Poster Presentation 1B-13

 

Sugarcane Bagasse Pulps Biobleached with Commercial Xylanase Cartazyme HS and with Xylanase of Bacillus pumilus

 

 

Regina Y. Moriya,1 Adilson R. Gonçalves1* and Marta C. T. Duarte2

 

 

1Departamento de Biotecnologia, FAENQUIL

CP 116, CEP 12600-970 Lorena-SP, Brazil

E-mail: adilson@debiq.faenquil.br

 

2Microbiology Laboratory, CPQBA-UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil

 

 

 

Ethanol/water pulping was performed using ethanol/water 1:1 (v/v) at 185ºC for 2.5 h. Acetososlv pulping was performed with a mixture of acetic acid and water 93% (v/v) and HCl as catalyst at 110°C for 2 h.  The pulps obtained were biobleached with 18 UI per gram of dried pulp with Cartazyme and Bacillus pumilus for 4 h, 8 h and 12 h at 50°C. The results of viscosity, kappa number and chemical composition of the pulps are in Tables 1 and 2; the best results obtained were with 8 h of treatment.

 

 

Table 1. Results of viscosity, kappa number and chemical composition for ethanol/water pulps

 

Enzyme

Treatment

Viscosity (cP)

Kappa Number

Glucan (%)

Xilan (%)

Residual Lignin (%)

Cartazyme

X

11,10 ± 0.26

38.35 ± 3.01

72.20 ± 0.68

6.79 ± 0.02

18.54 ± 1.54

XE

20.09 ± 3.76

9.15 ± 0.16

87.83 ± 0.54

5.00 ± 0.06

6.51 ± 0.25

Bacillus pumilus

X

14.31 ± 5.70

42.68 ± 0.22

71.08 ± 1.81

8.76 ± 1.60

17.73 ± 1.10

XE

13.12 ± 4.28

5.62 ± 2.53

87.08 ± 0.76

7.11 ± 0.69

4.65 ± 1.35

X = Xylanase, XE = Xylanase followed by alkaline extraction.

 

 

Table 2. Results of viscosity, kappa number and chemical composition for acetosolv pulps

 

Enzyme

Treatment

Viscosity (cP)

Kappa Number

Glucan (%)

Xilan (%)

Residual Lignin (%)

Cartazyme

X

5.50 ± 0.12

13.25 ± 3.07

61.27 ± 0.35

10.98 ± 0.08

20.67 ± 0.38

XE

7.23±  0.15

8.33 ± 0.78

79.32 ± 3.51

9.41 ± 1.40

9.10 ± 3.35

Bacillus pumilus

X

6.70 ± 0.13

12.13 ± 3.60

73.29 ± 0.63

6.59 ± 1.42

14.98 ± 0.74

XE

9.63 ± 0.13

8.54 ± 2.11

89.99 ± 0.72

3.81 ± 0.25

4.59 ± 0.80

X = Xylanase, XE = Xylanase followed by alkaline extraction.

 

 

In ethanol/water and in acetosolv pulps the treatment with xylanase of the B. pumilus presented viscosity greater than that of the pulps treated with Cartazyme. Acetosolv pulps treated with B. pumilus showed residual lignin 27% lower than the pulps treated with Catazyme.