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The aim of this work was to optimize the enzymatic hydrolysis of the cellulose fraction of cashew apple bagasse (CAB) after diluted acid (CAB-H) and alkali pretreatment (CAB-OH), and to evaluate its fermentation to ethanol using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Glucose conversion of 82 ± 2 mg/g CAB-H and 730 ± 20 mg/g CAB-OH was obtained when 2% (w/v) of solid and 30 FPU/g bagasse was used during hydrolysis at 45 °C, 2-fold higher than when using 15 FPU/g bagasse, 44 ± 2 mg/g CAB-H, and 450 ± 50 mg/g CAB-OH, respectively. Ethanol concentration and productivity, achieved after 6 h of fermentation, were 20.0 ± 0.2 g L−1 and 3.33 g L−1 h−1, respectively, when using CAB-OH hydrolyzate (initial glucose concentration of 52.4 g L−1). For CAB-H hydrolyzate (initial glucose concentration of 17.4 g L−1), ethanol concentration and productivity were 8.2 ± 0.1 g L−1 and 2.7 g L−1 h−1 in 3 h, respectively. Hydrolyzates fermentation resulted in an ethanol yield of 0.38 and 0.47 g/g glucose with pretreated CAB-OH and CAB-H, respectively. Ethanol concentration and productivity, obtained using CAB-OH hydrolyzate, were close to the values obtained in the conventional ethanol fermentation of cashew apple juice or sugar cane juice.
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Rocha, M.V.P., Rodrigues, T.H.S., de Macedo, G.R. et al. Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Fermentation of Pretreated Cashew Apple Bagasse with Alkali and Diluted Sulfuric Acid for Bioethanol Production. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 155, 104–114 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-008-8432-8
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