Cellulosic ethanol made from cellulosic biomass is a promising alternative to petroleum-based transportation fuels. Enzymatic hydrolysis is a crucial step in cellulosic ethanol production. In order to better understand the mechanisms of enzymatic hydrolysis, relationships between cellulosic...

Two different sugar yield definitions (cellulose-based and biomass-based) were used in reported studies investigating the relationship between biomass particle size and enzymatic hydrolysis sugar yield. It is noticed that these reported relationships are not consistent if sugar yield is defined...