Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 20 No 1 (2016): 21 - 30

 

 

 

ENZYMATIC SACCHARIFICATION ON AMMONIA PRE-TREATED OIL PALM TRUNK BIOMASS FOR GLUCOSE PRODUCTION:

AN OPTIMIZATION USING RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY 

 

(Sakarifikasi Enzim pada Prarawatan Ammonia Biomas Batang Kelapa Sawit bagi Penghasilan Glukosa: Pengoptimuman dengan Kaedah Gerak Balas Permukaan)

 

Long Wee Lai*, Siti Sarenah Mohd Yahya, Norakma Mohd Nor, Moohamad Ropaning Sulong

 

Faculty of Science and Biotechnology,

Universiti Selangor,

Jalan Timur Tambahan, 45600 Bestari Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

 

*Corresponding author: zki@unisel.edu.my

 

 

Received: 14 August 2015; Accepted: 31 December 2015

 

 

Abstract

This paper reported the optimization of glucose production from ammonia pre-treated oil palm trunk biomass via enzymatic saccharification process using response surface methodology (RSM). A set of experiment was computed by face centered central composite design (FCCCD) using Design Expert software to statistically evaluate the findings. Three independent variables namely: temperature (35 – 55 °C), pH (4.5 – 6.5) and enzyme ratio (cellullase: β-glucosidase; 3:1 – 7:1) were investigated under the given conditions designed by RSM. The experimental result (4.964 ± 0.006 g.L-1) was in good agreement with RSM model prediction (4.958 g.L-1) with an error less than 0.2 %. The RSM design has been proven to successfully predict the glucose response in this study.       

 

Keywords: oil palm trunk biomass, enzymatic saccharification, lignocellulosic substrate, ammonia pre-treament, response  surface methodology

 

Abstrak

Kertas kerja ini melaporkan pengoptimuman hasilan glukosa daripada prarawatan ammonia biomas batang kelapa sawit melalui proses sakarifikasi enzim dengan menggunakan kaedah gerak balas permukaan (RSM). Satu set eksperimen telah dibentuk  iaitu kaedah muka berpusat reka bentuk komposit dengan menggunakan perisian Design Expert bagi menilai penemuan kajian secara statistik. Tiga pembolehubah bebas iaitu: suhu (35 – 55 ° C), pH (4.5 – 6.5) dan nisbah enzim (selulase: β-glukosidase; 3:1 – 7:1) telah disiasat di bawah situasi yang direka oleh RSM. Hasil eksperimen (4.964 ± 0.006 g.L-1) yang diperoleh berada dalam persetujuan yang baik dengan ramalan model RSM (4.958 g.L-1) iaitu pada ralat kurang daripada 0.2 %. Reka bentuk RSM telah terbukti berjaya meramalkan respon glukosa dalam kajian ini.

 

Kata kunci: biomas batang kelapa sawit, sakarifikasi enzim, substrat lignoselulosa, pra-rawatan ammonia, kaedah gerak balas permukaan

 

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