Hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse was successfully achieved by using GVL/water solution.
Higher sulfuric acid concentration of 50 mM resulted in no remarkable effects on the degradation rate of sugarcane bagasse in all experiments, which was in agreement with the results of levoglucosan production [5].
Hydrolysis of biomass by dilute acid is typically carried out with at least 0.5–2 wt% [18], while low concentration of 5 mM (∼0.05 wt%) was needed by using the GVL/water solution, which could avoid the recovery process of mineral acid and improve the economics of biomass-derived products.
Dramatic decrease in the concentration of glucose, xylose, and arabinose were observed with the increase of biomass loading.