The time course of xylo-oligosaccharides concentration and xylo-oligosaccharides yield in the separation of xylo-oligosaccharides
from enzymatic hydrolytes was studied using a membrane reactor with constant permeate flux of 4 L · m
−2 · h
−1. The results show that xylanases retain 90% of its activity in the reactor. The concentration of xylo-oligosaccharides achieves
the maximum, about 5.48 g/L in 30 min. The difference of xylo-oligosaccharides in the retentate and permeate stream is low,
<0.62 g/L, therefore it can permeate through membrane. Under the operating conditions that xylan concentration is 30.0 g/L,
pH 5.0, operating pressure 16 kPa, temperature 48 °C, feed velocity 400 mL/min, reaction volume 400 mL, enzyme dosage 10%
(volume fraction), dilution rate 1 h
−1, and enzymatic hydrolysis time 195 min, the yield of xylo-oligosaccharides reaches 31.69%.
Key words xylo-oligosaccharides - enzymatic hydrolystes - membrane reactor - separation
CLC number TQ028.8 - TQ281
Foundation item: The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 30070636); The Natural Science Foundation of the Education Department
of Anhui Province(No. 2002kj 117)
Biography of the first author: YANG Fu-guo, doctoral student, associate professor, born in 1964, majoring in membrane separation technology.