Lignocellulosic materials (LM) are an ever present renewable and available energy source. This source is the only alternative for chemical production after fossil fuels.
A study of the influence of variety type of dilute acid treatment and responses of different cellulosic agriculture wastes namely: sugarcane bagasse, rice straw, corn stover, and corn cobs to hydrolysis showed that both treatment conditions (temperature, pressure, reaction time and concentration of acid) and LM source affected on the percent of products. The treatment was carried out in flask equipped with condenser at atmospheric pressure and in small reactor at elevated pressure.
The materials were grinded washed with water, and dried before retreatment.
HMF, levulonic acid and furfural were extracted and measured from different LM sources in addition to total reduced sugars were estimated.