Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Química, Vol. 23, No. 1 (2024), IA24159

Production of reducing sugars from leaves crown of pineapple, corn stalk and rose stalk using phosphoric acid: Kinetics and thermodynamics

N. Flores-Alamo, D. Gutiérrez-López, M. J. Solache-Ríos, F. Cuellar-Robles, M. del C. Carreño-de-León

https://doi.org/10.24275/rmiq/IA24159

 

Abstract

The kinetics and thermodynamics of hydrolysis of diluted H3PO4 with three residual lignocellulosic materials (leaves crown of pineapple, LC; Zea mays rachis, CC; and rose stalk, RS) were used to study the production of reducing sugars. Three acid concentrations (1, 1.5, and 2M) and three temperatures (105, 120, and 150 °C) were tested for each material. An increase in acid concentration and temperature was conducive to sugar production. LC and the CC showed good capacity to produce reducing sugars in compared to RS. For LC and CC better conditions were 120 °C and 2.0 M; however, similar results were observed at 105 °C and 2.0 M. The best hydrolysis reaction time was 120 minutes to produce the greatest amount of reducing sugars. Hydrolysis kinetics showed that production exceeded the decomposition of sugars (k1 k2, kr > 1) with LC and CC. Thermodynamics analysis indicated that endothermic and non-spontaneous processes were involved for the production and decomposition of sugars. The magnitude of activation energy of RS was the highest of all three materials, this shows that RS was the most difficult material to hydrolyze.

Keywords: hydrolysis, reducing sugars, thermodynamics, lignocellulosic materials, kinetics.

 

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