Fig. 1
Saccharification of maize powder in the torus reactor Cinetore. a Picture of the original sample b Picture of the sample after 7 h of saccharification. Field of view: 10 × 13.3 mm2. c Changes in the relative number of particles measured as the sum of gray levels relative to time T0 in the control experiment and two enzymatic degradation trials. d Percentage of sugar released according to hydrolysis time. e Granulometric curves of the original sample and after 7 h saccharification. M–T0: time T0 normalized to 1, M–T7 h: time 7 h normalized to 1, M–7 h norm T0: time 7 h normalized relative to the amount of particles at time T0. f) Changes in the three classes of particles relative to their original number