Analysis on chemical components changes in preparation process of cellulosic ethanol from poplar wood

Poplar is an important fast-growing species in China. The preparation of bio-ethanol with poplar wood as the raw material is a new attempt to solve today's energy problems. After steam-exploded pretreatment and then bacteria treatment to the poplar wood raw materials, the materials' chemical composition and properties were measured and analyzed. Through contrasting the changes of the materials' chemical composition(cellulose, lignin, hemicelluloses, extracts, ash and protein), the mechanism of chemical change of the tested materials in the bioethanol production process prepared from poplar wood was studied, the surplus product contained 64.07% lignin, 6.78% cellulose and 6.88% hemicellulose. The results provide a theoretical basis for guiding the preparation of poplar wood cellulosic ethanol production, and the subsequent recycling of fermentation by-products.