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Characterization of lignocellulosic components in exhausted sugar beet pulp waste by TG/FTIR analysis

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In this work, the thermal decomposition of exhausted sugar beet pulp (ESBP) at a heating rate of 10 °C min−1 and the resulting evolved gases were examined by thermogravimetric (TG) analysis coupled with Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The results obtained in the identification of biomass fiber components were compared with those of the Van Soest method. The TG curves obtained in the fast thermal pyrolysis of ESBP exhibited substantial mass loss peaks primarily associated with the decomposition of pectin, hemicellulose and cellulose at 233, 269 and 341 °C, respectively. Lignin, however, was more difficult to decompose since its mass loss occurred over a broad temperature range (200–800 °C). The FTIR spectra obtained at these temperatures were consistent with the formation of large amounts of gases such as CO2, CO, H2O and CH4 in addition to a mixture of organic products including aldehydes, ketones, organic acids, alkanes and phenols. Based on these results, the proposed approach allows lignocellulosic components in exhausted sugar beet pulp biomass to be efficiently screened. Also, the new approach is faster, operationally simpler and more economical than the Van Soest method.

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The authors are grateful to the University of Cadiz for award of a research grant to the main author. Thanks are also due to Dr. Carlos Alvarez for supplying the sugar pulp biomass and Dr. Luis I. Romero and Ildefonso Caro for their valuable help and access to the Dosi-fiber equipment.

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  1. Department of Environmental Technology, Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Cádiz, Polígono Río San Pedro s/n, Puerto Real, 11510, Cádiz, Spain

    Bouchra Sidi-Yacoub, Fatiha Oudghiri & Rocío Rodríguez-Barroso

  2. Department of Industrial Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of USTO-MB, 31016, Oran, Algeria

    Bouchra Sidi-Yacoub & Mohamed Belkadi

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Sidi-Yacoub, B., Oudghiri, F., Belkadi, M. et al. Characterization of lignocellulosic components in exhausted sugar beet pulp waste by TG/FTIR analysis. J Therm Anal Calorim 138, 1801–1809 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-08179-8

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