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Table 4 Comparison of bioethanol production from various kinds of lignocellulosic biomass at high-solids content

From: Production of high concentrated cellulosic ethanol by acetone/water oxidized pretreated beech wood

Biomass

Solids content (wt%)

Pretreatment method

Enzyme loading (FPU/g DM)

Ethanol concentration (g/L)

Ethanol productivity (g/L·h)

Ethanol yieldf (%)

References

Beechwood

20.0

Acetone/water oxidation

8.4

75.9

0.63

68.1

This study

Bermudagrass

36.0

Phosphoric acid–acetone

25.0d

56.1

0.58

65.1

[53]

Corncob residue

20.0

Dilute acid hydrolysis-alkaline extraction

15.0

75.1

1.25

89.4

[54]

Corn stover

15.5

CELFa

3.1

58.8

0.49

89.2

[55]

Corn stover

20.0

Steam explosion

17.7

59.8

0.31

77.2

[40]

Corn stover

24.0

Acetic acid-catalysed hydrothermal

17.4

41.9

0.44

51.3

[16]

Eastern redcedar

20.0

Acid bisulfite

31.2

52.0

1.24

67.6

[56]

Empty palm fruit bunch

30.0

Alkali

15.0

62.5

0.66

70.6

[57]

Miscanthus

25.0

CHEMETb

17.0

69.2

1.24

87.2

[58]

Rapeseed straw

16.7

Dilute acid

15.0

39.9

1.67

46.7

[59]

Reed

36.0

Phosphoric acid-acetone

25.0d

69.3

0.72

74.7

[53]

Rice straw

13.8

Dilute acid-dilute alkali

30.0

58.7

0.49

73.4

[60]

Spruce

20.0

–c

7.5

40.0

0.42

53.0

[61]

Sugarcane bagasse

20.0

Formiline

10.0

80.0

0.55

82.7

[44]

Sweet sorghum bagasse

18.0

Hydrothermal

20.0

47.9

2.18

70.4

[17]

Wheat straw

25.0

Steam explosion

15.0

58.6

0.73

56.9

[46]

Wheat straw

26.0

Hydrothermal

7.0e

58.0

0.48

75.0

[19]

  1. aCo-solvent enhanced lignocellulosic fractionation
  2. bChangHae Ethanol Multi ExTruder
  3. cProvided by SECAB-E-Technology AB (Örnsköldsvik, Sweden)
  4. dFPU/g cellulose
  5. eEnzymes from Fusarium oxysporum corresponding to 1.23 FPU/g DM was also added to SSF
  6. fCalculated as percentage of maximum theoretical yield