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Technologies for utilization of plant biomass as Fermentation Media
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                                                   Russian stakeholders in the
                                                     bioeconomy, especially in
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   Technologies for utilization of plant biomass
             as Fermentation Media

Petra Schönicke
Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems e.V., Teltow-Seehof, Germany
schoenicke@biopos.de
Technologies for utilization of plant biomass as Fermentation Media
Introduction Biorefinery Systems

                                                            Biorefinery
                                                             Systems

                    LCF-                                                                                     Green
                 Biorefinery                                                                               Biorefinery

    •    ligno-cellulosic feedstocks (LCF)                                          •    green ‘nature wet’ raw materials
    •    ‘nature dry’ biomass                                                       •    green grass
    •    cellulosic biomass                                                         •    alfalfa
    •    cellulosic waste                                                           •    clover
    •    wood and fast growing trees                                                •    immature cereals
    •    straw
    •    reed
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 Kamm, B.; Kamm, M.; Principles of Biorefineries. Appl. Microbiol, Biotechnol., (AMB), 64 (2004) 137–145
Technologies for utilization of plant biomass as Fermentation Media
Primary refining process and its products

Fields/ harvest           Green crop drying plant                                       Pellets for
Alfalafa, grass, clover   151,2 m3/d                          Drying and pelletizing    fodder
20.000 t/a (DM: 20 %)     165 working days per year                                     Sale
                          (May to October)

                          Fractionation step                        Waste heat
                          Screw extruder                            Steam / hot water

                          Press juice            Press cake   Drying and Pelletizing
                          76,8 m3/d              74,4 m3/d
                          (DM:5 %)               (DM:35 %)

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Technologies for utilization of plant biomass as Fermentation Media
Secondary refining process and its products
                                                     Press juice                                Waste heat / steam
                                                     76,8   m3/d   (DM 5%)                      hot water

                                     75,8 m3/d (DM 5 %)                      1 m3/d (DM 5 %)

                                                                                                              Waste heat, hot water
                          Heat exchanger             Fermentation reactor           Protein coagulation
                                                     74,7 m3/d (DM 3 %)             (60°C)

 Waste heat steam         Protein
                          coagulation (75°C)

                                                     Protein phase                  Decantation
     Fermentation         Decantation                (Green protein)                Phase separation
     Media                Phase separation           200 kg/d (DS 15%)
                                                                                    Ultrafiltration           Fermentation Media
                                                                                                              720 kg/d (DM 1,4%)

                          Protein Phase                                             Protein phase
                          (Green protein)                                           (White protein)           Fermentation reactor
   Waste heat hot water
                          Fluidized bed drying                                      Spray drying

Press juice-line I        Green proteins                                            White proteins           Press juice-line II
(Thermo-section)          1704 kg/d (DM 90 %)                                       11 kg/d (DM 90 %)        (Membrane-section)
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Technologies for utilization of plant biomass as Fermentation Media
Product properties
White proteins
High functional potential
• for foams, foam stabilizer, films (cosmetic application)

Green proteins (high-quality feed)
• Amino acids (Asp, Glu, Ser, His, Gly, Thre, Arg, Ala, Tyr, Val, Phe, Ile, Leu, Lys,
Pro, Hydroxypro, Met, Cys, Trp)
• Carotene
• Xantophyll
• Fats

Brown Juice (for biotechnological processes)
• Glucose, Fructose, Sucrose (~ 5-7 g/l)
• Proteins, amino acids (N-total 3% TS)
• Fats
• Minerals (Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, P, NO3-, SO42-, Cl-)                                   5
Technologies for utilization of plant biomass as Fermentation Media
Introduction Biorefinery Systems

                                                            Biorefinery
                                                             Systems

                    LCF-                                                                                     Green
                 Biorefinery                                                                               Biorefinery

    •    ligno-cellulosic feedstocks (LCF)                                          •    green ‘nature wet’ raw materials
    •    ‘nature dry’ biomass                                                       •    green grass
    •    cellulosic biomass                                                         •    alfalfa
    •    cellulosic waste                                                           •    clover
    •    wood and fast growing trees                                                •    immature cereals
    •    straw
    •    reed
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 Kamm, B.; Kamm, M.; Principles of Biorefineries. Appl. Microbiol, Biotechnol., (AMB), 64 (2004) 137–145
Technologies for utilization of plant biomass as Fermentation Media
Feedstock composition – Wheat straw

    Content in original material (as 100% dry matter)[2]

Parameter            Value          Parameter               Value
Cellulose             36.7 %        Ash (T=550°C)           7.46 %
Hemicellulose         23.9 %        Ash (T=815°C)           7.15 %
Lignin                21.7 %        C                       42.2 %
Extractives           10.9 %        H                       5.51 %
Uronic acids          1.92 %        N                       0.23 %
                                                                                     Harvest of wheat straw [1]
                                    O                       42.00 %

Minerals             [g/kg]         other Minerals [g/kg]
Ca                      2.9
                                    (Al, B, Ba, Cd, Cl,
K                       2.1         Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li,
Mg                      0.5         Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P,        0.9
S                       0.5         Pb, Sb, Se, S, Sr,
                                    Ti, V, Zn)
Si                     26.9
                                                                           Straw after grinding, particle size ~1- 5mm

     [1] With permission of www.geograph.org.uk                                                                   7
     [2] NREL methods, Kjeldahl method: EU project BioSynergy No. 038994
Technologies for utilization of plant biomass as Fermentation Media
Technology of Biorefining lignocellulosic Biomass

                                     Harvested in Brandenburg,
                                     Germany, dry matter: 92 %

                                     Hammer mill

                                     Reactor with heating devices and
                                     recovery of the auxiliary

                                     Protein extraction with hot water

                                     Separation by filtration and wash
                                     water recovery

                                     Solids for enzymatic hydrolysis,
                                     Extractives are the first product

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Technologies for utilization of plant biomass as Fermentation Media
Technology of Biorefining lignocellulosic Biomass

                                                    Solids come from wheat
                                                    straw after pretreatment
                  Enzymatic                         Saccharification of celluloses
    Water                          Enzyme coctail
                  Hydrolysis
                                                    at 50°C for 48-72h

                 Filtration and        Solids
                                                    Two filtration steps to
Water recovery                                      separate substances which
                 fine filtration      (Lignin)
                                                    may disturb fermentation

                                                    Enhance sugar concentration
                 Evaporation           Water
                                                    with reduced pressure

                                                    Final glucose content of
                 Hydrolysate                        hydrolysate is approximately
                                                    500 g/l

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Technologies for utilization of plant biomass as Fermentation Media
Technology of Biorefining lignocellulosic biomass

 Enzymatic Hydrolysis
                                         gluc + xyl + ara
                       100
                        80

Content of              60
               [g/L]

monomeric               40
sugar
                        20
                         0
                             0                  24                    48                     72
                                                       time [h]

     Conditions of Pretreatment: T=200°C, NH3(25%):BM 5:1; τ =5 min. ;p=38 bar; with protein extraction   10
                                       (BM:H2O = 1:4, 80 °C, 60min.)
Utilization of the nonfood sugar solution for fermentation

      Hydrolysates from 200 L scale:
       Sugar              g sugar / kg straw
       Glucose                         348
       Xylose                          161
                                                                                       Burkholderia sacchari DSM 17165 [7]
       Arabinose                        13

      ÆDelivered for PHB fermentation[6]
      ÆEthanol fermentation tests with yeasts
            (Saccharomyces sp.)
      ÆABE fermentation tests with bacteria
            (Clostridia sp.)
[6] EU project bugworkers No. 246449 (till 2014)
                                                                                        PHB fermentation at IST Portugal [8]
[7] Brämer, C.O., et al.; Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51, 1709-1713 (2001).
[8] Cesario, M.T., Raposo, R. S., Almeida, M.C., Ferreira, B. S., van Keulen, F., da Fonseca, M. M.,„Bioconversion of wheat
    straw hydrolysates into polyhydroxyalkanoates“, 6th ESBP, Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 26th-28th 2011
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Technology of Biorefining lignocellulosic biomass

Up-scaling                                                          10 L reactor

                                1 L reactor

      200 mL

  Sugar       1L      10 L
  Glucose   60.5 g/L 50.8 g/L                 After scale up:            18 L
  Xylose    25.0 g/L 23.6 g/L                                   Glucose         971 g
  Arabinose 2.0 g/L 1.9 g/L                                     Xylose          465 g
                                                                Arabinose        37 g
Technology of Biorefining lignocellulosic biomass

• Scale-up to
  200L scale

 “The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union
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 Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) under grant agreement number 246449”
Summary

•   Brown Juice as Product of a Green Biorefinery
    is suitable as Fermentation Medium (Biogas so far)
    - but less carbohydrates are available

•   Hydrolysate as product of a LCF Biorefinery
    is suitable as substrate supplement
    (PHB, Ethanol, ABE)

•   Utilization of Brown Juice together with Hydrolysate
    as Fermentation Medium would be a new R&D issue        Picture: biorefinery.de GmbH

•   Partners for biomass R&D and biorefining
    technology are very welcome
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Biorefinery-Activities FI BIOPOS e.V.

B. Kamm (Ed.) Microorganisms in
Biorefineries, In: Microbiology Monographs,
Series Editor A. Steinbüchel, 2015

http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/
microbiology/book/978-3-662-45208-0

Topics covered include: new metabolic pathways of
microbes living on green plants and in silage; using
lignocellulosic hydrolysates for the production of
polyhydroxyalkanoates; fungi such as Penicillium as
host for the production of heterologous proteins
and enzymes; bioconversion of sugar hydrolysates
into lipids; production of succinic acid, lactones,
lactic acid and organic lactates using different
bacteria species; cellulose hydrolyzing bacteria in
the production of biogas from plant biomass; and
isoprenoid compounds in engineered microbes.
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Contact                                 Dipl.-Ing. Biotech. Petra Schönicke
                                        Research Centre Teltow-Seehof
Prof. Dr. Birgit Kamm                   Kantstraße 55, D-14513 Teltow
Director of the Institute Biopos e.V.   www.biopos.de
and Prof. at BTU Cottbus                Fon: +49 (0)33 28-33 22-18
Research Centre Teltow-Seehof           schoenicke@biopos.de
Kantstraße 55, D-14513 Teltow
www.biopos.de
Fon: +49 (0)33 28-33 22-10
Fax: +49 (0)33 28-33 22-11
kamm@biopos.de

Dr. Jörg Beckmann
biorefinery.de GmbH
Kantstraße 55, D-14513 Potsdam
Email:office@biorefinery.de
www.biorefinery.de
www.biorefinica.de

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