Table 1: Effect of BMIMCl concentration on ethanol fermentation process data and thermokinetic parameters.

Ci (gL-1) 0 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 5
Cb (gL-1) 3.85±0.12 3.38±0.08 3.11±0.10 3.04±0.06 2.90±0.09 2.39±0.05
Cs (gL-1) 3.4±0.2 3.6±0.3 3.7±0.4 3.9±0.4 3.8±0.3 6.1±0.5
Cp (gL-1) 40.3±0.7 39.1±0.6 38.2±0.8 37.3±0.3 35.9±0.7 25.1±0.5
Yp/s 0.460±0.008 0.446±0.007 0.436±0.009 0.426±0.003 0.410±0.008 0.287±0.006
E 10.47±0.19 11.57±0.18 12.28±0.27 12.27±0.10 12.37±0.24 10.50±0.21
µm (h-1) 0.226±0.012 0.216±0.008 0.193±0.006 0.190±0.005 0.186±0.007 0.105±0.006
Tm (min) 766±16 773±12 765±18 766±9 763±14 762±17
Pm (mW) 5.02±0.12 4.32±0.08 3.94±0.05 3.91±0.07 4.37±0.03 4.38±0.06
Cbm (gL-1) 2.41±0.08 2.05±0.07 1.72±0.03 1.61±0.06 1.50±0.06 0.62±0.04
Cpm (gL-1) 12.5±0.5 11.1±0.3 10.3±0.6 9.4±0.4 8.6±0.7 6.4±0.2
pm (mWlg-1) 2.08±0.05 2.11±0.04 2.29±0.03 2.43±0.04 2.91±0.02 7.06±0.10
K (h-1) 0.233±0.015 0.207±0.009 0.180±0.010 0.185±0.006 0.196±0.008 0.201±0.012
Qtotal (J) 199.5±4.8 200.4±3.6 208.9±2.7 228.0±4.3 235.4±5.6 234.8±7.2
Qlog (J) 72.1±1.5 65.1±0.9 67.4±1.2 68.2±0.8 72.4±2.3 69.0±1.6
HY (Jlg-1) 8.15±0.09 10.03±0.91 14.99±0.84 20.78±2.92 26.87±2.57 54.71±0.37
HE (Jlg-1) 4.18±0.16 4.18±0.16 4.18±0.16 4.18±0.16 4.18±0.16 4.18±0.16
H (Jg-1) 990±24 1025±18 1094±14 1223±23 1311±31 1871±57

Ci represents the BMIMCl concentration (gL-1), Cb represents the final yeast concentration (gL-1), Cs represents the final fermentable sugars concentration (gL-1), Cp represents the final ethanol concentration (gL-1), E represents the average specific ethanol productivity of yeast, Yp/s represents the ethanol yield from the fermentable sugars, µm represents the yeast specific growth rate (h-1), Tm represents the time of the maximum producing heat power (min), Pm represents the maximum producing heat power (mW), Cbm represents the yeast concentration of the maximum producing heat power (gL-1), Cpm represents the ethanol concentration of the maximum producing heat power (gL-1), pm represents the maximum specific producing heat power (mWlg-1), K represents the producing heat power constant (h-1), Qtotal represents the total heat output (J), Qlog represents the heat output for log phase (J), HY represents the heat output for yeast concentration increasing 1 gL-1 (Jlg-1), HE represents the heat output for ethanol concentration increasing 1 gL-1 (Jlg-1), H represents the total heat output for producing 1 g ethanol (Jg-1).