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Title: Process for the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass

Abstract

A process for the treatment of biomass to render structural carbohydrates more accessible and/or digestible using concentrated ammonium hydroxide with or without anhydrous ammonia addition, is described. The process preferably uses steam to strip ammonia from the biomass for recycling. The process yields of monosaccharides from the structural carbohydrates are good, particularly as measured by the enzymatic hydrolysis of the structural carbohydrates. The monosaccharides are used as animal feeds and energy sources for ethanol production.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (USA).
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1143633
Patent Number(s):
8771425
Application Number:
13/591,092
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE {
C - CHEMISTRY C13 - SUGAR INDUSTRY C13K - SACCHARIDES, OTHER THAN SUCROSE, OBTAINED FROM NATURAL SOURCES OR BY HYDROLYSIS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING DI-, OLIGO- OR POLYSACCHARIDES
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS

Citation Formats

Dale, Bruce E. Process for the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Dale, Bruce E. Process for the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass. United States.
Dale, Bruce E. Tue . "Process for the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1143633.
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