초록
<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>The bioethanol production from a novel non-grain feedstock, acorn starch, was studied in this work. The inhibition of tannin in strain growth was investigated, and the effect of tannin was negligible when the tannin concentration was lower than 1g/L in medium. Therefore, the extraction of tannin was performed using 40% (v/v) ethanol-water solution as the solvent for three times under the conditions of solid/liquid ratio 1:20, 60°C, 3h, by which more than 80% of tannin in acorn was extracted and the content of tannin in acorn decreased from 7.4% (w/w) to 1.5% (w/w). Very high gravity (VHG) fermentation technology was subsequently carried out to achieve a high ethanol concentration at 86.4g/L. A comprehensive process for bioethanol production from acorn starch was designed and a preliminary economic assessment was then performed revealing that this process appeared technically and economically justified.</P> <P><B>Highlights</B></P> <P> <UL> <LI> Bioethanol was produced from acorn starch as a novel non-grain feedstock. </LI> <LI> Tannin was extracted from acorn under optimal conditions as a value-added byproduct. </LI> <LI> 86.4g/L of ethanol was obtained using VHG fermentation technology. </LI> <LI> A comprehensive process was designed and modelled based on Aspen Plus. </LI> </UL> </P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>