A New Proposal of Cellulosic Ethanol to Boost Sugarcane Biorefineries: Techno-Economic Evaluation

Table 1

Summary of the technologies listed for the cases studied.

Case	1	2	3	4	5
1st generation ethanol production	X	X	X	X	X
P-fraction to 2nd generation ethanol production	X	X	X
Bagasse to 2nd generation ethanol production				X
Second generation process without pretreatment	X
Steam explosion pretreatment		X
Liquid hot water pretreatment			X	X
Enzymatic hydrolysis	X	X	X	X
Condensation turbine	X	X	X		X
Cogeneration using bagasse; (50% w.b. moisture)				X	X
Cogeneration using bagasse fibers; (8% w.b. moisture)	X	X	X
Cogeneration using sugarcane-trash	X	X	X	X	X
Cogeneration using lignin waste				X