Microwave assisted transition metal salt and orthophosphoric acid pretreatment systems: Generation of bioethanol and xylo-oligosaccharides

In the present work, the transition metal compounds i.e. CoCl2, NiCl2, and CrO3 were used as microwave sensitizer’s chemicals in combination with H3PO4. The efficiency of the pretreatment process was assessed based on sugar and ethanol generation potential from pretreated rice straw (RS). The in-house produced crude cellulase (Cr-Cell) and xylanase (Cr-Xyl) alone and in combination was used for hydrolysis of pretreated RS. The efficiency of the...