Dilute acid and ionic liquid based pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass towards fermentable sugars

Abstract

The current study focuses on physico chemical characterization and pretreatment of three commonly available lignocellulosic biomasses of North East India such as Castor Ricinus communis Jatropha Jatropha curcas and Miscanthus Miscanthus Sinensis for second generation biofuels production It was found that the cellulose content of three biomasses varied from 40 to 44 hemicellulose content from 8 to 14 and lignin content varied from 21 to 30 Chemical structure of lignocellulose is