Fig. 4

Comparison of predicted initial glucose yields and those measured experimentally from the DS2 dataset for a range of dilute acid-pretreated beech wood substrates (1% SA/160 °C/30 min) (see Additional file 1: A2). Experiments and corresponding simulations were performed over a range of enzyme:initial binding sites molar ratios (0.1–2), biomass loadings (7 and 15%DM), and particle sizes (diameter ranging from 100 to 2075\(\mu m\)). Standard errors were obtained by propagating the uncertainties associated with pore volume measurements (see Additional file 1: A14)