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A novel autoclave-assisted nanoparticle pre-treatment for improved sugar recovery from potato peel waste: process optimisation, nanoparticle recyclability and bioethanol production

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This study optimised a novel autoclave-assisted Fe3O4 nanoparticle pre-treatment (NAAP) for the improvement of reducing sugar (RS) recovery from potato peel waste. The optimised NAAP was further assessed for other lignocellulosic substrates, recyclability, animal feed and bioethanol production. Maximum RS yield of 0.324 g/g was obtained with the optimised NAAP conditions. Recyclability resulted in an average RS yield of 0.254 g/g over three pre-treatment cycles. Moreover, the optimised NAAP for the pre-treatment of corn cob (0.021 g/g), cassava peels (0.242 g/g), bamboo stem (0.357 g/g), Amaranthus (0.428 g/g), sorghum leaves (0.867) and banana pseudostem (1.392 g/g) demonstrated its versatility. Furthermore, the potential of the optimised pre-treated biomass for animal feed waste valorisation and bioethanol production (22.82 g/L) was achieved. The present NAAP pre-treatment provides novel insights on the application of nanotechnology in lignocellulosic bioprocessing, which could eliminate chemical and enzyme usage, while reducing the process costs and its associated negative environmental impact.

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The authors acknowledge the Govan Mbeki Research and Development Centre (GMRDC) at the University of Fort Hare (South Africa) for providing financial support towards this research.

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  1. Fort Hare Institute of Technology, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice, 5700, South Africa

    Isaac Sanusi, Yeshona Sewsynker-Sukai & Edson L. Meyer

  2. School of Life Sciences, Biotechnology Cluster, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, 3209, South Africa

    Gabriel Aruwajoye & Evariste B. Gueguim Kana

  3. Faculty of Science & Agriculture, University of Zululand, Private Bag X1001, KwaDlangezwa, 3886, South Africa

    Neerish Revaprasadu

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Isaac Sanusi: conceptualisation, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, data curation, writing—original draft, writing—review and editing, visualisation, project administration. Gabriel Aruwajoye: methodology, data curation, writing—review and editing. Neerish Revaprasadu: writing—review and editing, funding acquisition. Y. Sewsynker-Sukai: writing—review and editing, supervision, funding acquisition. E.L. Meyer: writing—review and editing, supervision, funding acquisition. E.B. Gueguim Kana: writing—review and editing, resources, supervision, funding acquisition.

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Sanusi, I., Aruwajoye, G., Revaprasadu, N. et al. A novel autoclave-assisted nanoparticle pre-treatment for improved sugar recovery from potato peel waste: process optimisation, nanoparticle recyclability and bioethanol production. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 14, 13941–13953 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03574-y

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