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IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308
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EFFECT OF BASIC PRETREATMENT ON SACCHARIFICATION OF
WATER HYACINTH
Hari Narayanan T R1
, Sathvik Varma V2
, Jagadish H Patil3
1, 2
Student, 3
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, R.V. College of Engineering, Karnataka, India,
harinarayanantr.1902@gmail.com, sathvikvarma14@gmail.com, patil_rvcechemical@rediffmail.com
Abstract
The world has seen a vast expansion in industrialization and this has in turn seen an increase in demand for fossil fuels. To sustain
such a pace of development, these fuels are being consumed at a rapid rate. This dependence on the fuels coupled with their rapid rate
of depletion has called for research to look for alternative fuels. Biofuels like bio-ethanol and bio-diesel are being considered as
replacements. Bio-ethanol is being given special consideration, as it can be used as a substitute to, or as a blend with petrol in
existing gasoline engines, without much modifications being made to these engines. The substrates under consideration are that of the
biomass genre, and Water Hyacinth being of special importance.. Water Hyacinth is an aquatic weed which grows in most tropical
parts of the world. It has considerably lower lignin and higher cellulosic content, which makes it a suitable substrate for bio-ethanol
production. The three main steps for bio-ethanol production are pretreatment, which makes the biomass amenable to further
treatment, Saccharification, the process by which complex sugars are broken down to simple reducing sugars and fermentation, where
the sugars are fermented by the action of relevant fungi. This study focusses on the Saccharification step of the process, specifically
focusing on the effect of pretreatment on the Saccharification of Water Hyacinth. Three samples of powdered Water Hyacinth, along
with 3 samples of Base pretreated Water Hyacinth powder were subjected to the Saccharification process using TrichodermaViride. It
was observed that the Saccharification yields for the pretreated samples were in excess of 200% greater than that of the
Saccharification yields of the powdered Water Hyacinth samples without pretreatment. These results were observed on the day 2 of
the process. The results of this study will be taken into consideration for the fermentation step of the process.
Keywords: Water Hyacinth, Pretreatment, Saccharification, Reducing sugar yield, High yields.
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1. INTRODUCTION
The progressive expansion of civilization and the related ever-
developing science and technology present us with many new
problems. It is primarily a question of energy, food and the
pollution of our natural environment. The shortage of liquid
fuels is more than predictable [1].The use of conventional
fuels as primary energy source has led to scarcity in fuel,
climate change, environmental degradation and human health
problems [2].The global oil availability is practically fixed
because the natural formation of petroleum is a process which
takes a very long time and it is not replaced at the rate at
which it is being extracted [3].
With these adverse effects being noticed and an impending
energy crisis, studies onBio-fuels are important because they
replace petroleum fuels. A number of environmental and
economic benefits are claimed for bio-fuels [4].
Lignocellulose is considered as an attractiveraw material for
the production of fuel ethanol, because of its availability in
large quantities at low cost [5]. The efficient utilization of the
hemicellulose component of lingo cellulosic feed stocks (25%
of dry weight of hardwood) offers an opportunity to reduce the
cost of fuel ethanol production by 25% [6].
Lignocellulosic materials are found in almost any kind of
waste, and the challenge is to efficiently utilize this biomass
component in the process of producing fuel ethanol from it.
Fuel ethanol is also produced in some cases, from specially
gown feed stocks like corn. These are generally called bio-
energy crops.
The attributes of a bio-energy crop are as follows [7]:
 Naturally grown vegetation, grows perennially.
 High cellulose and low lignin content per unit volume
of dry matter.
 Easily digestible
Water Hyacinth (WH) is a widely prevalent aquatic weed in
India. Its high content of hemicellulose (30–55% of dry
weight) can provide hemicellulosic sugars for bio- conversion
to ethanol [8]. The lower lignin content in water hyacinth as
compared to other biomass used for the conversion process is
an important parameter to be considered. The conversion of
Water Hyacinth to ethanol is achieved in three major steps
namely, pretreatment of the raw material, saccharification of
complex sugar molecules to simple sugars and finally
fermentation of the produced simple sugars into bioethanol
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[9]. The first step, called Pretreatment, is the process where
cellulosic biomass is made amenable to the action of enzymes
[10]. The second step is Saccharification, in which the
complex carbohydrates present in Cellulose and Hemicellulose
are broken down to simple sugars. This is done by exposing
the substrate to Saccharification micro-organisms like
TrichodermaViride or Aspergilus Niger. The final step of the
process in anaerobic fermentation, where fungi such as
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae act upon the reducing sugars in the
absence of Oxygen to form ethanol
The first step, namely pretreatment is a very important step
and this study aims to prove the importance of pretreatment
experimentally. Within the context of production of fuels from
biomass, pretreatment has come to denote processes by which
cellulosic biomass is made amenable to the action of
hydrolytic enzymes. All naturally occurring, and most refined,
cellulosic materials require pretreatment to become accessible
to the enzymes that mediate hydrolysis. The need for
pretreatment is emphasised by the fact that typically,
hydrolysis yields in the absence of pretreatment are less than
20% of theoretical yields, whereas yields after pretreatment
often exceed 90% of theoretical [8]. In naturally occurring
cellulosic materials, cellulose is closely associated with
hemicellulose and other structural polysaccharides, and
carbohydrate-rich microfibrils are surrounded by a lignin seal.
A primary function of pretreatment is to open up this
multicomponent-matrix so that it becomes accessible [8]. The
structure of a typical biomass is as given below in Fig 1.
Fig1: Typical structure of biomass
The figure illustrates the working of the pretreatment methods
in successfully breaking the multicomponent matrix to free the
Cellulose and Hemicellulose [11]
Fig 2: Mechanism of Pretreatment
A large number of methods of pretreatment are used, but some
of the most common methods are mechanical communition
followed of acid or base treatment. This step breaks the
aforementioned matrix and makes the cellulosic content
amenable to the Saccharification micro-organisms.
The second step of the process is the Sacccharification step.
The final yield of this step is a good amount of reducing
sugars, which can be fermented in the fermentation step.
Typical Saccharification microorganisms are
TrichodermaViride, Trichoderma Reesei, Aspergilus Niger,
Aspergilus Awamori etc. This is then followed by the
fermentation step where the reducing sugar is fermented to
form ethanol.
This study aims to show experimentally, the effectiveness of
base pretreatment on the Saccharification of powdered Water
Hyacinth Substrate. The Saccharification micro-organism used
was TrichodermaViride (MTCC–1)
2. MATERIALS AND METHODS
2.1 Collection and Drying of Water Hyacinth
Water Hyacinth was taken from Kengeri Lake, Bangalore and
the leaves were separated from the stalk and kept aside. One
half of the leaves and the stalks were dried separately in
sunlight for a period of 72 hours. These leaves and stalks were
then dried in a vacuum oven, at a temperature of 80˚ C for a
period of 5 hours.
2.2 Primary Pretreatment Process
The dried stalks and leaves were then powdered in a blender,
so as to obtain a uniform, free flowing powder. This was taken
as the substrate for Saccharification process.
2.3 Base Pretreatment Process
The other half of the Water Hyacinth leaves and stalks were
soaked in NaOH solution (0.1 N) for a period of 48 hours. The
leaves and stalks were then sun dried for a period of 72 hours.
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They were then subjected to drying in a vacuum oven, at a
temperature of 80˚ C, for a period of 5 hours. The dried leaves
and stalks were subjected to mechanical communition in a
blender. The free flowing powder obtained was taken as a
substrate for the Saccharification process.
2.4 pH Test for Substrates
The pH of the two substrates, namely, substrate without
pretreatment, and base pretreated substrate were measured.
For this process, 1 g of the substrate was added to 25ml of
distilled water and pH was measured using a pH meter. The
results are shown in table 1.
Table 1: pH test results
Type of
pretreatment
pH
Base pretreated 6.07
Without chemical
pretreatment
4.92
2.5 Preparation of Media
The media used was called Modified Mendell’s media was
used for the Saccharification process. The media consisted of
the following components:
 Urea (0.3 g/l)
 Potassium di-hydrogen phosphate (2.0g/l)
 Ammonium sulphate (1.4 g/l)
 Peptone (0.75g/l)
 Calcium chloride (0.3 g/l)
 Magnesium chloride (0.3 g/l)
 Yeast extract (0.25 g/l)
A solution was prepared by adding the components in one liter
of water. The contents of the solution were stirred to ensure
uniformity. 100 ml of the prepared media was then added to 9
flasks.
2.6 Nomenclature of Flasks and Addition of
Substrates
Nine 250 mL Erlenmeyer Flasks were used in the experiment.
Each flask was filled with 100 ml of modified Mendell’s
media. Three flasks were maintained as control (labeled “T-
C1, T-C2, T-C3”) to which substrate was not added. The six
other flasks were labeled based on the type of pretreatment
used for the respective water hyacinth sample, namely, “T-B”
for base pretreated substrate and “T-N” for the sample without
any chemical pretreatment(neutral). The flasks were then
sealed tight with cotton plugs and were then autoclaved at 25
psi for 2 hours. The nomenclature of the flasks is described in
table 2.
Table 2: Nomenclature of flasks containing media and
substrate
Flask Name Contents
T-C1, T-C2. T-C3 Media (100mL in each)
T-B1, T-B2, T-B3 Media (100mL) and Base
pretreated substrate (1g) in
each
T-N1, T-N2, T-N3 Media (100mL) and substrate
without chemical
pretreatment (1g) in each
2.7 Addition of TrichodermaViride Inoculum
The flasks were taken out of the autoclave and kept aside till
the contents attained room temperature. The flasks were then
taken to a Laminar AirFlow (LAF). The flasks were then
inoculated with TrichodermaViride spores, obtained from a
petri plate culture. The flasks were plugged and kept aside for
the fungus to grow and the Saccharification process to initiate.
2.8 DNS Test
A micropipette was calibrated for 1.5 mL and it was then used
to pipette out the contents from each flask. The contents were
transferred to a correspondingly labeled centrifuge tubes. The
tubes were centrifuged for 15 minutes at 2000 rpm. The micro
pipette was calibrated for 0.75 ml, and supernatant liquid from
each tube was pipetted out and transferred to correspondingly
labeled test tubes. 3 ml of Di Nitro Salicylic Acid(DNS)
reagent was added to each of the test tubes. The test tubes
were heated in a water bath for 10 minutes till there was a
visible change in the colour of the contents of the test tubes.
The control solution was used to calibrate the colorimeter used
for the measurement of optical densities (OD) of the different
samples.
2.9 Test for Reducing Sugars
The DNS test is used to measure the amount of reducing
sugars produced in the saccharification process. This process
involves measuring the optical density of the test tube contents
using a colorimeter. Higher the optical density values, higher
the quantity of reducing sugars produced. This is governed by
the Beer-Lambert law.
The test was conducted at an interval of 24 hours starting from
the day after inoculation. The tests were carried out over a
continuous 5- day period and the results are depicted in Table
3 and 4.The OD values of the different samples were
determined at 540 nm. A standard calibration curve was
prepared to estimate the reducing sugar content thus obtained.
This is depicted in Figure 3.
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0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
OD
Conc. of glucose (µg/ml)
The corresponding OD values were used to calculate the
quantity of reducing sugar in the solution using the curve. The
obtained values were noted in table 5.
Table 3: OD values of the individual samples on different
days.
Day Base Pretreated Without Pretreatment
T-B1 T-B2 T-B3 T-N1 T-N2 T-N3
Day 1 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 - 0.01
Day 2 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.03 0.03 0.03
Day 3 0.08 0.08 - 0.03 - 0.02
Day 4 0.07 - 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.02
Day 5 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.01 0.02 -
Table 4: Consolidated table for OD values of different
samples.
Day Base Pretreated Without Pretreatment
Day 1 0.02 0.015
Day 2 0.10 0.3
Day 3 0.08 0.025
Day 4 0.065 0.02
Day 5 0.06 0.015
Fig 3: Standard Calibration curve
Table 5: Reducing sugar yield for different samples
Day Reducing sugar
yield for Base
Pretreated (µg/mL)
Reducing sugar yield
for Without
Pretreatment (µg/mL)
Day 1 20 15
Day 2 100 30
Day 3 80 25
Day 4 65 20
Day 5 60 15
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The results were in accordance to the previous work published
by the authors and it is seen that the optimum yield of
reducing sugars is obtained on the second day after
pretreatment.The results also show that the yield of reducing
sugars from the base pretreated samples exceed that obtained
from the non-pretreated sample in excess of three times.This
was found to be 180 µg/mL for the base pretreated sample and
30 µg/mL for the non-pretreated sample. The comparative
yield is shown in Figure 4.
Fig4: Graph showing the yields of base pretreated and non-
pretreated substrates.
CONCLUSIONS
From the experimental data obtained, we can conclude that
pretreatment is a vital step in the process of bio ethanol
synthesis from Water Hyacinth. The pretreatment process with
base significantly helps in the de-lignification of the water
hyacinth substrate. This is important because lignin is a major
obstacle to the accessibility of the cellulosic and
hemicellulosic components of water hyacinth substrate, which
are important for the production of reducing sugars. We can
conclude that without pretreatment, the synthesis of reducing
sugars is in negligible quantities, which ultimately deems the
process not viable.
FUTURE PROSPECTS
The results from this experiment will be incorporated in the
second part of the conversion process, i.e, fermentation of the
reducing sugars to ethanol. Other prospects include changes in
pH of the substrate to determine the optimum pH for the
saccharification process, use of other microorganisms for
saccharification, such as Trichoderma Reesei or Aspergilus
Niger, and studying the effect of agitation on the results, etc.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Firstly, we acknowledge that we could not have performed this
experiment without the help of our group-mates, Kamala K
and Shivashankar B. We would like to thank Dr H.G. Ashok
0
100
200
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Reducingsugars(µg/mL)
Days
Comparitive result
Base pretreated Without pretreatment
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Kumar, Head of Biotechnology department, RVCE, for his
guidance. We would also like to thank MrArmugam for his
invaluable assistance in the laboratory
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Effect of basic pretreatment on saccharification of water hyacinth

  • 1. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 11 | Nov-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 66 EFFECT OF BASIC PRETREATMENT ON SACCHARIFICATION OF WATER HYACINTH Hari Narayanan T R1 , Sathvik Varma V2 , Jagadish H Patil3 1, 2 Student, 3 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, R.V. College of Engineering, Karnataka, India, harinarayanantr.1902@gmail.com, sathvikvarma14@gmail.com, patil_rvcechemical@rediffmail.com Abstract The world has seen a vast expansion in industrialization and this has in turn seen an increase in demand for fossil fuels. To sustain such a pace of development, these fuels are being consumed at a rapid rate. This dependence on the fuels coupled with their rapid rate of depletion has called for research to look for alternative fuels. Biofuels like bio-ethanol and bio-diesel are being considered as replacements. Bio-ethanol is being given special consideration, as it can be used as a substitute to, or as a blend with petrol in existing gasoline engines, without much modifications being made to these engines. The substrates under consideration are that of the biomass genre, and Water Hyacinth being of special importance.. Water Hyacinth is an aquatic weed which grows in most tropical parts of the world. It has considerably lower lignin and higher cellulosic content, which makes it a suitable substrate for bio-ethanol production. The three main steps for bio-ethanol production are pretreatment, which makes the biomass amenable to further treatment, Saccharification, the process by which complex sugars are broken down to simple reducing sugars and fermentation, where the sugars are fermented by the action of relevant fungi. This study focusses on the Saccharification step of the process, specifically focusing on the effect of pretreatment on the Saccharification of Water Hyacinth. Three samples of powdered Water Hyacinth, along with 3 samples of Base pretreated Water Hyacinth powder were subjected to the Saccharification process using TrichodermaViride. It was observed that the Saccharification yields for the pretreated samples were in excess of 200% greater than that of the Saccharification yields of the powdered Water Hyacinth samples without pretreatment. These results were observed on the day 2 of the process. The results of this study will be taken into consideration for the fermentation step of the process. Keywords: Water Hyacinth, Pretreatment, Saccharification, Reducing sugar yield, High yields. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***-------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. INTRODUCTION The progressive expansion of civilization and the related ever- developing science and technology present us with many new problems. It is primarily a question of energy, food and the pollution of our natural environment. The shortage of liquid fuels is more than predictable [1].The use of conventional fuels as primary energy source has led to scarcity in fuel, climate change, environmental degradation and human health problems [2].The global oil availability is practically fixed because the natural formation of petroleum is a process which takes a very long time and it is not replaced at the rate at which it is being extracted [3]. With these adverse effects being noticed and an impending energy crisis, studies onBio-fuels are important because they replace petroleum fuels. A number of environmental and economic benefits are claimed for bio-fuels [4]. Lignocellulose is considered as an attractiveraw material for the production of fuel ethanol, because of its availability in large quantities at low cost [5]. The efficient utilization of the hemicellulose component of lingo cellulosic feed stocks (25% of dry weight of hardwood) offers an opportunity to reduce the cost of fuel ethanol production by 25% [6]. Lignocellulosic materials are found in almost any kind of waste, and the challenge is to efficiently utilize this biomass component in the process of producing fuel ethanol from it. Fuel ethanol is also produced in some cases, from specially gown feed stocks like corn. These are generally called bio- energy crops. The attributes of a bio-energy crop are as follows [7]:  Naturally grown vegetation, grows perennially.  High cellulose and low lignin content per unit volume of dry matter.  Easily digestible Water Hyacinth (WH) is a widely prevalent aquatic weed in India. Its high content of hemicellulose (30–55% of dry weight) can provide hemicellulosic sugars for bio- conversion to ethanol [8]. The lower lignin content in water hyacinth as compared to other biomass used for the conversion process is an important parameter to be considered. The conversion of Water Hyacinth to ethanol is achieved in three major steps namely, pretreatment of the raw material, saccharification of complex sugar molecules to simple sugars and finally fermentation of the produced simple sugars into bioethanol
  • 2. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 11 | Nov-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 67 [9]. The first step, called Pretreatment, is the process where cellulosic biomass is made amenable to the action of enzymes [10]. The second step is Saccharification, in which the complex carbohydrates present in Cellulose and Hemicellulose are broken down to simple sugars. This is done by exposing the substrate to Saccharification micro-organisms like TrichodermaViride or Aspergilus Niger. The final step of the process in anaerobic fermentation, where fungi such as Saccharomyces Cerevisiae act upon the reducing sugars in the absence of Oxygen to form ethanol The first step, namely pretreatment is a very important step and this study aims to prove the importance of pretreatment experimentally. Within the context of production of fuels from biomass, pretreatment has come to denote processes by which cellulosic biomass is made amenable to the action of hydrolytic enzymes. All naturally occurring, and most refined, cellulosic materials require pretreatment to become accessible to the enzymes that mediate hydrolysis. The need for pretreatment is emphasised by the fact that typically, hydrolysis yields in the absence of pretreatment are less than 20% of theoretical yields, whereas yields after pretreatment often exceed 90% of theoretical [8]. In naturally occurring cellulosic materials, cellulose is closely associated with hemicellulose and other structural polysaccharides, and carbohydrate-rich microfibrils are surrounded by a lignin seal. A primary function of pretreatment is to open up this multicomponent-matrix so that it becomes accessible [8]. The structure of a typical biomass is as given below in Fig 1. Fig1: Typical structure of biomass The figure illustrates the working of the pretreatment methods in successfully breaking the multicomponent matrix to free the Cellulose and Hemicellulose [11] Fig 2: Mechanism of Pretreatment A large number of methods of pretreatment are used, but some of the most common methods are mechanical communition followed of acid or base treatment. This step breaks the aforementioned matrix and makes the cellulosic content amenable to the Saccharification micro-organisms. The second step of the process is the Sacccharification step. The final yield of this step is a good amount of reducing sugars, which can be fermented in the fermentation step. Typical Saccharification microorganisms are TrichodermaViride, Trichoderma Reesei, Aspergilus Niger, Aspergilus Awamori etc. This is then followed by the fermentation step where the reducing sugar is fermented to form ethanol. This study aims to show experimentally, the effectiveness of base pretreatment on the Saccharification of powdered Water Hyacinth Substrate. The Saccharification micro-organism used was TrichodermaViride (MTCC–1) 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1 Collection and Drying of Water Hyacinth Water Hyacinth was taken from Kengeri Lake, Bangalore and the leaves were separated from the stalk and kept aside. One half of the leaves and the stalks were dried separately in sunlight for a period of 72 hours. These leaves and stalks were then dried in a vacuum oven, at a temperature of 80˚ C for a period of 5 hours. 2.2 Primary Pretreatment Process The dried stalks and leaves were then powdered in a blender, so as to obtain a uniform, free flowing powder. This was taken as the substrate for Saccharification process. 2.3 Base Pretreatment Process The other half of the Water Hyacinth leaves and stalks were soaked in NaOH solution (0.1 N) for a period of 48 hours. The leaves and stalks were then sun dried for a period of 72 hours.
  • 3. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 11 | Nov-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 68 They were then subjected to drying in a vacuum oven, at a temperature of 80˚ C, for a period of 5 hours. The dried leaves and stalks were subjected to mechanical communition in a blender. The free flowing powder obtained was taken as a substrate for the Saccharification process. 2.4 pH Test for Substrates The pH of the two substrates, namely, substrate without pretreatment, and base pretreated substrate were measured. For this process, 1 g of the substrate was added to 25ml of distilled water and pH was measured using a pH meter. The results are shown in table 1. Table 1: pH test results Type of pretreatment pH Base pretreated 6.07 Without chemical pretreatment 4.92 2.5 Preparation of Media The media used was called Modified Mendell’s media was used for the Saccharification process. The media consisted of the following components:  Urea (0.3 g/l)  Potassium di-hydrogen phosphate (2.0g/l)  Ammonium sulphate (1.4 g/l)  Peptone (0.75g/l)  Calcium chloride (0.3 g/l)  Magnesium chloride (0.3 g/l)  Yeast extract (0.25 g/l) A solution was prepared by adding the components in one liter of water. The contents of the solution were stirred to ensure uniformity. 100 ml of the prepared media was then added to 9 flasks. 2.6 Nomenclature of Flasks and Addition of Substrates Nine 250 mL Erlenmeyer Flasks were used in the experiment. Each flask was filled with 100 ml of modified Mendell’s media. Three flasks were maintained as control (labeled “T- C1, T-C2, T-C3”) to which substrate was not added. The six other flasks were labeled based on the type of pretreatment used for the respective water hyacinth sample, namely, “T-B” for base pretreated substrate and “T-N” for the sample without any chemical pretreatment(neutral). The flasks were then sealed tight with cotton plugs and were then autoclaved at 25 psi for 2 hours. The nomenclature of the flasks is described in table 2. Table 2: Nomenclature of flasks containing media and substrate Flask Name Contents T-C1, T-C2. T-C3 Media (100mL in each) T-B1, T-B2, T-B3 Media (100mL) and Base pretreated substrate (1g) in each T-N1, T-N2, T-N3 Media (100mL) and substrate without chemical pretreatment (1g) in each 2.7 Addition of TrichodermaViride Inoculum The flasks were taken out of the autoclave and kept aside till the contents attained room temperature. The flasks were then taken to a Laminar AirFlow (LAF). The flasks were then inoculated with TrichodermaViride spores, obtained from a petri plate culture. The flasks were plugged and kept aside for the fungus to grow and the Saccharification process to initiate. 2.8 DNS Test A micropipette was calibrated for 1.5 mL and it was then used to pipette out the contents from each flask. The contents were transferred to a correspondingly labeled centrifuge tubes. The tubes were centrifuged for 15 minutes at 2000 rpm. The micro pipette was calibrated for 0.75 ml, and supernatant liquid from each tube was pipetted out and transferred to correspondingly labeled test tubes. 3 ml of Di Nitro Salicylic Acid(DNS) reagent was added to each of the test tubes. The test tubes were heated in a water bath for 10 minutes till there was a visible change in the colour of the contents of the test tubes. The control solution was used to calibrate the colorimeter used for the measurement of optical densities (OD) of the different samples. 2.9 Test for Reducing Sugars The DNS test is used to measure the amount of reducing sugars produced in the saccharification process. This process involves measuring the optical density of the test tube contents using a colorimeter. Higher the optical density values, higher the quantity of reducing sugars produced. This is governed by the Beer-Lambert law. The test was conducted at an interval of 24 hours starting from the day after inoculation. The tests were carried out over a continuous 5- day period and the results are depicted in Table 3 and 4.The OD values of the different samples were determined at 540 nm. A standard calibration curve was prepared to estimate the reducing sugar content thus obtained. This is depicted in Figure 3.
  • 4. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 02 Issue: 11 | Nov-2013, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 69 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 OD Conc. of glucose (µg/ml) The corresponding OD values were used to calculate the quantity of reducing sugar in the solution using the curve. The obtained values were noted in table 5. Table 3: OD values of the individual samples on different days. Day Base Pretreated Without Pretreatment T-B1 T-B2 T-B3 T-N1 T-N2 T-N3 Day 1 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 - 0.01 Day 2 0.10 0.09 0.10 0.03 0.03 0.03 Day 3 0.08 0.08 - 0.03 - 0.02 Day 4 0.07 - 0.06 0.02 0.02 0.02 Day 5 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.01 0.02 - Table 4: Consolidated table for OD values of different samples. Day Base Pretreated Without Pretreatment Day 1 0.02 0.015 Day 2 0.10 0.3 Day 3 0.08 0.025 Day 4 0.065 0.02 Day 5 0.06 0.015 Fig 3: Standard Calibration curve Table 5: Reducing sugar yield for different samples Day Reducing sugar yield for Base Pretreated (µg/mL) Reducing sugar yield for Without Pretreatment (µg/mL) Day 1 20 15 Day 2 100 30 Day 3 80 25 Day 4 65 20 Day 5 60 15 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The results were in accordance to the previous work published by the authors and it is seen that the optimum yield of reducing sugars is obtained on the second day after pretreatment.The results also show that the yield of reducing sugars from the base pretreated samples exceed that obtained from the non-pretreated sample in excess of three times.This was found to be 180 µg/mL for the base pretreated sample and 30 µg/mL for the non-pretreated sample. The comparative yield is shown in Figure 4. Fig4: Graph showing the yields of base pretreated and non- pretreated substrates. CONCLUSIONS From the experimental data obtained, we can conclude that pretreatment is a vital step in the process of bio ethanol synthesis from Water Hyacinth. The pretreatment process with base significantly helps in the de-lignification of the water hyacinth substrate. This is important because lignin is a major obstacle to the accessibility of the cellulosic and hemicellulosic components of water hyacinth substrate, which are important for the production of reducing sugars. We can conclude that without pretreatment, the synthesis of reducing sugars is in negligible quantities, which ultimately deems the process not viable. FUTURE PROSPECTS The results from this experiment will be incorporated in the second part of the conversion process, i.e, fermentation of the reducing sugars to ethanol. Other prospects include changes in pH of the substrate to determine the optimum pH for the saccharification process, use of other microorganisms for saccharification, such as Trichoderma Reesei or Aspergilus Niger, and studying the effect of agitation on the results, etc. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Firstly, we acknowledge that we could not have performed this experiment without the help of our group-mates, Kamala K and Shivashankar B. We would like to thank Dr H.G. Ashok 0 100 200 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Reducingsugars(µg/mL) Days Comparitive result Base pretreated Without pretreatment
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