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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120067342 | METHOD FOR COMPLETELY DISSOLVING AND RAPIDLY HYDROLYZING CELLULOSE, AND USES OF SAID METHOD The invention discloses a method for completely dissolving and rapidly hydrolyzing cellulose, and uses thereof. Cellulose is placed in an acidic aqueous solution with a [H+] concentration of 10−7˜1 M or an alkaline aqueous solution with a [OH 03/22/2012 | |
| 20120040411 | PROCESS FOR THE HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSE There is disclosed a process for the hydrolysis of cellulose comprising the sequential steps (a) mixing cellulose with a viscosity below 900 ml/g with an aqueous solution to obtain a liquid, wherein particles comprising cellulose in said liquid have a diameter of maximu... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040408 | PROCESSING CELLULOSIC BIOMASS Improved systems and methods for reducing costs and increasing yields of cellulosic ethanol are disclosed herein, along with plants genetically transformed for increased biomass, expression of lignocellulolytic enzyme polypeptides, and/or simplification of harvesting an... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120029247 | CONVERSION METHOD A process is described for the preparation of water-soluble cellulose hydrolysis products, which comprises admixing cellulose with an ionic liquid capable of solvating or dissolving at least some of the cellulose, said ionic liquid being a compound comprised solely of c... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120006321 | ARUNDO DONAX HEMICELLULOSE RECOVERY PROCESS The present invention relates generally to a process for recovering hemicellulose from Arundo donax comprising extracting a hemicellulose containing fraction from an Arundo donax biomass, purifying the hemicellulose containing fraction to remove lignin and... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110315138 | PRETREATMENT METHOD FOR SACCHARIFICATION OF PLANT FIBER MATERIAL AND SACCHARIFICATION METHOD A pretreatment method for saccharification of plant fiber materials includes: immersing the plant fiber material in a solution that contains an organic solvent, in which a cluster acid is dissolved, prior to saccharifying cellulose contained in the plant fiber material;... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110318796 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING SOLUBLE SUGAR MOLECULES FROM BIOMASS MATERIAL Methods are provided for preparing a hydrolysate containing soluble sugar molecules from biomass that contains cellulose and hemicellulose. Hemicellulose sugars are extracted in the process, and the resulting hydrolysate may be used to support microbial fermentation to ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110312048 | CONVERSION METHOD A process is described for the preparation of water-soluble cellulose hydrolysis products The process comprises admixing cellulose with an ionic liquid capable of solvating or dissolving at least some of the cellulose, said ionic liquid being a compound comprised solely... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110303217 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSIC MATERIAL IN A MULTI-STEP PROCESS TO PRODUCE C5 AND C6 SUGARS USING A SINGLE VESSEL A system and method for extracting C5 sugars including pentose and/or C6 sugars including hexose from a slurry of cellulosic material comprising cellulose, water, and optionally acid.... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110287493 | FORMIC ACID TREATMENTS OF BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK The instant invention pertains to the use of formic acid in new processes for treating feedstocks comprising holocellulose, as well as, new compositions suitable for, for example, bioalcohol production. The processes may comprise first mixing the feedstock with an aqueo... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110250637 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUGAR LIQUID A sugar liquid containing only very small amounts of fermentation-inhibiting substances is produced by a method for producing a sugar liquid using a cellulose-containing biomass as a raw material, the method including: (1) a step of hydrolyzing a cellulose-containing bi... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110247609 | METHODS OF TREATING A BIOMASS FOR ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS The present invention is a process for treating a feedstock comprising holocellulose. The process comprises mixing the feedstock with a solution comprising cellulose binding domains to form a mixture. The mixture is then subjected to conditions sufficient to reduce the ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110180061 | METHOD AND PROCESS FOR DRY DISCHARGE IN A PRESSURIZED PRETREATMENT REACTOR A reactor for the treatment of lignocellulosic material and related methods. The reactor includes a vessel having an upper portion and a lower portion. A pressure envelope is formed between an outer wall of the vessel and at least one lower wall of the lower portion of ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110180062 | METHOD OF SACCHARIFICATION AND SEPARATION FOR PLANT FIBER MATERIALS The present invention is to provide a high-purity aqueous saccharide solution by increasing the collection rate of cluster acid which is a hydrolysis catalyst for cellulose in saccharification and separation for cellulose using a cluster acid catalyst. 07/28/2011 | |
| 20110143411 | Biomass fractionation process for bioproducts A fractionation process for producing value-added products from a lignocellulosic biomass, comprises: a) mechanically refining the lignocellulosic biomass under mild refining conditions to form a refined biomass pulp with enhanced susceptibility to separation of hemicel... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110129890 | METHOD OF TREATING SUBSTANCE CONTAINING LIGNOCELLULOSE OR CELLULOSE A method for converting a material comprising lignocellulose or cellulose into a substance convertible with yeast into ethyl alcohol, wherein a mixture comprising 1 part by weight of the material and 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of water is stirred at a temperature of 150 t... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110129886 | Biorefinery Process for Extraction, Separation, and Recovery of Fermentable Saccharides, other Useful Compounds, and Yield of Improved Lignocellulosic Material from Plant Biomass Non-food plant biomass is subjected to hot-water extraction in a pressurized vessel at an elevated temperature up to about 250° C. and at a pH below about 7.0, to yield an aqueous extract containing hemicellulosic components, other wood-derived compounds, and a lignoce... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110124056 | Pretreatment of Ligno-Cellulosic Biomass with Sulfonation Provided are methods for the pretreatment of ligno-cellulosic biomass such as softwoods with bisulfite such as ammonium bisulfite without the need for exogenous acid. In one variation, a method of pretreating ligno-cellulosic biomass is provided including the following ... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110120454 | METHOD FOR GLYCOSYLATING AND SEPARATING PLANT FIBER MATERIAL The invention relates to a method for hydrolyzing the plant fiber material to produce and separate a saccharide including glucose. The method includes a hydrolysis process of hydrolyzing cellulose contained in the plant fiber material and producing glucose in a first or... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110100359 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FRACTIONATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS Methods and systems for fractionating lignocellulosic biomass including hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin, including exploding the biomass cells to devolatilize the biomass, hydrolyzing the hemicellulose to produce a liquid component including hemicellulosic sugars an... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110094505 | Acid hydrolysis process of cellulosic and lignocellulosic materials The present invention relates to an enhanced process for sugar production through the acid hydrolysis of cellulosic and lignocellulosic materials characterized by the treatment of these materials in three steps. In the first step, it is made a digestion of the lignocell... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110079219 | BIOMASS PRETREATMENT A system for pre-treating biomass for the production of ethanol is provided. The system comprises a method for pre-treating biomass. The method comprises supplying biomass to a steaming bin, wherein the biomass is mixed with water, and inputting the steamed biomass to a... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110064805 | Porous cellulose aggregate and molding composition thereof A porous cellulose aggregate characterized by having a secondary aggregate structure resulting from aggregation of primary cellulose particles, having a pore volume within a particle of 0.265 to 2.625 cm3/g, containing I-type crystals and having an average pa... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110053230 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RATE OF LOWERING MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF POLYSACCHARIDES CONTAINED IN CELLULOSIC BIOMASS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUGAR, ALCOHOL, OR ORGANIC ACID An object of the present invention is to provide, with regard to a method for lowering the molecular weight of polysaccharides contained in a cellulosic biomass by mixing the cellulosic biomass with ionic liquid, a method for controlling such rate of lowering of molecul... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110011391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE HEAT TREATMENT OF A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK UPSTREAM OF HYDROLYSIS An apparatus for heating a cellulosic feedstock prior to hydrolysis is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pressurizable treatment chamber, a mixing and conveyance member configured to deaggregate the cellulosic feedstock and mix the cellulosic feedstock with gas in th... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110003352 | PROCESS FOR THE STEPWISE TREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL TO PRODUCE REACTIVE CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS A method for the fractionation of lignocellulosic materials into reactive chemical feedstock in a batch or semi continuous process by the stepwise treatment with aqueous aliphatic alcohols in the presence of sulfur dioxide or acid. Lignocellulosic material is fractionat... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100319424 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING BIOFUELS FROM BIOMASS Systems and processes for converting bulky lignocellulosic biomass to high density biomass products, including biofuels, are described. The systems and processes relate to treating freshly harvested plant materials, generally at or in close proximity to sites where the ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100313882 | FRACTIONATION OF BIOMASS FOR CELLULOSIC ETHANOL AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTION A process is defined for the continuous steam pretreatment and fractionation of corn cobs and low lignin lignocellulosic biomass to produce a concentrated cellulose solid stream that is sensitive to enzymatic hydrolysis. Valuable chemicals are recovered by fractionating... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100297704 | PROCESS FOR BIOMASS CONVERSION The present invention relates to a clean process of preparing high grade biomass products, and their use in the production of health care products, bio-energy products, biochemicals, bio-originated chemicals and biodegradable plastics.... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100275908 | METHOD FOR PREPARING MAIN HYDROLYSATE BY HYDROLYZING PLANT CELLULOSE MATERIALS WITH CONCENTRATED SULFURIC ACID The present invention relates to a method to dispose plant cellulose materials, in particular to a method for preparing a main hydrolysate by hydrolyzing the plant cellulose materials with concentrated sulfuric acid. The plant cellulose materials are mixed with sulfuric... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100279372 | METHOD OF PRETREATING LIGNOCELLULOSE-BASED BIOMASS Disclosed is a method of pretreating lignocellulose-based biomass by extracting lignin from biomass by adding a solvent for dissolving lignin to the lignocellulose-based biomass including lignin, hemicellulose and cellulose, and extracting the cellulose and/or hemicellu... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100196967 | FRACTIONATION OF A LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL A method for fractionating a lignocellulosic material, the method comprising; contacting (2) the lignocellulosic material with an ionic liquid (3) and dissolving the lignocellulosic material therein, providing a second liquid (7) which is immiscible... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100186736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK A method and apparatus for conveying a cellulosic feedstock are disclosed. The apparatus, such as a holding tank, has a passage. At the outlet to the passage, a conveyance member is provided to convey the cellulosic feedstock laterally across the outlet. The conveyance ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100186735 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK A method and apparatus for preparing a cellulosic feedstock are disclosed. Embodiments of the method comprise passing the cellulosic feedstock out of at least one outlet of a vessel (such as a holding tank) and obtaining at least two streams of cellulosic feedstock wher... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100175690 | Method and System for Hydrolytic Saccharification of a Cellulosic Biomass A method and system for hydrolyzing cellulose and/or hemicellulose contained in a biomass into monosaccharides and oligosaccharides by using high-temperature and high-pressure water in a subcritical condition is provided. In hydrolyzing cellulose or hemicellulose into s... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100175691 | PROCESS FOR RECYCLING CELLULOSE ACETATE ESTER WASTE A process for recycling cellulose acetate ester waste comprising the steps of: providing a reactor, adding cellulose acetate ester waste and a hydrolyzing agent to the reactor to create an agent/waste mixture followed by hydrolyzing the cellulose acetate ester waste by ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100170504 | CELLULOSE-SOLVENT-BASED LIGNOCELLULOSE FRACTIONATION WITH MODEST REACTION CONDITIONS AND REAGENT CYCLING Embodiments of the present invention overcome the well-known recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass in an economically viable manner. A process and system are provided for the efficient fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass into cellulose, hemicellulose sugars, lig... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100163019 | Conversion of cellulosic biomass to sugar A process for converting wet cellulosic biomass to at least one sugar, such as glucose. The process comprises treating the wet cellulosic biomass with a strong acid at a temperature no greater than 40° C., wherein the acid is present in an amount of at least 10 moles p... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100163018 | FRACTIONATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL USING IONIC LIQUIDS Lignocellulosic biomass materials are fractionated by dissolving at least a portion of the lignocellulosic material in an ionic liquid and separating the resulting mixture into a cellulose-enriched fraction and/or a lignin-enriched fraction. The cellulose-enriched fract... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100126501 | PLANT-FIBER-MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION METHOD Cellulose contained in plant fiber material is hydrolyzed with the use of a pseudo-molten cluster acid as a hydrolysis catalyst to produce saccharide, most of which is glucose. After the glucose is produced, the saccharide is precipitated with the use of an organic solv... | 05/27/2010 |
