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L'état actuel de l'art lié à la technologie de conversion de la biomasse a, jusqu'à présent,principalement concerné les méthodes enzymatiques, éventuellement couplées à des prétraitements thermomécaniques ; les biomasses concernées sont généralement riches en cellulose, mais le matériel à haute teneur en amidon brut est également important des deux points stratégique et économique. Notre nouvelle stratégie est une contribution à l’étude de ce dernier type de biomasses riches en amidon, en vue d’une conversion comportant une seule étape de transformation en oligosaccharide et en glucose, à l’aide de la technologie thermo-mécanique de Détente Instantanée Contrôlée DIC. Cette opération a été étudiée,analysée, modélisée et optimisée. Contrairement à un traitement thermique conventionnel,la technologie DIC comporte deux étapes incluant l’instauration d’un vide capable d'accroître l'accessibilité de la vapeur dans la biomasse, puis d’une étape de vide final en vue de réduire la génération de molécules de dégradation thermique du glucose. L’analyse des composés (oligosaccharides, glucose…) a été réalisée ; elle a pu démontrer que le process était étroitement associée à la sévérité du traitement brut. Le prétraitement DIC de faible sévérité mène à des rendements élevés en fractions oligo saccharidiques avec une petite fraction de glucose. Par contre, le traitement DIC de haute sévérité permet d’accéder au glucose comme principal produit final. Au cours de l'étude exploratoire, le cycle de vide et de haute pression d'humidité a été établi, avec comme facteur de réponse le taux de conversion de l'amidon en glucose brut. Les deux facteurs de pression de vapeur d’eau et de vide ont été combinés ensemble afin d'optimiser trois autres facteurs opératoires : la concentration d'acide, le couple de pression/température et le temps de traitement. Le traitement DIC de haute sévérité a été démontré comme étant capable de convertir près de50% d'amidon brut en glucose à l'étape du simple et unique traitement thermomécanique.Une autre étape du processus a été impliquée : il s’agit de l'hydrolyse à l’acide dilué, souvent à la suite du prétraitement DIC. Au cours de l’étape d'optimisation du prétraitement DIC, la méthodologie de surface de réponse a été utilisée pour aider au développement de modèles cinétiques auto-hydrolysés DIC. D'autre part, les modèles empiriques de la cinétique ont été développés. Dans le cas de faible sévérité, le modèle aboutit à des réponses étroitement associées aux deux limites inférieures et supérieures de la concentration acide et du temps de traitement. Par contre, ces modèles quand ils sont obtenus à de niveaux de traitement grande sévérité, ont été jugés seulement associés aux valeurs supérieures de ces paramètres opératoires. Cette observation a été déduite de l’équation polynomiale utilisée, tandis que les modèles cinétiques ont été basés sur une série exponentielle. Une série polynomiale de plus grand ordre serait donc nécessaire pour pouvoir explorer avec précision les données de la surface de réponse pour ce genre d'analyse approfondie à tous les niveaux des facteurs.Lors de l'étape d'optimisation de l’hydrolyse dans une solution d'acide dilué, le premier modèle cinétique consécutive a été développé pour étudier les mécanismes de conversion des polysaccharides totale en glucose et en ses produits de dégradation. Le modèle empirique de surface de réponse a été utilisé pour étudier les effets de facteurs pendant le processus opératoire. La teneur en humidité et le cycle de vide ont été des facteurs communs. Plus le temps de traitement est court et plus la température est élevée, et plus la génération du glucose est importante. Cette étude montre que le traitement DIC de haute sévérité est capable de convertir les polysaccharides totaux en glucose avec une faible dégradation du glucose. Les produits solides résiduels pourraient également faire l’objet d'un traitement enzymatique. / Present state of art related to biomass conversion technology so far was found to concentrate on an enzymatic process, coupled with thermal pretreatment on biomass rich in cellulose. Biomass that rich in crude starch is also important in terms of strategic and economic point of view. The main objective of this study is to adopt a new strategy for a single step conversion of a crude starch material into oligosaccharide and glucose utilizing DIC technology. In contrast to existing thermal based pretreatment, DIC technology involves two vacuum cycles; first vacuum cycle was to increase steam accessibility on biomass and to reduce generation of steam condensate thus avoid losing of monosaccharide and hemicelluloses, while second vacuum cycle was to reduce potential thermal degradation of glucose. Distributions of products formed were found to be closely associated with severity of treatment on crude starch material. At lower DIC severity, pretreatment favors the formations of high oligosaccharide composition with small fraction of glucose; while at high DIC severity, pretreatment favors formation of high glucose as a major end product. During an exploratory study to establish the relevant reaction factors; vacuum cycle and moisture content were the two main factors influencing the conversion of crude starch into glucose.DIC starch conversion into glucose was found to be moisture dependent. Both factors were combined together to optimize the other three factors: pressure/temperature, treatment times, and acid concentration. High DIC severity treatment alone could convert nearly 50% of crude starch into glucose. During DIC optimization, an experimental design was developed and tested with DIC pretreatment in order to obtain a second order polynomial mathematical model that was then applied for response surface methodology (RSM). The interaction nature of above factors was examined and was found they depend on DIC treatment severity. Two experimental designs with low and high DIC severity were developed; Low DIC severity (acid: 0.01-0.05 molar, time: 0.5-3.0 min) and High DIC severity (acid: 0.05-0.20 molar, time: 3.0-10.0 min) with similar temperature range (144-165oC) were used. Data mining operation was done on RSM model to develop a kinetic model at both treatment severities. Kinetic data, including rate constant and activation energy were calculated from kinetic models of both severities to compare with actual dilute acidhydrolysis kinetic studies on two DIC treated samples. It was found that activation energy (Ea)for glucose generation at High DIC severity (Ea: 59.44 kJ/mol) was lower than at optimum dilute acid hydrolysis (Ea: 91.30 kJ/mol); while for glucose degradation, Ea was higher with High DIC severity (Ea: 144.12 kJ/mol) if compared to dilute acid hydrolysis (Ea: 45.14 kJ/mol).This indicates that glucose generation with DIC requires less energy while its degradation needs high energy. This combination was required to maximize glucose generation and minimize glucose degradation. Further studies with non-isothermal state during DIC and dilute acid hydrolysis support this finding. In normal polysaccharide conversion to low molecular weight (LMW) oligosaccharides and glucose procedures; two process steps were involved, namely the first process involved thermal pretreatment followed by a second process with dilute acid hydrolysis. In the present work, attempt was made to exclude dilute acid hydrolysis stage in order to establish that DIC process alone is sufficient for total polysaccharides conversion into LMW mainly glucose fraction. Information gathered from quantitative and statistical analysis on (i) exploratory studies, (ii) kinetic models from RSM of DIC process and (iii) kinetic data based on experimental works during dilute acid hydrolysis study; support the assumption that DIC treatment alone is sufficient for the total conversion required.

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo, a caracterizacao da composicao quimica de diferentes variedades de bagaco de cana-de-acucar (CTC-9; CT99-1906; SP81-3250; RB86-7515 e CT99-1902), e posterior hidrolise enzimatica para averiguacao de acucares redutores e sacarificacao da biomassa. As analises composicionais foram realizadas utilizando biomassa nas condicoes in natura, celulignina e polpa celulosica. As condicoes de pre-tratamento das amostras para hidrolise com acido sulfurico diluido (relacao s/l: 1,5:10; temperatura: 150 °C; concentracao acida: H2SO4 2% m/v; tempo: 30 minutos); e deslignificacao com hidroxido de sodio (1:10 s/l; 100 °C; 1% NaOH; 30 minutos) foram pre-estabelecidas de modo a determinar uma analise comparativa das diferentes variedades de bagaco de cana-de-acucar estudadas. A hidrolise enzimatica das amostras obtidas apos os pre-tratamento foram realizadas em frascos Erlenmeyers de 125 mL, contendo tampao citrato (50 mM; pH 5; 1:20 s/l) e carga enzimatica (Celluclast 1.5 L - 75 FPU/mL e 13,5 UI/mL de ?-glicosidase; e Novozym 188 - 65 UI/mL de ?-glicosidase), e surfactante Tween 20 (0,15 g/g de bagaco). A composicao quimica das variedades de bagaco de cana-de-acucar, acucares redutores e sacarificacao da biomassa foram determinados por metodos cromatograficos, espectrofotometricos e gravimetricos tradicionais. Quanto a analise das variedades de cana tratada, a media dos valores observados: in natura - celulose (40,84%), hemicelulose (24,07%), lignina (33,7%) e cinzas (0,68%); extraido - celulose (38,83%), hemicelulose (27,32%), lignina (25,92), cinzas (0,32%) e extrativos (10,24%); celulignina - celulose (54,17%), hemicelulose (5,3%), lignina (37,28%), cinzas (0,54%) e polpa celulosica - celulose (77,48%), hemicelulose (6,07%), lignina (15,4%) e cinzas (0,32%). Os processos de hidrolise acida e deslignificacao demonstraram remocao eficaz da hemicelulose e da lignina (80% e 58%, respectivamente), e solubilizacao da biomassa (45% e 14%, em media). Os percentuais de sacarificacao da celulose das amostras apos 24 horas de reacao foram de 9,7% para bagaco extraido, 50,4% para celulignina e 72,87% para polpa celulosica. Nao foram observadas variacoes significativas na composicao quimica das cinco amostras estudadas, bem como diferenciacao na sacarificacao das mesmas. Evidenciou-se que emprego de variedades de bagaco de cana-de-acucar distintas utilizando pre-tratamentos em condicoes fixas nao alteram os percentuais quimico-estruturais do vegetal, bem como a recuperacao da glicose e dos acucares redutores presente na celulose. / The present work had as objective the chemical characterization of different varieties of sugarcane bagasse (CTC-9; CT99-1906; SP81-3250; RB86-7515 e CT99-1902) in different pretreatment conditions and the influence of pretreatments concerning varieties, reducing sugars recovery and biomass saccharification. Different pretreated biomass were obtained from in natura bagasse as it follows: extracted bagasse (24 hours/24 hours water/ethanol extraction in Sohxlet equipment), cellulignin (solid/liquid ratio: 1.5/10; temperature: 150 °C; acid concentration: H2SO4 2% w/v; residence time: 30 minutes); and cellulose pulp (1:10 solid/liquid ratio; 1% NaOH w/v; 100°C; 30 minutes). Enzymatic hydrolysis experiments were performed in 125 mL Erlenmeyers containing citrate buffer (50 mM; pH 5; 1:20 solid/liquid ratio), Tween 20 surfactant (0.15 g/g of bagasse) and commercial enzymatic loads of Celluclast 1.5 L (75 FPU/mL and 13,5 IU/mL of ?- glicosidase) and Novozym 188 (65 IU/mL of ?-glucosidase). Chemical composition of varieties, reducing sugars and biomass saccharification were determined by chromatographic, spectrometric and gravimetric traditional methods. Biomass presented an average composition in each condition as it follows: In natura - cellulose (40.84%), hemicellulose (24.07%), lignin (33.7%) and ashes (0.68%); Extracted - cellulose (38.83%), hemicellulose (27.32%), lignin (25.92), ashes (0.32%) and extractives (10.24%); Cellulignin - cellulose (54.17%), hemicellulose (5.3%), lignin (37.28%) and ashes (0.54%). Cellulose pulp - cellulose (77.48%), hemicellulose (6.07%), lignin (15.4%) and ashes (0.32%). Acid and alkaline hydrolysis presented effective removal of hemicellulose and lignin (80% and 58% respectively), showing as average biomass solubilization 45% and 14%. Saccharification after 24 hours of reaction presented 9,7% for extracted bagasse, 50.4% for cellulignin and 72.87% for cellulose pulp. There were no significant observations in chemical-structural composition and at cellulose saccharification of the five studied samples, showing that the variety did not present any relevant influence on pretreated sugarcane bagasse.

Este trabalho avaliou a extração de xilose da palha de cana-de-açúcar sob diferentes condições de hidrólise por ácido sulfúrico diluído visando à obtenção de um hidrolisado hemicelulósico rico em xilose e ainda a fermentabilidade deste para a bioconversão a etanol por Pichia stipitis Y-7124. Inicialmente caracterizou-se a palha de cana e a fração hemicelulósica representou 30,79% da massa seca da palha, enquanto que a celulose representou 40,84% e a lignina 25,80%. Verificou-se ainda que 26,57% da palha corresponde à xilose, representando 86,27% de sua fração hemicelulósica. As hidrólises ácidas foram realizadas de acordo com um planejamento experimental fatorial fracionado 24-1 visando-se à resposta concentração de xilose (g/L) no hidrolisado hemicelulósico. Levou-se em consideração os fatores: tempo, temperatura, concentração da solução ácida e a relação sólido:líquido. A melhor resposta para a concentração de xilose foi encontrada nas condições do ponto central, com a média da concentração igual a 31,70 g/L. A análise de variância foi realizada para um screening do planejamento e observou-se que apenas os fatores concentração da solução ácida e temperatura foram significativos ao nível de 95% de confiança. Em seguida realizou-se ensaios para otimização da hidrólise ácida considerando os fatores temperatura e concentração da solução ácida. As condições de ótimo encontradas foram 130 ºC e a solução de ácido sulfúrico em 2,9% m/v, empregadas com uma relação sólido:líquido igual a 1:4 (g/mL) por 30 minutos de reação. Estas condições de ótimo permitiram a obtenção de um hidrolisado hemicelulósico com concentração igual a 56,5 g/L de xilose, correspondendo à extração de 85,1% da xilose da palha. Posteriormente, ensaios de fermentação foram conduzidos com o hidrolisado hemicelulósico obtido, visando à produção de etanol por P. stipitis em frascos Erlenmeyer de 250 mL com 100 mL de meio hidrolisado para avaliar a fermentabilidade do hidrolisado obtido bem como a necessidade de suplementação nutricional e utilizou-se um planejamento experimental fatorial 23 de face centrada para verificar a influência dos fatores: concentração de ureia, concentração de MgSO4*7H2O e concentração de extrato de levedura. Os ensaios foram conduzidos a 200 rpm e 30 ºC. Verificou-se que o extrato de levedura (5 g/L) exerceu maior influência sobre o processo fermentativo e que o MgSO4*7H2O (0,5 g/L) não apresentou significância estatística. A melhor condição na fermentação para produção de etanol por P. stipitis encontrada foi empregando-se extrato de levedura (5 g/L), ureia (5 g/L) e MgSO4*7H2O (1,0 g/L), em que se obteve um fator de rendimento em etanol YP/S igual a 0,38 g/g e produtividade volumétrica igual a 0,41 g/L.h, em 60 horas de fermentação. / This work evaluated the sugar cane straw xylose extration under different diluted sulfuric acid hydrolysis conditions aiming at the attainment of hemicellulosic hydrolysate rich in xylose and their fermentability for ethanol bioconversion by Pichia stipitis Y 7124. Previous assays for chemical characterization of the sugar cane straw has been carried. The hemicellulosic fraction represented 30.79% of the dry straw mass, whereas the cellulose represented 40.84% and the lignin represented 25,80%. It was verified despite 26,57% of the straw corresponded to xylose, representing 86,27% of its hemicellulosic fraction. The acid hydrolysis was carried out using an experimental design 24-1 aiming at it the xylose concentration (g/L) response on the hemicellulosic hydrolysate regarding the factors: time, temperature, acid solution concentration and the ratio solid:liquid. The best result for the xylose concentration has been found on the center point conditions, with concentration of 31,70 g/L. The analysis of variance was carried out to one screening of the design and it was observed that only the parameters temperature and acid solution concentration has been significant at 95% reliable level. After that acid hydrolysis assays has been carried regarding the factors temperature and acid solution concentration aiming the acid hydrolysis optimization. The optimum point conditions were 130 ºC and the sulfuric acid solution of 2,9% m/v, carried with the ratio solid:liquid of 1:4 (g/mL) at 30 minutes of reaction. Later, fermentation assays was carried out with the hemicellulosic hydrolysate obtained in 250 mL Erlenmeyer flasks containing 100 mL of hydrolysate to evaluate the hydrolysate fermentability obtained as well tha needless of nutritional supplementation and for it used an experimental design 23 of face centered to verify the influence of the factors: urea concentration, MgSO4*7H2O concentration and yeast extract concentration. Assays has been carried at 30 ºC and 200 rpm. It was verified that the yeast extract (5 g/L) exerts greater influence on the fermentation and the MgSO4*7H2O (0,5 g/L) did not present statistic significance. The best conditions were achieved using yeast extract (5 g/L), urea (5 g/L) and MgSO4*7H2O (0,5 g/L). with ethanol yield and volumetric productivity of 0,38 g/g and 0,41 g/L.h, respectively, after 60 hours of fermentation.

In this thesis, size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) of woodpolymers dissolved in lithium chloride/N,N-dimethylacetamide(LiCl/DMAc) has been used to characterize the molar massdistributions (MMD) of wood polymers in pulp fibers afterchemical degradation. Characterization of birch kraft pulps subjected to ozonedegradation and acid hydrolysis, respectively, rendereddifferent changes in the MMD. Ozone degradation resulted inlarge redistributions of the original MMD, observed as thedevelopment of a distinct fraction of cellulose withintermediate molar mass. Acid hydrolysis resulted in minorchanges of the original MMD compared to ozonation. Fiberssubjected to acid hydrolysis were considerably weaker thanozonated fibers. These results indicated that there aredifferences in how the two chemicals degrade the fiber. The solubility of softwood kraft pulp fibers was enhanced byderivatization of the fiber polymers with ethyl-isocyanateduring simultaneous dissolution in LiCl/DMAc. Thederivatization made it possible to achieve reliable estimationsof the MMD, and hence molar masses, of softwood kraft pulps.The derivatization procedure made it possible to dissolve 90 %of softwood kraft pulps with kappa numbers over 50. Severe alkaline degradation of birch and Norway spruce woodchips was studied both by varying the pulping time and byvarying the initial alkali concentration. Differences werefound in the MMD of the two fiber types, and the alkalinedegradation was found to affect polymers in the entire MMD. Multi-angular laser light scattering (MALLS) was used as adetection technique with SEC on cellulosic samples. The MMD andaverage molar masses obtained through directstandardcalibration with commercial standards were compared with MMDand molar masses as obtained by MALLS-detection. Largediscrepancies were found, and two methods of correcting forthese discrepancies were developed. Theoretical simulations of polymer degradation wereperformed. Random, or homogeneous degradation was used as amodel for alkaline cellulose chain scission, and a resemblancewith experimental data was observed. End-wise depolymerizationof cellulose was also simulated and the results are discussedin the light of experimentally observed MMD. <b>Keywords:</b>cellulose, kraft pulp, birch, spruce,ozonation, acid hydrolysis, degradation, MMD, sizeexclusionchromatography, light scattering, molar mass, chainscission

<p>In this thesis, size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) of woodpolymers dissolved in lithium chloride/N,N-dimethylacetamide(LiCl/DMAc) has been used to characterize the molar massdistributions (MMD) of wood polymers in pulp fibers afterchemical degradation.</p><p>Characterization of birch kraft pulps subjected to ozonedegradation and acid hydrolysis, respectively, rendereddifferent changes in the MMD. Ozone degradation resulted inlarge redistributions of the original MMD, observed as thedevelopment of a distinct fraction of cellulose withintermediate molar mass. Acid hydrolysis resulted in minorchanges of the original MMD compared to ozonation. Fiberssubjected to acid hydrolysis were considerably weaker thanozonated fibers. These results indicated that there aredifferences in how the two chemicals degrade the fiber.</p><p>The solubility of softwood kraft pulp fibers was enhanced byderivatization of the fiber polymers with ethyl-isocyanateduring simultaneous dissolution in LiCl/DMAc. Thederivatization made it possible to achieve reliable estimationsof the MMD, and hence molar masses, of softwood kraft pulps.The derivatization procedure made it possible to dissolve 90 %of softwood kraft pulps with kappa numbers over 50.</p><p>Severe alkaline degradation of birch and Norway spruce woodchips was studied both by varying the pulping time and byvarying the initial alkali concentration. Differences werefound in the MMD of the two fiber types, and the alkalinedegradation was found to affect polymers in the entire MMD.</p><p>Multi-angular laser light scattering (MALLS) was used as adetection technique with SEC on cellulosic samples. The MMD andaverage molar masses obtained through directstandardcalibration with commercial standards were compared with MMDand molar masses as obtained by MALLS-detection. Largediscrepancies were found, and two methods of correcting forthese discrepancies were developed.</p><p>Theoretical simulations of polymer degradation wereperformed. Random, or homogeneous degradation was used as amodel for alkaline cellulose chain scission, and a resemblancewith experimental data was observed. End-wise depolymerizationof cellulose was also simulated and the results are discussedin the light of experimentally observed MMD.</p><p><b>Keywords:</b>cellulose, kraft pulp, birch, spruce,ozonation, acid hydrolysis, degradation, MMD, sizeexclusionchromatography, light scattering, molar mass, chainscission</p>

Present state of art related to biomass conversion technology so far was found to concentrate on an enzymatic process, coupled with thermal pretreatment on biomass rich in cellulose. Biomass that rich in crude starch is also important in terms of strategic and economic point of view. The main objective of this study is to adopt a new strategy for a single step conversion of a crude starch material into oligosaccharide and glucose utilizing DIC technology. In contrast to existing thermal based pretreatment, DIC technology involves two vacuum cycles; first vacuum cycle was to increase steam accessibility on biomass and to reduce generation of steam condensate thus avoid losing of monosaccharide and hemicelluloses, while second vacuum cycle was to reduce potential thermal degradation of glucose. Distributions of products formed were found to be closely associated with severity of treatment on crude starch material. At lower DIC severity, pretreatment favors the formations of high oligosaccharide composition with small fraction of glucose; while at high DIC severity, pretreatment favors formation of high glucose as a major end product. During an exploratory study to establish the relevant reaction factors; vacuum cycle and moisture content were the two main factors influencing the conversion of crude starch into glucose.DIC starch conversion into glucose was found to be moisture dependent. Both factors were combined together to optimize the other three factors: pressure/temperature, treatment times, and acid concentration. High DIC severity treatment alone could convert nearly 50% of crude starch into glucose. During DIC optimization, an experimental design was developed and tested with DIC pretreatment in order to obtain a second order polynomial mathematical model that was then applied for response surface methodology (RSM). The interaction nature of above factors was examined and was found they depend on DIC treatment severity. Two experimental designs with low and high DIC severity were developed; Low DIC severity (acid: 0.01-0.05 molar, time: 0.5-3.0 min) and High DIC severity (acid: 0.05-0.20 molar, time: 3.0-10.0 min) with similar temperature range (144-165oC) were used. Data mining operation was done on RSM model to develop a kinetic model at both treatment severities. Kinetic data, including rate constant and activation energy were calculated from kinetic models of both severities to compare with actual dilute acidhydrolysis kinetic studies on two DIC treated samples. It was found that activation energy (Ea)for glucose generation at High DIC severity (Ea: 59.44 kJ/mol) was lower than at optimum dilute acid hydrolysis (Ea: 91.30 kJ/mol); while for glucose degradation, Ea was higher with High DIC severity (Ea: 144.12 kJ/mol) if compared to dilute acid hydrolysis (Ea: 45.14 kJ/mol).This indicates that glucose generation with DIC requires less energy while its degradation needs high energy. This combination was required to maximize glucose generation and minimize glucose degradation. Further studies with non-isothermal state during DIC and dilute acid hydrolysis support this finding. In normal polysaccharide conversion to low molecular weight (LMW) oligosaccharides and glucose procedures; two process steps were involved, namely the first process involved thermal pretreatment followed by a second process with dilute acid hydrolysis. In the present work, attempt was made to exclude dilute acid hydrolysis stage in order to establish that DIC process alone is sufficient for total polysaccharides conversion into LMW mainly glucose fraction. Information gathered from quantitative and statistical analysis on (i) exploratory studies, (ii) kinetic models from RSM of DIC process and (iii) kinetic data based on experimental works during dilute acid hydrolysis study; support the assumption that DIC treatment alone is sufficient for the total conversion required.

Present state of art related to biomass conversion technology so far was found to concentrate on an enzymatic process, coupled with thermal pretreatment on biomass rich in cellulose. Biomass that rich in crude starch is also important in terms of strategic and economic point of view. The main objective of this study is to adopt a new strategy for a single step conversion of a crude starch material into oligosaccharide and glucose utilizing DIC technology. In contrast to existing thermal based pretreatment, DIC technology involves two vacuum cycles; first vacuum cycle was to increase steam accessibility on biomass and to reduce generation of steam condensate thus avoid losing of monosaccharide and hemicelluloses, while second vacuum cycle was to reduce potential thermal degradation of glucose. Distributions of products formed were found to be closely associated with severity of treatment on crude starch material. At lower DIC severity, pretreatment favors the formations of high oligosaccharide composition with small fraction of glucose; while at high DIC severity, pretreatment favors formation of high glucose as a major end product. During an exploratory study to establish the relevant reaction factors; vacuum cycle and moisture content were the two main factors influencing the conversion of crude starch into glucose.DIC starch conversion into glucose was found to be moisture dependent. Both factors were combined together to optimize the other three factors: pressure/temperature, treatment times, and acid concentration. High DIC severity treatment alone could convert nearly 50% of crude starch into glucose. During DIC optimization, an experimental design was developed and tested with DIC pretreatment in order to obtain a second order polynomial mathematical model that was then applied for response surface methodology (RSM). The interaction nature of above factors was examined and was found they depend on DIC treatment severity. Two experimental designs with low and high DIC severity were developed; Low DIC severity (acid: 0.01-0.05 molar, time: 0.5-3.0 min) and High DIC severity (acid: 0.05-0.20 molar, time: 3.0-10.0 min) with similar temperature range (144-165oC) were used. Data mining operation was done on RSM model to develop a kinetic model at both treatment severities. Kinetic data, including rate constant and activation energy were calculated from kinetic models of both severities to compare with actual dilute acidhydrolysis kinetic studies on two DIC treated samples. It was found that activation energy (Ea)for glucose generation at High DIC severity (Ea: 59.44 kJ/mol) was lower than at optimum dilute acid hydrolysis (Ea: 91.30 kJ/mol); while for glucose degradation, Ea was higher with High DIC severity (Ea: 144.12 kJ/mol) if compared to dilute acid hydrolysis (Ea: 45.14 kJ/mol).This indicates that glucose generation with DIC requires less energy while its degradation needs high energy. This combination was required to maximize glucose generation and minimize glucose degradation. Further studies with non-isothermal state during DIC and dilute acid hydrolysis support this finding. In normal polysaccharide conversion to low molecular weight (LMW) oligosaccharides and glucose procedures; two process steps were involved, namely the first process involved thermal pretreatment followed by a second process with dilute acid hydrolysis. In the present work, attempt was made to exclude dilute acid hydrolysis stage in order to establish that DIC process alone is sufficient for total polysaccharides conversion into LMW mainly glucose fraction. Information gathered from quantitative and statistical analysis on (i) exploratory studies, (ii) kinetic models from RSM of DIC process and (iii) kinetic data based on experimental works during dilute acid hydrolysis study; support the assumption that DIC treatment alone is sufficient for the total conversion required.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:23:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-08-06Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:10:51Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 campanha_rb_me_sjrp_parcial.pdf: 94727 bytes, checksum: a521baee0344f893db4ddd3e800f17bf (MD5) Bitstreams deleted on 2015-06-03T11:42:49Z: campanha_rb_me_sjrp_parcial.pdf,. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-06-03T11:44:13Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000624134_20150806.pdf: 1531119 bytes, checksum: 2dfd54b4b280060729591429aa12bdef (MD5) Bitstreams deleted on 2015-08-07T12:19:56Z: 000624134_20150806.pdf,. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-08-07T12:20:58Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000624134.pdf: 2009868 bytes, checksum: b037ab2970b2d5ab5615092c0c8d45a9 (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Amido é um polímero semicristalino constituído basicamente por amilose e amilopectina. Seus grânulos são formados por regiões amorfas intercaladas com áreas mais densas compostas por lamelas alternadas de material cristalino e amorfo. O empacotamento das moléculas no grânulo é dependente da fonte botânica. Raízes e tubérculos são ricos em amido e seu plantio não requer muito investimento. Assim, o interesse industrial vem aumentando. O conhecimento da estrutura granular é fundamental para melhor entendimento das propriedades funcionais e melhor utilização do amido. A hidrólise ácida é uma técnica muito utilizada no estudo da estrutura do amido. O tratamento do amido com H2SO4 15% produz uma fração ácido-resistente, com baixa massa molar, conhecida como dextrina Naegeli (DN). O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar a estrutura granular dos amidos de mandioca, batata, batata-doce e mandioquinha-salsa através da hidrólise ácida. Os amidos foram incubados com H2SO4 15,3% a 38ºC, por até 30 dias, e suas DN foram analisadas. A hidrólise ácida ocorreu em duas etapas: a primeira foi atribuída à rápida degradação das áreas amorfas dos grânulos, enquanto a segunda fase correspondeu à lenta hidrólise das regiões cristalinas. O amido de mandioquinha-salsa foi o mais suscetível à hidrólise, enquanto que os amidos de batata e batata-doce foram os mais resistentes. Os amidos de batata e mandioquinha-salsa apresentaram padrões cristalinos tipo B e mostraram maiores proporções de cadeias laterais longas da amilopectina (GP 37) do que os amidos de mandioca (tipo CA) e batata-doce (tipo C). Além de grande proporção de cadeias longas, o amido de mandioquinha-salsa também apresentou grande proporção de cadeias curtas (32,0%). O amido de mandioca também apresentou grande proporção de cadeias curtas (30,5%). Esses amidos mostraram um ombro em GP 17-21... / Starch is a semi-crystalline polymer composed mainly of amylose and amylopectin. The starch granules are formed by successive layers that include amorphous areas interspersed with more dense areas composed of alternated lamellae of crystalline and amorphous material. Packing of amylose and amylopectin into granules is dependent of botanical source. Tubers and roots are rich in starch and their cultivation does not require much investment. Thus, the industrial interest has increased. Knowledge of the starch structure is fundamental for better understanding the functional properties and better utilization of the starch. Acid hydrolysis is widely used to study starch structure. Treatment of starch with 15% H2SO4 solution produces an acid-resistant fraction with low molecular weight known as Naegeli dextrin (ND). Objective of this study was to determine the structural characteristics of cassava, potato, sweet potato and Peruvian carrot starches by using acid hydrolysis. The starches were submitted to 15.3% H2SO4 at 38ºC for up to 30 days and their ND were analyzed. Acid hydrolysis displayed two phases: the first one was attributed to faster degradation of amorphous areas of granules, whereas the second phase corresponded to slower hydrolysis of crystalline regions. Peruvian carrot starch was the most susceptible to hydrolysis, whereas potato and sweet potato starches were the most resistant. Potato and Peruvian carrot starches displayed B-type X-ray pattern and had larger proportions of long branch-chains of amylopectin (DP 37) than cassava (CA-type) and sweet potato (C-type) starches. Beyond the great proportion of long branch-chains, the Peruvian carrot starch also showed great proportion of short branch-chains (32.0%). Cassava starch also had great proportion of short branch-chains (30.5%). These starches displayed a shoulder at DP 17-21 on branch chain-length distribution... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

O pinhão é a semente comestível da Araucaria angustifolia, sendo consumido no sul e sudeste do Brasil principalmente na sua forma in natura. A falta de diversidade em relação ao seu consumo acarreta a sobra da safra e a sua utilização como ração animal, o que diminui o valor de comercialização do produto, prejudicando os ganhos econômicos do produto. A semente do pinhão é composta de 34% de amido e um conteúdo muito baixo de proteínas e lipídios, o que a torna favorável para a obtenção de amido, aditivo amplamente utilizado pela indústria de alimentos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar uma nova fonte de amido a partir de semente de Araucária angustifolia, através de um estudo detalhado da metodologia de extração do amido de pinhão, das características físico-químicas, funcionais e reológicas do grânulo e de sua modificação estrutural. Primeiramente foi determinado um protocolo para a extração do amido e realizado o estudo do efeito do tratamento alcalino (NaOH 0,05 mol.l-1 e NaOH 0,1 mol.l-1), em relação ao tratamento com água, na estrutura dos grânulos do amido extraídos. Para tanto foram feitas análises de fluorescência intrínseca, microscopia eletrônica de varredura e de força atômica e difractometria de raios X. A estrutura granular do amido de pinhão foi alterada significativamente quando as soluções alcalinas foram utilizadas durante a extração. O amido de pinhão apresentou estrutura do tipo C. Foram determinadas as características do grânulo de amido nativo, através de análises físico-químicas, MEV, microscopia ótica e sinerese, onde se verificou que o diâmetro médio dos grânulos de amido varia de 7 a 20 μm e as formas geométricas variam entre a oval, a elipsóide truncada e a hemisférica. O amido de pinhão mostrou-se menos propenso à retogradação, comparado ao amido de milho. Foram elaboradas as isotermas de adsorção do amido nativo às temperaturas de 10°, 20°, 30° e 40°C a partir do ajuste dos dados experimentais a diversos modelos de sorção, sendo os modelos de Peleg, seguidos pelos de Chung-Pfost e GAB os que tiveram os maiores coeficientes de correlação. A partir do modelo de GAB foram calculados os valores de umidade de monocamada, entalpia e entropia diferenciais de sorção. Foi realizado também um planejamento experimental a fim de estudar a reação de hidrólise do amido, através da influência das variáveis temperatura (30°a 44°C) e concentração de ácido clorídrico (1,2 a 3,2 mol.l-1) no valor de dextrose equivalente (DE) e na capacidade de formação do gel e de sua termorreversibilidade. Foi observado que sob os maiores valores de temperatura e concentração de ácido empregados, o valor de DE foi maior. No tratamento que resultou no maior valor de DE (3,2 mol.l-1 de HCl e 44°C) foi observada a formação de gel termorreversível, o que indicou a potencialidade do amido modificado como substituto de gordura e agente ligante, em alimentos. A funcionalidade do amido de pinhão foi verificada através das análises de formação, fusão e termorreversibilidade do gel, tendência à retrogradação, estabilidade ao congelamento e descongelamento, poder de inchamento, índice de solubilização, MEV, viscosidade de pasta e propriedades térmicas, como temperatura e entalpia de gelatinização. Os resultados indicaram que: somente os amidos modificados apresentam géis termorreversíveis; os amidos de pinhão nativo e modificados possuem menor tendência à retrogradação do que seus similares de milho; a modificação do amido reduziu a tendência à retrogradação das pastas de amido; o amido de pinhão mostrou menor sinerese sob armazenamento à 5°C e após ciclos de congelamento e descongelamento; a temperatura de armazenamento influi significativamente no poder de inchamento (PI) e no índice de solubilização dos amidos de pinhão e milho nativos; os amidos modificados apresentaram menor PI do que os nativos; a viscosidade máxima do amido de pinhão foi maior à encontrada para o amido de milho, sendo ele menos resistente à agitação mecânica à quente (maior breakdown); a hidrólise ácida reduziu drasticamente a viscosidade das pastas formadas; a temperatura de gelatinização do amido de pinhão é de 47,64°C e a entalpia de gelatinização de 15,23 J.g-1; a hidrólise ácida aumentou a temperatura de gelatinização das espécies testadas. / Pinhão is the edible seed of Araucaria angustifolia, being consumed in the south and southeastern Brazil mainly in the natural form. The lack of diversity in relation to its consumption results in plenty of crop and its use as animal feed, which reduces the value of product marketing and affect the economic gains of the product. The pinhão seed is composed of 34% starch and a very low content of proteins and lipids, making it favorable for obtaining starch that is widely used by the food industry. The objective of this study was to characterize a new source of starch from seeds of Araucaria angustifolia, through a detailed study of the method for starch extraction, the physical-chemical, functional and rheological properties of the granules and their structural modification. To do this, a protocol for the starch extraction and a study of the effect of alkaline treatment (NaOH 0.05 mol.l-1 NaOH and 0.1 mol.l-1) compared to water treatment, was first established. Therefore, intrinsic fluorescence analysis, scanning electron and atomic force microscopy and x-ray diffractometry were carried out. The granular structure of pinhão starch was changed significantly when the alkaline solutions were used during extraction. The pinhão starch had a type C structure. The characteristics of native starch granules, through physical and chemical analysis, SEM, optical microscopy and syneresis were determined which found that the average diameter of starch granules varies from 7 to 20 μm and geometric shapes range from oval, the ellipsoid truncated and hemispheric. The pinhão starch was less prone to retrogradation compared to maize starch. The adsorption isotherms of native starch at temperatures of 10 °, 20 °, 30 ° and 40 ° C were drafting from fitting the experimental data to various sorption models. The Peleg model, followed by Chung-Pfost and GAB model had the highest correlation coefficients. From the GAB model were calculated monolayer moisture, enthalpy and entropy differential sorption. It was also carried out an experimental design to study the reaction of starch hydrolysis, through the influence of temperature (30° to 44°C) and hydrochloric acid concentration (1.2 to 3.2 mol.l- 1) on the dextrose equivalent value (DE) and on the ability of the gel formation and its thermoreversibility. It was observed that under the highest values of temperature and concentration of acid, the value of DE was higher. In larger value of DE (3.2 mol l-1 HCl and 44°C) was observed the formation of thermoreversible gel, which indicated the potential of modified starch as a fat substitute and a binder in food. The functionality of the pinhão starch was verified by analyzing the gel formation and fusion, gel thermoreversibility, tendency to retrogradation, stability to freezing and thawing, swelling power, solubility index, SEM, pasting viscosity and thermal properties such as temperature and enthalpy of gelatinization. The results showed that: only the modified starches exhibit thermoreversible gels, the native and modified pinhão starch have less tendency to retrograde than their counterparts in maize, the modification of starch reduced the tendency to retrogradation of starch pastes, the pinhão starch showed lower syneresis under storage at 5°C and after freezing and thawing, storage temperature affects significantly the swelling power (SP) and the solubility index of pinhão and maize native starches, the modified starches had lower SP of the natives, the maximum viscosity of pinhão starch was higher than that found for maize starch, the pinhão starch is less resistant to hot mechanical stirring (greater breakdown) than for maize starch, the acid hydrolysis reduced the viscosity of the pulp formed, the gelatinization temperature of pinhão starch is 47.64°C and its gelatinization enthalpy is 15.23 Jg-1; acid hydrolysis increased the gelatinization temperature of the species tested.