Research Article

Optimization of Hydrothermal and Diluted Acid Pretreatments of Tunisian Luffa cylindrica (L.) Fibers for 2G Bioethanol Production through the Cubic Central Composite Experimental Design CCD: Response Surface Methodology

Table 6

The regression coefficients and for, respectively, Δ total and reducing sugars concentrations calculated for hydrothermal pretreatment of Luffa cylindrica biomass.

Regression coefficientsFactors and interactions

Squared effect term16.181111.2770
Temperature−0.6586−0.2952
Reaction time2.0452−0.4051
Temperature2−4.0547−0.7991
Reaction time21.3913−0.0687
−0.3982−0.1878