Nis, BernaOzsel, Burcak Kaya2026-02-122026-02-122020978-625-409-001-1https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/68695th Eurasian Waste Management Symposium (EWMS) -- OCT 26-28, 2020 -- Istanbul, TURKEYThe interest on the production of biofuels and biochemicals from lignocellulosic/cellulosic biomass is growing very fast, on account of the possibility of reducing global environmental problems. To develop a more efficient and green process, properties of the reaction solvents such as partition coefficient, viscocity boiling point, thermal stability and cost are very significant. Even though water is known as the greenest solvent for hydrolysis and conversion of biomass into value added chemicals, the use of different co-solvents become preferable to increase the percentage of hydrolysis, conversion yield and product selectivity. Studies in the literature have proved that product selectivity increases with the use of appropriate co-solvents [1, 2]. In this study, conversion of wheat straw and linter to valuable chemicals were investigated (furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural, levulinic acid) in the presence of three different types of co-solvent (organic solvent, ionic liquid and deep eutectic solvent (DES)). Reactions were carried out under appropriate conditions that previously determined for each co-solvent:water medium. The maximum amount of levulinic acid was achieved (30.79 mg/g biomass) from linter in DES:water medium and 11.99 mg LA was obtained from 1 g of wheat straw with the use of ionic liquids ([BMIM]HSO4) as co-solvent.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBiomassionic liquidDESfurfurallevulinic acidConference Object378378WOS:001254390200056N/AN/A