Effect of Hot water and dilute acid pretreatment on the chemical properties of liquorice root

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 MSc. Student, Department of Cellulose and Paper Technology, Shahid Beheshti University, Zirab campus, Savad koh, Mazandaran, Iran.

2 Assistant professor, Department of Cellulose and Paper Technology, Shahid Beheshti University, Zirab campus, Savad koh, Mazandaran, Iran.

3 Associated professor, Department of Wood and Paper Science and Technology , Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Alborz, Iran.

Abstract

Abstract In this study, the liquorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) that was extracted in the factory in Kerman province, pre-hydrolyzed and then chemical compositions (Extractives, Lignin content, Holocellulose percent), the hydrolysis process yield and weight loss of the waste was measured. Pre-hydrolysis process was done on the above mentioned waste by hot water, hot water followed by 0.5 percent sulfuric acid and also alone sulfuric acid with different concentrations (0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 percent) The samples were pre-hydrolyzed in hot water at 150 °C and 30, 60 and 90 minutes as well as in the mixture of hot water and 0.5 % sulfuric acid at 150 °C and 60 minutes and also in pure sulfuric acid, at 130 °C and at 60 minutes. The results showed that the pre-hydrolyzed treatment with hot water in 60 minutes had been favorable performance in the respect of weight loss, lignin content and holocellulose percent. Also, in the case of pre-treatment including sulfuric acid, 2% dose can be good selected option in term of maximum holocellulose percent and minimum lignin content so that it can be suggested to produce higher value-added products such as bioethanol from licorice root bid.

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Iranian Journal of Wood and Paper Industries
Volume 7, Issue 1
June 2016
Pages 129-140

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