The production of fermentable sugar and bioethanol from acacia wood by optimizing dilute sulfuric acid pretreatment and post treatment

•Potential of acacia wood as a raw material for sugar production has been proved.•Maximum glucose yield was carried out with 0.05% sulfuric acid at 200 °C for 5 min.•Dilute acid treatment was compared to hydrothermal treatment for sugar conversion.•Mechanical refining and addition of soy protein imp...

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