Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Sugar Beet Pulp for Efficient Bioethanol Production

Table 1

Chemical composition of raw material.

Physicochemical parameters	Sugar beet pulp
Dry mass (g/kg)	229.3 ± 11.5
pH	5.8 ± 0.2
Reducing sugars as invert sugar (g/kg d.m.)	9.8 ± 0.3
Saccharose (g/kg d.m.)	144.8 ± 12.5
Raffinose (g/kg d.m.)	2.4 ± 0.3
Cellulose (g/kg d.m.)	336.8 ± 15.2
Hemicellulose (g/kg d.m.)	405.5 ± 27.2
Lignin (g/kg d.m.)	1.4 ± 0.2
Protein ( × 6.25) (g/kg d.m.)	11.5 ± 0.25

Results expressed as mean values ± SE ().