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Table 2 Comparison of the glucan-to-glucose conversion of cellulose in rice straw treated with different pretreatment methods followed by enzymatic hydrolysis

From: Polyhydroxyalkanoate production from rice straw hydrolysate obtained by alkaline pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis using Bacillus strains isolated from decomposing straw

Pretreatment method

Solid loading

(g/L)

Hydrolysis time

(h)

Glucan conversion (%)

Reference

20% aq. ammonia, 80 °C, 10 h

100

30

92

This study

21% aq. ammonia, 69 °C, 10 h

167

96

88.4

Ko et al. (2009)

20% aq. ammonia, 80 °C, 12 h

100

72

94.4

Kim et al. (2014)

7% aq. ammonia, 80 °C, 12 h

100

72

91.2

Kim et al. (2014)

2% NaOH, 80 °C, 3 h

100

15

81.9

This study

2.96% NaOH, 81.79 °C, 56.66 min

100

72

78.7

Kim and Han (2012)

4% NaOH, 25 °C, 12 h and 121 °C, 1 h

80

96

81.2

Takano and Hoshino (2018)

5% NaOH, 100 °C, 3 h

30

24

84.33

Sophonputtanaphoca et al. (2018)

7% NaOH, 80 °C, 4 h

100

48

88.27

Tsegaye et al. (2019)

2% Ca(OH)2, 80 °C, 24 h

100

15

55.6

This study

10% Ca(OH)2, 95 °C, 3 h

100

72

48.5

Cheng et al. (2010)

15% Ca(OH)2, 25 °C, 72 h

50

72

58.4

Gu et al. (2015)

1% H2SO4, 160 °C, 0.5 h

50

72

57

Lee et al. (2015)

3.65% HCl, 4.9% H2SO4 or 3.27% H3PO4, 25 °C, 4 h and 121 °C, 1 h

100

120

72,2%

Jampatesh et al. (2019)

1% H2SO4, 1 h and steam explosion, 180 °C, 10 min residence time

50

72

81.1%

Semwal et al. (2019)