Fuelization of Italian Ryegrass and Napier Grass through a Biological Treatment and Photocatalytic Reforming
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54115#.VO2EiSzQrzE Author(s) Masahide Yasuda 1* , Misriyani 2 , Yuka Takenouchi 1 , Ryo Kurogi 1 , Shunsaku Uehara 1 , Tsutomu Shiragami 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan . 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia . ABSTRACT Fuelization of Italian ryegrass and Napier grass was examined by the combination of biological treatments and photocatalytic reforming (photo-Reform). The alkali-pretreated Italian ryegrass and Napier grass were subjected to the enzymatic saccharification using cellulase and xylanase. Xylose and glucose were produced in 56.6% and 71.1% from Italian ryegrass and in 49.5% and 67.3% from Napier grass, respectively. Xylose and glucose were converted to hydrogen by the photo-Reform using a Pt-loaded tit...