Figure 8
Improvement in glucose (Glc) yield with pH adjustment or extended residence time. Biomass loading was 10%, H2O2 loading was 0.125 g/g biomass, and enzyme digestion was Accellerase 1000 for 48 h. Varied conditions were time of pretreatment (24 h or 48 h), and with or without periodic pH readjustment to 11.5 ('pH controlled') during the pretreatment. Glc yield values indicate yield as a percentage of total measured monomeric Glc content of the biomass. Numbers next to the data points are the Glc yields (y axis values).