Okereke Macjonathan Chimchetam, V. A. Wirnkor, Duru Edbert Chidi
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The hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose at the temperature of 100o C using phosphoric acid as catalyst was studied in this work. The effect of acid concentration on glucose yield with 1 g of biomass weight was studied at H3PO4 concentrations of 1 %, 2 %, 4 %, 8 %, 15 % and 20 %. It was found that glucose yield is directly proportional to acid concentration, with best yield of glucose being 21 mg in 35 minutes at acid concentration of 15 %. The hydrolysis could not take place at other concentrations studied. The effect of biomass weight on glucose yield was carried out with 0.5 g, 1.0 g, 1.5 g and 2.0 g of biomass. Results showed that 1.5 g and 2.0 g gave both 22 mg of glucose, while the other biomass weights gave 0 mg. This also indicated a proportional relationship between biomass weight and glucose yields. Optimization studies were carried out using the best values of acid concentration and biomass weight. The results showed that rate of cellulose hydrolysis at these conditions was 0.957 mg/min. The results obtained from this study showed that phosphoric acid is not a good catalyst for cellulose hydrolysis.