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Table 2 Comparison of several ethanol productions using Tween as an additive found in the literature and in the current study

From: Tween 40 pretreatment of unwashed water-insoluble solids of reed straw and corn stover pretreated with liquid hot water to obtain high concentrations of bioethanol

Raw material

Pretreated method

Tween additives

Adding method of Tween

Fermentation method

Particle size of raw material

Washed or unwashed with water

Prehydrolysis time (hours) + fermentation time (hours)

Enzyme loadings

Ethanol concentration(g/L)

Ethanol yield (%)

Reference

Reed straw

LHW

Tween 40

Prior to fermentation

Fed-batch S-SSF

3 to 5 cm

Unwashed

18 + 72

25 FPU cellulase/g oven-dried WIS

56.28

69.1

This study

Corn stover

LHW

Tween 40

Prior to fermentation

Fed-batch S-SSF

4 to 7 cm

Unwashed

18 + 72

25 FPU cellulase/g oven-dried WIS

52.26

71.1

This study

Reed straw

LHW

-

-

Fed-batch S-SSF

20 to 80 mesh

Washed

18 + 72

40 FPU cellulase/g oven-dried WIS

39.40

75.1

[27]

Corn stover

LHW

-

-

Fed-batch S-SSF

20 to 80 mesh

Washed

18 + 72

40 FPU cellulase/g oven-dried WIS

39.40

74.4

In press

Wheat straw

Sulfuric acid

Tween 20

In the fermentation stage

SSF

40 mesh

Washed

72

20 FPU cellulase and 40 CBU β-glucosidase/g glucan

12.4

73.9

[24]

Spruce

Steam pretreatment

Tween 20

In the fermentation stage

SSF

2 to 10 mm

Washed

48

44 FPU/g cellulose

20 to 25

92

[15]

Sugarcane bagasse

Dilute ammonia

Tween 80

In the pretreatment stage

SSF

0.05 to 1.5 cm

Washed

72

30 FPU Spezyme CP and 30 CBU Novozyme 188/g glucan

18 g/100 g of dry biomass

69

[23]

Sugarcane bagasse

Dilute ammonia

Tween 20

In the pretreatment stage

SSF

0.05 to 1.5 cm

Washed

72

30 FPU Spezyme CP and 30 CBU Novozyme 188/g glucan

15 g/100 g of dry biomass

59

[23]

  1. CBU, cellobiase unit; LHW, liquid hot water; SSF, simultaneous saccharification and fermentation; S-SSF, semi-simultaneous saccharification and fermentation; WIS, water-insoluble solids.