Improved ethanol yield and reduced Minimum Ethanol Selling Price (MESP) by modifying low severity dilute acid pretreatment with deacetylation and mechanical refining: 1) Experimental

Table 3 Comparison of ethanol yield per dry ton of biomass for cases with and without washed solid process options, Ctrl = Control, DA = Deacetylated, MR = Mechanical Refining

	Ethanol yield (gal/dry ton biomass)
	No washing				W/ washing
	1)Ctrl	2)DA	3)MR	4)DA + MR	5)Ctrl	6)DA	7)MR	8)DA + MR
2011design	79.0
34 M95	63.9	73.4	70.4	82.2	71.1	82.4	78.4	88.2

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