Economic Competitiveness of Cellulose Hidrolysis Process

The hydrolysis process to obtain the so-called “reducing sugars" represents the main step involved in the production of the second generation bioethanol. This product can be obtained directly from various types of green biomass, replacing the use of cereals cultivations, with obvious benefits to the environment and the economy of agricultural production. However, it is necessary to improve the hydrolysis process of the cellulose to achieve this goal. To this purpose we applied a chemical process previously used. We tested the yields by using a colorimetric method employing bicinchoninic acid (BCA) for the quantitative detection of reducing sugars.