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Table 2 Component yield before and after hydrolysis of pretreatment solution

From: Glycerol carbonate as green solvent for pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse

Solvent type

AC:AG

Pretreatment solution

Hydrolysed pretreatment solution1

Xylose (%)

Furfural (%)

Glucose (%)

Xylose (%)

Furfural (%)

GC:glycerol

1:0

8.4±1.7

0.3±0.0

4.2±0.3

73.2±2.5

1.9±0.3

9:1

6.8±0.4

0.2±0.0

2.8±0.3

71.3±3.5

2.1±0.3

4:1

5.1±0.6

0.2±0.1

2.4±0.2

67.1±5.1

2.0±0.2

2:1

4.4±0.1

0.1±0.1

2.0±0.1

57.1±2.7

1.0±0.2

1:1

4.0±0.1

-

1.5±0.1

53.0±5.8

0.5±0.1

0:1

1.5±0.7

-

0.6±0.2

30.7±4.0

0.3±0.0

EC:EG

1:0

2.6±0.5

9.5±0.5

3.1±0.2

38.8±3.7

11.7±0.8

4:1

2.9±0.4

0.4±0.2

1.8±0.5

66.8±8.0

1.2±0.2

0:1

1.5±0.3

-

0.5±0.1

31.6±5.7

0.6±0.1

  1. 1. Solvent solution collected after pretreatment was diluted to a water content of 75 wt% and hydrolysed in a sealed pressure tube for 30 min at 130°C.