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Dilute Acid Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Sugarcane Bagasse for Ethanol Production

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Many efforts have been dedicated to understanding and refining different technologies to promote the conversion of the sugars contained in the sugarcane bagasse into ethanol. One of the promising strategies include the pretreatment of the bagasse with dilute sulfuric acid followed by the saccharification of the remaining polysaccharides with enzymes, and by the fermentation of the generated monosaccharides (both hexoses and pentoses) with yeasts. In the present chapter, data regarding the characterization and conditioning of the raw material as well as its pretreatment, saccharification, and fermentation are disclosed to illustrate that the sugarcane bagasse, like many other agroindustrial residues, consists of a heterogeneous material and that its different constituent sugars, not necessarily only plant cell wall polysaccharides, may need to be recovered under different experimental conditions if high conversion yields are to be achieved using the proposed technology.

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The financial support from Fapesp, CNPq, CAPES and USP is acknowledged. W. Carvalho is thankful to the many who have contributed to the evolution of the study.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, University of São Paulo, Engineering College of Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil

    Paula J. Esteves & Celso Santi Jr.

  2. Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Estrada Municipal do Campinho s/nº, Campinho Lorena, SP, CEP 12602-810, Brazil

    Walter Carvalho

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Esteves, P.J., Santi, C., Carvalho, W. (2014). Dilute Acid Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Sugarcane Bagasse for Ethanol Production. In: da Silva, S., Chandel, A. (eds) Biofuels in Brazil. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05020-1_10

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