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Title: Method for pretreating lignocellulosic biomass

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for pretreating lignocellulosic biomass containing alkali and/or alkaline earth metal (AAEM). The method comprises providing a lignocellulosic biomass containing AAEM; determining the amount of the AAEM present in the lignocellulosic biomass; identifying, based on said determining, the amount of a mineral acid sufficient to completely convert the AAEM in the lignocellulosic biomass to thermally-stable, catalytically-inert salts; and treating the lignocellulosic biomass with the identified amount of the mineral acid, wherein the treated lignocellulosic biomass contains thermally-stable, catalytically inert AAEM salts.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1210883
Patent Number(s):
9109049
Application Number:
13/827,769
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, IA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES
C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08H - DERIVATIVES OF NATURAL MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
DOE Contract Number:  
FG36-08GO18205
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Mar 14
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 09 BIOMASS FUELS

Citation Formats

Kuzhiyil, Najeeb M., Brown, Robert C., and Dalluge, Dustin Lee. Method for pretreating lignocellulosic biomass. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Kuzhiyil, Najeeb M., Brown, Robert C., & Dalluge, Dustin Lee. Method for pretreating lignocellulosic biomass. United States.
Kuzhiyil, Najeeb M., Brown, Robert C., and Dalluge, Dustin Lee. Tue . "Method for pretreating lignocellulosic biomass". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1210883.
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