may be positioned at the top, middle, and bottom, respectively. Each paddle may have a symmetrical structure about the shaft or a symmetrical structure. Preferably the middle paddle may have a left-right asymmetrical structure, the length of which may be shorter than that of the top and bottom paddles respectively. If the paddle is present in the above structure, it is easy to stir the high viscosity liquid containing a large amount of solids can shorten the saccharification time.

The paddle 321 is staggered to maximize the movement of the solids during stirring to optimize glycosylation by enzyme contact and physical effects. In addition, the ratio of the paddle height and the distance between the paddles may be 1: 1 to 10, specifically 1: 2: 5 may be. If the ratio of the paddle size and the distance between the paddles is lower than the range, the solids rotate with the paddle and the glycosylation rate is lowered. If the paddle size is higher than the range, the effect of interference between the fluids is reduced and the glycation rate is lowered.

The solid may be hydrolyzed in the continuous saccharification fermenter, which may be an enzyme such as cellulase, betaglucosidase, beta galactosidase as enzymatic hydrolysis.

The saccharifier 302 is an upflow saccharifier that receives solids from the bottom and discharges them to the top.

In this case, the density of the solids supplied may be 0.4 to 0.6 g / cm ³ , the density of the internal saccharification solution of the saccharifier 302 may be 1.0 to 1.2 g / cm ³ , and the density of the supplied enzyme is 1.2 to May be 1.3 g / cm ³ . Since the density of the solids is lower than that of the saccharification liquid, and the density of the enzyme is higher than that of the saccharifying liquid, when a solid is supplied from the upper part of the saccharifying group, a layer is formed and the contact time of the enzyme is shortened to maintain a high viscosity state. In order to obtain a saccharification rate of 80 to 90%, a high speed stirring process is required. However, supplying solids to the bottom can reduce the cost of operating the process.

In addition, the saccharifier 302 may have a diameter and height ratio of 1: 0.5 to 2.0, and specifically 1: 1 to 1.4. If the ratio of diameter and height is within the above range, the specific gravity of the solid and the enzyme absorbing the saccharified liquid is heavier than the saccharified liquid, so that it is precipitated to the lower portion, but the precipitation efficiency is lowered due to the higher viscosity of the saccharified liquid, thereby increasing the precipitation area of the solid. Solids may be precipitated and only saccharified liquor may be fed to the saccharification fermenter.

The method of preparing fermentable sugar described with reference to each of FIGS. 1 to 3 may be comprehensively understood through the manufacturing method schematic diagram of FIG. 4.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the apparatus for producing a fermentable sugar according to one embodiment in order of production method.

Referring to FIG. 4, the feeder, reactor, collector and solid-liquid separator may constitute the continuous pretreatment reactor shown in FIG. 1, and through the feeder, reactor, collector and solid-liquid separator, the biomass is precipitated by precipitation in the settler. A pretreatment process can be performed in which tissue degradation of the cells occurs.

 In addition, the primary filter, the secondary filter and the tertiary filter may constitute the solvent separator shown in FIG. 2, and the mixing tank and the precipitation tank may constitute the lignin separator shown in FIG. 2. The solvent recovery process of recovering the solvent used in the pretreatment process may be performed by passing through the solvent separator and the lignin separator.

In addition, the saccharification and saccharification fermenter may constitute a continuous saccharification fermenter shown in Figure 3, through which a saccharification fermentation process can be performed to obtain a high concentration of fermentable sugars from the biomass.

The biofuel may be prepared by culturing a strain using a fermentable sugar obtained through the pretreatment step, the solvent recovery step, and the saccharification fermentation step as a hydrolysis solution.

The strains include saccharomyces cerevisiae, pichia stipitis, candida brassicae, zymomonas moilis, clostridium acetobutylli Com (tristridium acetobutylicum) or a combination thereof may be used.

Examples of the biofuel include alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, or a combination thereof. In this case, the alkanes are C1 to C10 alkanes, the alkenes are C1 to C10 alkenes, and the alcohols are C1 to C10 alcohols.

The concentration of bio ethanol prepared according to the above-described manufacturing method may be 60 g / L or more, and the concentration of bio butanol may be 15 g / L or more. This may vary slightly depending on the type of biomass, and higher concentrations may be obtained under the optimization conditions for each type.

Biochemicals may be prepared by culturing a strain using the fermentable sugar obtained through the pretreatment step, the solvent recovery step, and the saccharification fermentation step as a hydrolysis solution.

As the strain, clostridium tyroburyricum, lactobacillus axidophilus, or a combination thereof may be used.

Examples of the biochemicals include amino acid-based materials, organic acid-based materials, enzyme-based materials, biodegradable polymer-based materials, or a combination thereof.

Hereinafter, preferred examples and comparative examples of the present invention are described. However, the following examples are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

(Manufacture of Fermentation Sugar)

Example  One

As biomass, barley straw containing 36.4% by weight of cellulose, 23.4% by weight of hemicellulose, 20.1% by weight of lignin, and 1.4% by weight of ash was used.

Into the feeder, a mixture of 10 kg of barley straw pulverized to 3 mm or less using a grinder as a biomass and 90 L of 0.25 M caustic soda solution as a solvent was added to obtain a mixture. The reaction was carried out for a minute to obtain a reaction product.

The reaction mass was continuously added to a solid-liquid separator to separate the solids (water content of 70% by weight) and the stripping solution to obtain a pretreated biomass.

The solids were barley straw dried products, including 55.3 wt% cellulose, 17.1 wt% hemicellulose, and 8.9 wt% lignin.

5 kg of the solids were continuously fed in a mono pump to a continuous saccharification fermentor comprising a half paddle stirrer for 24 hours. Cellulose 30 FPU / g and β-glucosidase 30 CBU / g were added for glycosylation. For pH adjustment, sulfuric acid and sodium hydroxide were further fed to saccharify at 45 ° C. and 60 rpm. Twelve hours stay in the saccharification phase and 24 hours stay in the saccharification fermenter.

The saccharified solution flowing out of the saccharification phase contained 87.3 g / L of glucose and 15.2 g / L of xylose. The saccharified solution was used as a direct ethanol fermentation medium. Saccharomyces cerevises incubated for 12 hours with a shaking incubator at 32 ° C and 120 rpm in a YPD medium (10 g / L yeast extraction, 20 g / L protease peptone, and 10 g / L dextrose) during the secondary glycosylation fermentation. (saccharomyces cerevisiae) 5% by volume of CHY1011 culture was inoculated and fermented at 32 ° C.

After the completion of the ethanol fermentation, 61.4 g / L of ethanol was produced, and the residual sugar composition was 0 g / L of glucose and 14.5 g / L of xylose.

The desorption liquid discharged from the solid-liquid separator was introduced into a 30 L precipitator to precipitate a concentrate containing lignin and a solvent.

The concentrate was introduced into a solvent separator to separate the solvent. The solvent separator is composed of a primary filter having a pore size of 3 μm, a secondary filter having a pore size of 0.03 μm, a tertiary filter having a pore size of 0.001 μm, and a membrane (a domestic product of Sihwa Industrial Complex) and a supply pump. .

In addition, the concentrate, carbon dioxide and a polymer flocculant were added to a mixing tank to obtain a concentrate mixture, and then the concentrate mixture was added to a precipitation tank to precipitate lignin. In this case, the carbon dioxide is supplied at 10,000 parts by volume based on the total amount of the concentrate mixture, and the polymer flocculant is supplied at 0.01% by weight based on the total amount of the concentrate mixture.

In this case, the removal rate of lignin was 96%, the recovery was 85%, the solvent recovery was 80%, and the content of lignin in the dry solid was 58% by weight. The results are shown in Table 1 below.

Lignin Absorbance
(340 nm) menstruum Influent Tallow 15 g / L 0.579 × 200 62 g / L Discharge filtrate 0.6 g / L 0.091 × 200 58 g / L Removal rate
(Recovery rate) 96%
(85%) 84%
(-) -
(80%) Lignin precipitate
(Dry weight) 58 wt% - -

Comparative example  One

The fermentable sugar was produced in the same manner as in Example 1, except that instead of the continuous saccharification fermenter including the half-paddle stirrer, a saccharification fermenter including the propeller stirrer was used.

At this time, the saccharification fermenter including the propeller-type stirrer has a structure in which the propeller of the ship or the propeller of the fan and the stirring blade of the similar curve are symmetrical in the left and right or multi-direction at a predetermined inclination angle.

Comparative example  2

The fermentable sugar was produced in the same manner as in Example 1, except that instead of the continuous saccharification fermenter including the half-paddle stirrer, a saccharification fermenter including the ribbon stirrer was used.

The saccharification fermenter including the ribbon-type stirrer is a form of twisting a narrow and long plate in the form of a spiral or a ribbon twice, the lower wing is installed perpendicular to the lower wall and the middle and the upper portion is inclined.

Experimental Example : Glycation rate  Measure

The saccharification rate of the fermentable sugars prepared in Example 1 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2 was measured by the following method, and the results are shown in Table 1 below.

As a batch, 20 wt% of the biomass concentration was used, and a sodium acetate buffer solution having a pH of 4.8 was used. The cellulase enzyme was added at 30 FPU in the same manner, stirred at 150 rpm, and the reaction temperature was 50 ° C. for dissociation time. And glycation after 72 hours.

Example 1 Comparative Example 1 Comparative Example 2 Dissociation Time of Biomass 6 72 48 % Glycation after 72 hours 85 48 74

Through Table 1, in the case of Example 1 to prepare a fermentable sugar using a continuous saccharification fermenter comprising a half paddle-type stirrer according to an embodiment, a comparison using a stirrer other than the half-paddle type stirrer Compared with Examples 1 and 2, the highest glycation rate was obtained even after 72 hours after biomass dissociation.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the claims and the detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings. Naturally, it belongs to the range of.

10: biomass
101: Feed Hopper
102: feed screw
106: feed screw
103, 107: Actuator
104: twin screw
105: retention period
108: cyclone
109: solid-liquid separator
110: solvent reservoir
111, 112, 113: solvent input line
114: exhaust
20: desorption liquid
201: sedimentation tank
202: transfer pump
203: mixing tank
204: sedimentation tank
205 primary filter
206: secondary filter
207: third filter
211, 212: filtrate
213, 214: filter circulating fluid
215: concentrate
216 flocculant
217: carbon dioxide
218: mixture of concentrate, flocculant and carbon dioxide
219 recovery solvent
40: lignin
30: solids
301: Solid Feeder
302: saccharifier
303: saccharification fermenter
311: solids supply
312, 313: saccharification / fermentation liquid
321: paddle
322: between paddles

Claims (8)

A feeder for inputting a raw material containing a biomass and a solvent to obtain a mixture;
A reactor for reacting the mixture to obtain a reactant;
A solid-liquid separator separating the solid from the reactant and a stripping solution containing the solvent;
A precipitator for precipitating from the circulating liquid filtered by the desorption liquid and the following filter into a concentrate containing lignin and the solvent;
A solvent separator which separates the solvent and the circulating fluid from the desorption solution and the concentrate and comprises a filter;
A lignin separator for separating the lignin contained in the concentrate; And
A continuous saccharification fermenter comprising a saccharification and a saccharification fermenter comprising a semi-paddle stirrer obtained from the solids
Apparatus for producing fermentable sugars comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
The solvent separator is
A primary filter for obtaining a filtrate comprising the lignin from the concentrate;
A secondary filter for filtering a mixture of pigment material, solvent and water from the filtrate; And
Tertiary filter for filtering the mixture of solvent and water from the mixture
Device for producing a fermentable sugar comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
The lignin separator is
A mixing tank for mixing the concentrate, carbon dioxide, and a polymer flocculent to obtain a concentrate mixture; And
Precipitation tank for precipitating the lignin from the concentrate mixture
Device for producing a fermentable sugar comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
The glycosylator comprises a plurality of paddles located at each of the top, middle and bottom,
The intermediate paddle has an asymmetrical structure, and is shorter than the length of the paddle respectively located on the top and bottom.
Inputting a raw material including a biomass and a solvent into a feeder to obtain a mixture;
Injecting the mixture into a reactor to obtain a reactant;
Inputting the reactant into a solid-liquid separator to separate the solids and the detachment solution;
Injecting the circulating liquid filtered by the desorption liquid and the following filter into a precipitator to precipitate into a concentrate comprising lignin and the solvent;
Separating the solvent and the circulating fluid by introducing the desorption solution and the concentrate into a solvent separator including at least one filter;
Introducing the solvent into the feeder;
Injecting the concentrate into a lignin separator to separate the lignin; And
Injecting the solid into a continuous saccharification fermentation system comprising a saccharification and a saccharification fermenter comprising a half paddle type stirrer to obtain a fermentable sugar
Method for producing a fermentable sugar comprising a.
The method of claim 5,
Separating the solvent
Adding the concentrate to a primary filter to obtain a filtrate comprising the lignin;
Introducing the filtrate into a secondary filter to filter a mixture of pigment material, the solvent and water; And
Filtering the mixture of solvent and water by introducing the mixture into a third filter;
Method for producing a fermentable sugar comprising a.
The method of claim 5,
Separating the lignin
Adding the concentrate, carbon dioxide, and polymer flocculant to a mixing tank to obtain a concentrate mixture; And
Injecting the concentrate mixture into the precipitation tank to precipitate the lignin
Method for producing a fermentable sugar comprising a.
Biofuels and biochemicals produced using the apparatus for producing the fermentable sugars of claim 1.

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