Table 3. Ethanol fermentation performance of hydrolysate obtained from oxalic acid pretreatment
CSF | Initial fermentable sugar concentration (g/L) | Ethanol production (g/L) | Ethanol productivity (g/L ยท h) | Ethanol yield (g/g sugar) | Theoretical yield of ethanol (%) |
0.72 | 1.02 (0.00)a | 0.21b | 0.01 | 0.21 | 40.37 |
1.22 | 2.87 (0.00) | 0.59b | 0.02 | 0.21 | 40.31 |
1.52 | 1.26 (0.00) | 0.29b | 0.01 | 0.23 | 45.13 |
1.59 | 13.18 (5.83) | 1.91b | 0.08 | 0.26 | 51.37 |
1.89 | 11.26 (5.56) | 2.79c | 0.04 | 0.27 | 52.83 |
1.92 | 10.08 (4.98) | 2.04c | 0.03 | 0.22 | 43.96 |
2.08 | 12.17 (6.34) | 0.68b | 0.03 | 0.10 | 18.89 |
2.18 | 8.50 (4.99) | 0.36b | 0.02 | 0.10 | 20.11 |
2.29 | 11.82 (6.44) | 0.55b | 0.02 | 0.09 | 17.09 |
Remaining fermentable sugar after fermentation.
The highest ethanol production was observed after 24 h of fermentation.
The highest ethanol production was observed after 72 h of fermentation.