Abstract
Rice husks is a residue with relevant amount of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin. The potential of deep eutectic solvent was investigated in rice husks pretreatment to delignification and increase in cellulose content. Sequential subcritical water hydrolysis was applied in the best pretreatment condition aiming to produce fermentable sugars. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy was used in pretreated rice husks to evaluated the increase in cellulose content at different pretreatment time (1, 2, 4 and 6 h), with choline chloride: glycerol and choline chloride: urea. The lignocellulosic composition was determined by thermogravimetric analysis. In the assay at 230 °C with R of 40, the highest yields of reducing sugars were obtained (49.9 ± 2.41 g/100 g biomass) and efficiency (67.91 ± 3.28 g sugars/100 g carbohydrates).
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