Food Engineering / Gıda Mühendisliği

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    Improvement of Fermentable Sugar Extraction From Hazelnut Shells Through Microwave Assisted Dilute Acid Pretreatment
    (North Carolina State University, 2023) Uzuner, Sibel; 03.08. Department of Food Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    The most effective method for producing fermentable sugars (FSs) from biomass is thermochemical pretreatment assisted by enzymatic hydrolysis. However, the enzymatic hydrolysis-assisted thermochemical pretreatment method is limited by the formation of fermentation inhibitors, and it is time-consuming. There is growing interest in using a microwave (MW) pretreatment due to its uniform and rapid heating. This study aimed to determine, perform data-driven modeling, and optimize the effect of MW combined with dilute acid pretreatment (MW-DA) on the production of FSs from hazelnut shells. An artificial neural networks (ANNs) model based on Box-Behnken Design (BBD) was the best model described for fermentable sugar extraction (FSE). Optimization via BBD-based ANNs model was carried out for an acid concentration of 0.5 to 2% (w/w), a pretreatment time of 5 to 25 min, a pressure of 5 to 15 bar, and a temperature of 120 to 160 °C. The optimized FSE was estimated at 374 mg/g (81.4% conversion efficiency), with a severity factor of 3.61 under 1.58% H2SO4 for 13 min at 160 °C and 8.5 bar. Using the MW-DA pretreatment process lowered the costs significantly due to the decreases in acid concentration and pretreatment time.
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    Production of Xylooligosaccharides by Autohydrolysis of Hazelnut (corylus Avellana L.) Shell
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2017) Sürek, Ece; Büyükkileci, Ali Oğuz; Büyükkileci, Ali Oğuz; 03.08. Department of Food Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    Hazelnut shell (HS), husk and pruning residues were characterized and evaluated for xylooligosaccharides (XOS) production by autohydrolysis. HS contained the highest amount of xylan and yielded more XOS compared to other hazelnut residues. The temperature and holding time of HS autohydrolysis greatly influenced the composition of the liquor and the remaining solid. The highest XOS yield (62% of the feedstock xylan) was obtained at 190 °C and 5 min of holding time. At this temperature, 30 min of holding time was required to maximize the percentage of XOS with low degree of polymerization. Xylose, acetic acid and furfural concentrations increased with treatment severity. The concentrations of the products in the autohydrolysis liquors followed specific trends with changing severity factor (log Ro) values. Solubilization of xylan in the treatments enhanced the cellulose and lignin contents in the remaining solids.