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Biodiesel, biogas and fermentable sugars production from Spent coffee Grounds: A cascade biorefinery approach
Spent coffee grounds are rich in high-value compounds, such as saturate and unsaturated fatty acids, and polysaccharides. Therefore, this work investigated a cascade biorefinery to produce: i) biodiesel from coffee oils, ii) cellulose- and hemicellulose-derived fermentable sugars and iii) biomethane from the residual solid fraction after sugars extraction. Transesterification reached the best performances of 86% w/w of fatty acid methyl esters using 1:8 coffee oil/methanol ratio and 2% w/w of KOH as catalyst. The use of glycerol for the pretreatment of spent coffee grounds allowed the internal circulation of a process leftover from transesterification; thus, avoiding the use of clean water. In the best conditions, the total released fermentable sugars were about 40-50% (w/w) on dry weight basis. The low content of easily degradable compounds led to a low methane production of 50 LCH4/kgVS, indicating the need to search for better performing alternatives to close the biorefinery loop.
- University of Verona Italy
biorefinery, Esterification, Methanol, enzymatic hydrolysis, biodiesel, Coffee, spent coffee grounds, Biofuels, fermentable sugars, Sugars
biorefinery, Esterification, Methanol, enzymatic hydrolysis, biodiesel, Coffee, spent coffee grounds, Biofuels, fermentable sugars, Sugars
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