Ionic liquid pretreatment of Acacia auriculiformis and Mitragyna speciosa

Production of bioethanol from lignocellulic biomass has become a better alternative in replacing non-renewable fuel source such as petroleum. However, in many investigations on bioethanol field, the crucial part of this process is pre-treatment in order to breakdown the crystallinity structure of biomass to contribute the positive result in successful hydrolysis and downstream operations. In other hand, harsh conditions of pre-treatment create unfriendly and costly pre-treatment. Therefore, this research is conducted in order to investigate the effectiveness of conventional physco-chemical pre-treatment technologies by using two different type of dilution ionic-liquids ([EMIM]Cl and [BMIM]Cl) in Bio-shake IQ reactor on different two type lignocellulic biomass (Acacia auriculiformis), and Mitragyna speciosa ) and cellulose crystalline powder. Furthermore, the purpose of varies parameter (temperature, rpm and concentration) during pre-treatment are to determine and identify the ambient pretreatment condition for the three different type of samples