Research Article

Effects of Extrusion Pretreatment Parameters on Sweet Sorghum Bagasse Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Its Subsequent Conversion into Bioethanol

Table 1

Different sugars and ethanol concentrations from extruded sweet sorghum bagasse at 100°C, 200 rpm, and 30% moisture, fermented with Issatchenkia orientalis 20381 at 12% solids fraction after 72 h enzymatic saccharification1,2.

Compound [mg·g−1]Issatchenkia orientalis ATCC 20381 at 12% solids loading ferementationIssatchenkia orientalis ATCC 20381 without solids
0 h12 h24 h48 h72 h0 h12 h24 h48 h72 h

Arabinose4.20 ± 0.08NDNDNDND4.26 ± 0.07NDNDNDND
Cellobiose3.94 ± 0.2712.29 ± 2.3212.07 ± 0.066.30 ± 0.252.75 ± 0.053.31 ± 0.1512.84 ± 0.3612.92 ± 0.3610.41 ± 0.139.88 ± 0.77
Galactose3.71 ± 0.282.90 ± 0.121.51 ± 0.150.47 ± 0.010.16 ± 0.013.69 ± 0.060.27 ± 0.04NDNDND
Glucose337.01 ± 1.10250.78 ± 13.762.00 ± 0.351.48 ± 0.44ND326.92 ± 4.25213.83 ± 5.2611.45 ± 3.96NDND
MannoseND1.22 ± 0.082.30 ± 0.192.70 ± 0.033.09 ± 0.052.07 ± 0.031.46 ± 0.081.63 ± 0.172.01 ± 0.012.03 ± 0.19
Xylose36.80 ± 0.2927.60 ± 0.5328.30 ± 0.5326.61 ± 0.2223.39 ± 2.1232.51 ± 0.1824.16 ± 1.0328.45 ± 1.8226.96 ± 1.7022.23 ± 0.91
Total sugars385.66 ± 6.79294.79 ± 11.7145.90 ± 0.4837.56 ± 0.0129.39 ± 2.05372.76 ± 4.74252.60 ± 6.7754.44 ± 1.1239.37 ± 1.5631.14 ± 1.87
EthanolND21.78 ± 1.10160.06 ± 3.10157.89 ± 3.03147.63 ± 1.81ND16.94 ± 0.49154.34 ± 3.24156.36 ± 1.15127.63 ± 5.66
Free amino nitrogen398.65 ± 0.9593.13 ± 4.0049.46 ± 4.7647.57 ± 3.2447.30 ± 0.95144.88 ± 0.38138.81 ± 3.4375.74 ± 1.5275.45 ± 1.7250.94 ± 3.81

The compounds are in milligrams of sugar per gram of sweet sorghum bagasse dry basis.
2The compounds not detected by the HPLC were reported with the acronym ND.
3The free amino nitrogen is in milligrams per liter.