Research Article

Alkaline Pretreatment of Sugarcane Bagasse and Filter Mud Codigested to Improve Biomethane Production

Table 3

Percentage of chemical compounds of sugarcane bagasse.

TreatmentAutoclaving time (minutes)Hemicellulose (%)Cellulose (%)Lignin (%)

Untreated032.293 ± 0.49135.612 ± 2.77522.563 ± 2.933
NaOH 1 N1511.258 ± 0.45942.657 ± 1.8514.514 ± 1.567
NaOH 1 N308.732 ± 0.07740.062 ± 0.0294.715 ± 1.877
NaOH 1 N4511.083 ± 0.91558.548 ± 0.0143.096 ± 0.366