An improved process for the rapid hydrolysis of high solids biomass

• Main Authors: TORRE PAOLO, OTTONELLO PIERO, FERRORO SIMONE, COTTI COMETTINI MARCO, RIVA ALBERTO, CHERCHI FRANCESCO, GARBERO MIRKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.02.2015
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The process for the hydrolysis of ligno-cellulosic biomass comprises the steps of A) Contacting a ligno-cellulosic feedstock, the feedstock comprised of biomass having a dry content and water with at least a portion of a solvent, the solvent comprised of water soluble hydrolyzed species; wherein at...