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Table 1 Summary of gas chromatogram of bio-ethanol concentration determination

From: Bio-ethanol production from wet coffee processing waste in Ethiopia

Sample

Reten. time (min)

Area (mV s)

Height (mV)

Area (%)

Height (%)

Pure ethanol (95%)

0.639

5069

893

100

100

Total

5069

893

100

100

Sample hydrolyzed by 0.2 M H2SO4

0.283

1623

241

31.3

23.7

0.616

3565

774

68.7

76.3

Total

5188

1014

100

100

Sample hydrolyzed by 0.2 M H2SO4 + 2 mL of pure ethanol (95%) added

0.276

2148

402

24.4

31.4

0.639

6665

879

75.6

68.6

Total

8813

1281

100

100

Sample hydrolyzed by 0.4 M H2SO4

0.286

2101

300

22.0

25.5

0.632

7450

875

78.0

74.5

Total

9551

1175

100

100

Sample hydrolyzed by 0.6 M H2SO4

0.283

2528

315

24.5

24.5

0.609

7804

885

75.5

73.8

Total

10,332

1199

100

100

Sample hydrolyzed by 0.8 M H2SO4

0.303

2624

183

29.6

21.0

0.622

6233

688

70.4

79.0

Total

8857

871

100

100

Sample hydrolyzed by 1 M H2SO4

0.280

3296

241

36.5

23.4

0.616

5735

789

63.5

76.6

Total

9031

1030

100

100

Sample hydrolyzed by distilled water

0.310

15,724

937

70.2

52.9

0.636

6680

833

29.8

47.1

Total

22,404

1770

100

100

  1. Samples were hydrolyzed at 100 °C and fermented for 24 h