Separation process of oil and sugars from biomass

Title: Separation process of oil and sugars from biomass

Process for recovery and separation of sugars and oil from plants where the stems and leaves of such plants have substantial levels of both sugars and oils.

Inventors:: Long, Stephen P; Singh, Vijay; Huang, Haibo

Issue Date:: 2016-07-19

OSTI Identifier:: 1264474

Assignee:: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL) ARPA-E

Patent Number(s):: 9,394,503

Application Number:: 14/514,206

Contract Number:: AR0000206

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Oct 14

Research Org:: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Potentials of separation membranes in the sugar industry
journal, January 2002

Hinkova, Andrea; Bubnı́k, Zdenek; Kadlec, Pavel
Separation and Purification Technology, Vol. 26, Issue 1, p. 101-110
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5866(01)00121-6

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