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A company plans to produce cellulosic ethanol from corn stover; a concept diagram of which is represented by the attached figure. The harvested corn stover

A company plans to produce cellulosic ethanol from corn stover; a concept diagram of which is represented by the attached figure. The harvested corn stover has 5% moisture content, and the composition of the dry biomass is 38% glucan, 22% xylan, 6% galactan, 4% arabinan, 18% lignin, 5% ash, and 7% extractives. Liquid hot water (LHW) pretreatment is used to pretreat 10 metric tons (MT) of corn stover with a water flow rate of 50L/min at 200\deg C for 30min. During the pretreatment, 2% glucan, 90% xylan, and all other cellulose and hemicellulose are hydrolyzed into monomeric sugars without the formation of furans, while during enzymatic hydrolysis, 95% glucan and 80% xylan in the pretreated corn stover are hydrolyzed into glucose and xylose, respectively. What is the quantity (in MT) of fermentable sugars (monosaccharides) that are produced in pretreatment stage?
(please give answer in two decimal places)Molecular weights of some important molecules
\table[[,C,H,O,MW],[Cellulose,6,10,5,162],[Glucose,6,12,6,180],[HMF,6,6,3,126],[Pentosan,5,8,4,132],[Pentose,5,10,5,150],[Furfural,5,4,2,96]]
Table 6.1(book)
\table[[No. of carbon,Category name,Example],[3,Triose,Glyceraldehyde, dihydroxyacetone],[4,Tetrose,Erythrose, threose, erythrulose],[5,Pentose,Ribose, ribulose, xylose, xylulose, arabinose],[6,Hexose,Glucose, galactose, mannose, fructose],[7,Heptose,Sedoheptulose],[8,Octose,Octulose],[9,Nonose,Neuraminic acid, also known as sialic acid (derivative)]]
Remember the same structural impirical formula for carbon number 3 or more: (CH2O)n
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