Artículo
Bioethanol production using high density Eucalyptus crops in Uruguay
Fecha
2021Registro en:
Bonifacino Buttiglione, S, Resquín, F, Lopretti, M [y otros autores]. "Bioethanol production using high density Eucalyptus crops in Uruguay". Heliyon. [en línea] 2021, 7(1): e06031. 9 h. Doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06031.
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10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06031
Autor
Bonifacino Buttiglione, Silvana Andrea
Resquín, Fernando
Lopretti, Mary Isabel
Buxedas, Luciana
Vázquez Zeballos, Sylvia Enid
González Vilche, Mariana
Sapolinski, Alejandra
Hirigoyen Dominguez, Andrés Eduardo
Doldán Abiuso, Damián
Rachid Casnati, Ana Cecilia
Carrasco, Leónidas
Institución
Resumen
Experimental scale crops for Eucalyptus grandis, Eucalyptus benthamii, Eucalyptus dunnii and Eucalyptus tereticornis, at 2,220, 4,440 and 6,660 trees ha−1 were established in two soil units, at Paysandú and Tacuarembó, Uruguay. Wood samples were taken from twenty-two-months-old trees, and were used to produce bioethanol by pre-hydrolysis simultaneous saccharyfication and fermentation process (PSSF). Cellulose and lignin content was analyzed. Species and planting density affected biomass production at both sites; the highest value was obtained with E. dunnii at 6,660 trees ha−1 at Paysandú. Cellulose content of wood varied between species at both sites, but only between planting densities at Tacuarembó. The site effect showed that the highest amount of cellulose (14.7 Mg ha−1) was produced at Paysandú. E. benthamii and E. tereticornis wood showed higher lignin contents, conversely, the PSSF yields showed no differences, which led to a bioethanol average of 97 L Mg−1. Bioethanol productivity was associated to the biomass productivity. It was possible to obtain 2,650 L ha−1 of bioethanol using wood from E. benthamii, E. dunnii and E. grandis at 4,440 and 6,660 trees ha−1 at Paysandú, and with E. benthamii at 4,440 and 6,660 trees ha−1, and E. dunnii at 6,660 trees ha−1 at Tacuarembó.