Efficient Co-Production of Reducing Sugars and Xylo-Oligosaccharides from Waste Wheat Straw Through FeCl3-Mediated p-Toluene Sulfonic Acid Pretreatment
2025
Xiuying Hu | Qianqian Gao | Yucai He
Waste wheat straw (WS) is a common agricultural waste with a low acquisition cost and a high annual yield, making it a promising feedstock for a biorefinery. In this work, efficient co-production of reducing sugars and xylo-oligosaccharides (XOSs) from WS was realized through FeCl3-assisted p-toluene sulfonic acid (PTSA) pretreatment. The effects of reaction conditions (PTSA content, FeCl3 loading, pretreatment duration, and temperature) on lignin and xylan elimination and enzymolysis were analyzed. The results manifested that the enzymolysis of WS substantially elevated from 22.0% to 79.3% through the treatment with FeCl3-PTSA/water (120 °:C, 60 min). The xylan removal and delignification were 79.7% and 66.6%, respectively. XOSs (4.0 g/L) were acquired in the pretreatment liquor. The linear fitting about LogR0 with enzymolysis, delignification, xylan elimination and XOSs content was investigated to explain the reasons for the elevated enzymolysis and to clarify the comprehensive understanding of WS enzymolysis through the FeCl3-PTSA/water treatment. In addition, the recycling test of FeCl3-PTSA/water manifested a good recycling ability for WS treatment, which would reduce the pretreatment cost and enhance the economic benefit. To sum up, FeCl3-assisted PTSA treatment of biomass for co-production of reducing sugars and XOSs is an alternative method of waste biomass valorization.
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