Pretreatment of sweet sorghum bagasse at 100°C at three lime doses (g per g bagasse), 0, 0.05, and 0.1; two water contents (ml per g bagasse), 7 or 10; and two treatment durations (h), 1 or 2 were evaluated. Composition analysis of pretreated samples revealed that the higher the lime dose, the...

For a commercial breakthrough of ethanol production from lignocelluloses, one main challenge still exists in achieving high ethanol concentrations during fermentation. Using sweet sorghum as a feedstock for ethanol production has the advantage to have both, directly fermentable sugars in the...