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Table 3 LSD’s test for the cellulose conversion and ethanol yield

From: Analysis of alkali ultrasonication pretreatment in bioethanol production from cotton gin trash using FT-IR spectroscopy and principal component analysis

Pretreatment

LSD's statistica

Cellulose conversion

Pretreatment

LSD's statistic1

Ethanol yield

U-NaOH 15% + HW + E

A

0.409 ± 0.059

U-NaOH 15% + HW + E

A

0.639 ± 0.139

U-NaOH 10% + HW + E

A

0.363 ± 0.050

U-NaOH 10% + HW + E

AB

0.585 ± 0.0563

U-NaOH 5% + HW + E

AB

0.329 ± 0.061

U-NaOH 5% + HW + E

B

0.514 ± 0.077

U + HW + E

B

0.226 ± 0.056

U + HW + E

C

0.28867 ± 0.086

CGT

C

0.042 ± 0.002

CGT

D

0.08000 ± 0.104

  1. aMeans with the same letter are not significantly different from each other.