Hydrothermal pentose to furfural conversion and simultaneous extraction with SC-CO2 - Kinetics and application to biomass hydrolysates

► Biomass converted to furfural with only water and CO2 as processing agents. ► Furfural yield significantly increased by simultaneous SC-CO2 extraction. ► Influence of temperature, time and pentose concentration modelled. ► Determination of l-arabinose dehydration kinetics under hydrothermal conditions.