Alchris Woo Go, Angelique Trugillo Conag, Dan Elmer Sadaya Cuizon
Spent coffee grounds (SCG) is an agro-industrial waste which could potentially be tapped as feedstock for biofuel production. The direct hydrolysis of non-delipidated SCG was investigated in this study. Hydrolysis of SCG was carried out with the use of sulfuric acid (3–5 %v/v) as hydrolyzing medium, over a period of 30–180 min at a solvent to solid ratio of 10 mL/g at 95 °C. The optimum yield (26 and 31 g/g) and recovery (86 and 78 %) of the available reducing sugar was achieved at a local optimum employing an acid concentration of 4 % and a hydrolysis time of 120 min.Lipids were recoverable from the hydrolyzed biomass residue and bound lipids were also released through the hydrolysis process resulting in a recovery of over 100 %. This approach may potentially reduce production steps, avoiding energy intensive process for removal of water content in SCG. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of San Carlos, Talamban Campus, Nasipit Talamban, Cebu City, 6000, Philippines
