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Table 3 Ethanol mass balances based on 100 g of starting biomass material

From: Comparison of ethanol production from corn cobs and switchgrass following a pyrolysis-based biorefinery approach

Biomass

Detoxification route

Acetic acid

Nitric acid

Ethanol (g)

Ethanol % of theoretical

Ethanol (g)

Ethanol % of theoretical

Corn cobs

c)

3.2

14.6

5.9

26.8

b)

3.6

16.5

6.2

27.8

Switchgrass

c)

5.7

27.0

5.6

26.8

b)

5.5

26.4

5.4

25.7

Pine wood

c)

8.2

41.3

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  1. The pine wood value was previously reported by Luque and collaborators [12]. Detoxification route c) was W-EAc-H and route b) was W-H-EAc