Research Article

Ethanol Production from Oil Palm Trunk: A Combined Strategy Using an Effective Pretreatment and Simultaneous Saccharification and Cofermentation

Table 8

Xylose and glucose content of S. cerevisiae/P. stipitis simultaneous saccharification and cofermentation (SSCF) process.

No.Temp (°C)Fermentation (day)Cell ratioSimultaneous saccharification and cofermentationΔ substrateEthanol (%)Fermentation efficiency (%)
BeforeAfter

XyloseGlucoseTotalXyloseGlucoseTotal
13570.75 : 0.251.0628.4359.4970.6940.0540.7488.7491.3430,03
23570.25 : 0.751.0628.4359.4970.2950.0370.3329.1650.8718,61
33530.75 : 0.250.7597.0027.7610.9702.0953.0654.6961.5062,63
43530.25 : 0.750.7597.0027.7610.9151.0681.9835.7781.4549,21
52570.75 : 0.250.8415.7026.5430.0000.0000.0006.5431.3440,16
62570.25 : 0.750.8415.7026.5430.0000.0000.0006.5430.6419.18
72530.75 : 0.250.4195.0425.4610.0000.0260.0265.4350.6724,17
82530.25 : 0.750.4195.0425.4610.0000.0420.0425.4190.5820,99
93850.50 : 0.501.12410.31911.4431.2017.7588.9592.4840.8869,46
102250.50 : 0.500.7804.9205.7000.0000.0500.0505.6501.3446,50
11308 days, 10 h0.50 : 0.500.6916.1606.8510.0000.00270.0276.8240.7822,41
12301 day, 15 h0.50 : 0.500.3404.3584.6980.6601.0291.6893.0090.8253,43
133050.92 : 0.080.6266.1636.7890.0000.0600.0606.7291.2536,42
143050.08 : 0.920.6266.1636.7890.0000.0000.0006.7890.7822,53
153050.50 : 0.500.6266.1636.7890.0000.0260.0266.7632.1863,20
163050.50 : 0.500.6266.1636.7890.0000.0270.0276.7621.7751,32
173050.50 : 0.500.6266.1636.7890.0000.0280.0286.7611.8453,36
183050.50 : 0.500.6266.1636.7890.0000.0270.0276.7622.2565,24
193050.50 : 0.500.6266.1636.7890.0000.0750.0756.7141.8955,20
203050.50 : 0.500.6266.1636.7890.0000.0260.0266.7632.0057,99