Steam explosion of eucalypt sawdust for ethanol production within a biorefinery approach

Supplementary Material for an article submission to Processes (MDPI): Figure S1: Response surface plots for the recovery of xylosaccharides depending on the different variables studied: (a) Moisture content and time, (b) Moisture content and temperature, and (c) Time and temperature. Figure S2: Surfaces Plot for hydrolysis efficiency and glucan conversion depending on the different variables studied: (a) moisture content and time, (b) moisture content and temperature, and (c) time and temperature for hydrolysis efficiency, (d) moisture content and time, (e) moisture content and temperature, and (f) time and temperature for glucan conversion. Figure S3: Variation of hydrolyzed glucose produced from 100 g sawdust with respect to xylan removal after steam explosion. Figure S4: (a) Solids recovery, (b) final glucose concentration, (c) hydrolysis efficiency and (d) glucan conversion efficiency vs. pretreatment severity (S0). Table S1: Standardized models obtained for solid recovered, final glucose concentration, hydrolysis efficiency and glucan conversion efficiency. Figure S5: Pareto chart of standardized effects for (a) xylosaccharides recovery, (b) hydrolysis efficiency, and (c) and glucan conversion efficiency.; Figure S6: Experimental glucan efficiency conversion of exploded solids vs. model predicted values (Equation 2)