Process for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic material and fermentation of sugars

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10717995-B2
Application number	US-201816152197-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2018
Priority date	Nov 9, 2012
Publication date	Jul 21, 2020
Grant date	Jul 21, 2020

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps:
a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) whereby less than 7.5 mg enzyme composition/g glucan (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) or less than 3.0 mg enzyme composition/g feedstock (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) is used; and e) fermentation of the hydrolysed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and f) optionally recovery of a fermentation product;

wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A process for preparation of a sugar product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising:
enzymatic hydrolysis of ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61;
whereby between 0.1 and 7.5 mg enzyme composition/g glucan (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) or between 0.05 and 3.0 mg enzyme composition/g feedstock (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) is used; and
wherein:
the enzymatic hydrolysis occurs for a first part of time and a subsequent second part of time;
during the first part of time dissolved oxygen in the ligno-cellulosic material is at a concentration that is at least 50% less than during the second part of time, during the second part of time oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material continuously, and the second part of time is 2% to 80% of the total enzymatic hydrolysis time; and
the ligno-cellulosic material has a dry matter content of 10 wt % or more.

2. A process for preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising:
enzymatic hydrolysis of ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61;
whereby between 0.1 and 7.5 mg enzyme composition/g glucan (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) or between 0.05 and 3.0 mg enzyme composition/g feedstock (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) is used; and
wherein:
the enzymatic hydrolysis occurs for a first part of time and a subsequent second part of time;
during the first part of time dissolved oxygen in the ligno-cellulosic material is at a concentration that is at least 50% less than during the second part of time, during the second part of time oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material discontinuously, and the second part of time is 2% to 80% of the total enzymatic hydrolysis time; and
the ligno-cellulosic material has a dry matter content of 10 wt % or more.

3. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the second part of time is 12% to 50% of the total enzymatic hydrolysis time.

4. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the enzymatic hydrolysis is performed in a reactor having a volume of 1 m 3 or more.

5. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the enzyme composition used retains activity for 30 hours or more.

6. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the enzymatic hydrolysis is conducted at a temperature of 45° C. or more.

7. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the enzyme composition is from a fungus, or the enzyme composition comprises a fungal enzyme.

8. The process according to claim 1 , in which the enzymatic hydrolysis takes place in a batch, fed batch, and/or continuous culture reactor.

9. The process according to claim 1 , in which oxygen is introduced as an oxygen-containing gas in the form of bubbles.

10. The process according to claim 2 , wherein the second part of time is 12% to 50% of the total enzymatic hydrolysis time.

11. The process according to claim 2 , wherein the enzymatic hydrolysis time is 5 to 150 hours.

12. The process according to claim 2 , wherein the enzyme composition used retains activity for 30 hours or more.

13. The process according to claim 2 , wherein the enzymatic hydrolysis is conducted at a temperature of 45° C. or more.

14. The process according to claim 2 , wherein the enzyme composition is from a fungus, or the enzyme composition comprises a fungal enzyme.

15. The process according to claim 2 , in which the enzymatic hydrolysis takes place in a batch, fed batch, and/or continuous culture reactor.

16. The process according to claim 2 , in which oxygen is introduced as an oxygen-containing gas, in the form of bubbles.

17. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the second part of time is 20% to 40% of the total enzymatic hydrolysis time.

18. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration is maintained in the range of 0.02 mol/m 3 to 0.045 mol/m 3 , and wherein dissolved oxygen is measured under normal atmospheric pressure and at about 62° C.

19. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the dry matter content is 14 to 33 wt %.

20. The process according to claim 7 , wherein the fungus is of the genus Rasamsonia , or the fungal enzyme is a Rasamsonia enzyme.

21. The process according to claim 2 , wherein the second part of time is 20% to 40% of the total enzymatic hydrolysis time.

22. The process according to claim 2 , wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration is maintained in the range of 0.02 mol/m 3 to 0.045 mol/m 3 , and wherein dissolved oxygen is measured under normal atmospheric pressure and at about 62° C.

23. The process according to claim 2 , wherein the dry matter content is 14 to 33 wt %.

24. The process according to claim 14 , wherein the fungus is of the genus Rasamsonia , or the fungal enzyme is a Rasamsonia enzyme.

Assignees

• Dsm Ip Assets Bv

Inventors

• Noordam Bertus
• Berkhout Michael Petrus Jozef

Classifications

• Y02E50/30

  Fuel from waste, e.g. synthetic alcohol or diesel · CPC title

• Y02E50/10

  Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel · CPC title

• C12P19/14 Primary

  produced by the action of a carbohydrase {(EC 3.2.x)}, e.g. by alpha-amylase {, e.g. by cellulase, hemicellulase} · CPC title

• C12P19/02

  Monosaccharides (2-ketogulonic acid C12P7/60) · CPC title

• C12P5/026

  Unsaturated compounds, i.e. alkenes, alkynes or allenes · CPC title