Optimization of thermochemical hydrolysis of potassium hydroxide-delignified Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L) pod husks under low combined severity factors (CSF) conditions

Optimization of potassium hydroxide combined urea pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw using response surface methodology for improving sugar production

“…According to the research described by Sharma et al (2013), potassium hydroxide concentration and temperature during pretreatment also had a positive effect on delignification of switchgrass, which could enhance sugar yields. Whereas potassium hydroxide concentration and temperature during pretreatment had insignificant effect on sugar yields from Parthenium hysterophorus (Kumar et al 2023), and time during pretreatment had an insignificant effect on sugar yields from cocoa (Theobroma cacao L) pod husks (Ouattara et al 2023). In addition, temperature and time during pretreatment had insignificant effects on sugar yields from jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) biomass (Sharma et al 2023).…”