Biomass | Solubles | Silicon | Cellulose | Hemicellulose | Lignin | Maximum theoretical ethanol yield (L/dry ton)a | Productivity (ton/ha)b | Maximum theoretical ethanol yield (L/ha)c |
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 | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |  |  |  |
Sugarcane bagasse | 3.39 ± 1.26 | 0.44 ± 0.03 | 39.44 ± 1.21 | 27.45 ± 2.08 | 27.79 ± 1.39 | 282.62 | 30 | 8,478.6 |
Panicum maximum | 5.23 ± 2.37 | 1.07 ± 0.01 | 39.87 ± 1.97 | 26.62 ± 1.46 | 25.36 ± 1.06 | 285.70 | 30 | 8,571.0 |
Pennisetum purpureum | 5.70 ± 2.25 | 0.85 ± 0.01 | 45.97 ± 3.10 | 27.03 ± 1.02 | 22.80 ± 1.26 | 329.41 | 35 | 11,529.4 |
Brachiaria brizantha | 12.41 ± 3.69 | 1.38 ± 0.06 | 43.48 ± 1.84 | 23.23 ± 3.16 | 23.09 ± 0.73 | 311.57 | 20 | 6,231.4 |
E. grandis bark | 28.29 ± 3.43 | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 39.54 ± 1.10 | 18.84 ± 4.11 | 21.57 ± 1.59 | 283.34 | 25 | 7,083.5 |
E. grandis x urophylla bark | 28.13 ± 2.20 | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 40.36 ± 4.31 | 16.45 ± 3.05 | 22.18 ± 2.22 | 289.21 | 25 | 7,230.3 |