Table A.

1 Experimental plot for optimization of microwave assisted

Sodium chlorite delignification

Run Sodium Chlorite Time Microwave Power Delignificatio

% (min) (W) n%
1 5 5.00 200 76.26
2 10 12.50 200 95.32
3 15 12.50 300 93.82
4 5 20.00 200 80.34
5 10 5.00 100 84.80
6 10 20.00 300 90.26
7 10 12.50 200 95.01
8 15 20.00 200 95.16
9 10 12.50 200 95.37
10 5 12.50 100 76.94
11 10 12.50 200 95.38
12 10 20.00 100 88.43
13 5 12.50 300 75.40
14 10 12.50 200 95.11
15 15 5.00 200 91.09
16 15 12.50 100 90.10
17 10 5.00 300 85.60
Table A.2 ANOVA Table for microwave assisted Sodium chlorite delignification

Delignification
(%)
Coefficient P- Value
MODEL +95.24 < 0.0001
A-Sodium Chlorite % +7.65 < 0.0001

B-Time +2.05 < 0.0001

C-Microwave Power +0.60 0.0007

AB -2.500E-003 0.9869

AC +1.31 < 0.0001

BC +0.26 0.1235

A² -6.37 < 0.0001

B² -3.16 < 0.0001

C² -4.81 < 0.0001
Lack of fit 0.0606

R2 0.9993

Predicted R2 0.9906
Table A.3 Experimental plot for optimization of ultrasound assisted cellulose and

hemicellulose extraction

Sodium
hydroxide Temperatur Time Cellulose Hemicellulose
Run
% e (˚C) (min) yield (g/g) yield (g/g)

1 12.50 47.50 37.50 0.411 0.312

2 12.50 35.00 15.00 0.401 0.282
3 20.00 47.50 60.00 0.439 0.271
4 12.50 47.50 37.50 0.421 0.311
5 20.00 60.00 37.50 0.441 0.296
6 5.00 60.00 37.50 0.156 0.106
7 5.00 47.50 60.00 0.225 0.143
8 12.50 60.00 15.00 0.314 0.313
9 12.50 60.00 60.00 0.395 0.249
10 20.00 47.50 15.00 0.404 0.311
11 12.50 47.50 37.50 0.437 0.326
12 12.50 35.00 60.00 0.381 0.297
13 12.50 47.50 37.50 0.424 0.311
14 20.00 35.00 37.50 0.422 0.304
15 12.50 47.50 37.50 0.435 0.316
16 5.00 35.00 37.50 0.336 0.144
17 5.00 47.50 15.00 0.184 0.099

Table A.4 ANOVA Table for ultrasound assisted cellulose and hemicellulose
 extraction

SOURCE CELLULOSE HEMICELLULOSE

g/g g/g
Coefficient P- Value Coefficient P- Value
MODEL +0.43 < 0.0001 +0.32 < 0.0001
A-Sodium Hydroxide % +0.10 < 0.0001 +0.086 < 0.0001

B-Temperature -0.029 0.0016 -7.875E-003 0.0515

C-Time +0.017 0.0229 -5.625E-003 0.1378

AB +0.050 0.0006 +7.500E-003 0.1583

AC -1.500E- 0.8624 -0.021 0.0031

003
BC +0.025 0.0192 -0.020 0.0042

A² -0.073 < 0.0001 -0.091 < 0.0001

B² -0.014 0.1395 -0.012 0.0391

C² -0.039 0.0019 -0.018 0.0056
Lack of fit 0.0941 0.1133

R2 0.9858 0.9939

Predicted R2 0.8202 0.9246