Abstract: Background: Agricultural residues such as sweet potato peels represent an underutilized lignocellulosic feedstock for second-generation bioethanol. While acid hydrolysis effectively depolymerizes starch and hemicellulose into fermentable monosaccharides, the relationship between acid concentration, saccharification efficiency, and subsequent microbial....
Keywords: saccharification efficiency, bioethanol precursors, sweet potato peel waste, fermentation conversion, dilute acid hydrolysis, lignocellulosic biomass
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