Investigation of Relationship Between Sugar Yield and Particle Size in Biofuel Manufacturing

Abstract

Biofuel manufacturing consists of two major processes, i.e., feedstock preprocessing and bioconversion. The preprocessing includes size reduction and pelleting. The bioconversion includes pretreatment, hydrolysis, and fermentation. Various studies have been implemented for these two processes. Most existing literature focuses on a specific process, while very few of them consider the possible interactions between the two processes. In this paper, we investigated the relationship between the particle size in feedstock preprocessing and the sugar yield (proportional to biofuel yield) in bioconversion. The method of design of experiments was used to design experiments and analyze the experimental results of sugar yield with different particle sizes for three different types of biomass. Critical parameters that significantly influence the sugar yield were identified. The optimal configurations of the particle size were recommended.

Meeting Name

ASME 2017 12th International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, MSEC 2017 (2017: Jun. 4-8, Los Angeles, CA)

Department(s)

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

Research Center/Lab(s)

Intelligent Systems Center

Keywords and Phrases

Bioconversion; Biofuels; Design Of Experiments; Feedstocks; Manufacture; Particle Size

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-079185075-6

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2017 American Society for Engineering Management (ASME), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jun 2017

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