DECRYSTALLIZATION OF CELLULOSIC BIOMASS WITH AN ACID MIXTURE COMPRISING PHOSPHORIC AND SULFURIC ACIDS

The present invention provides a process for treating biomass to produce sugars. The process is directed to decrystallizing cellulose by contacting biomass with an acid mixture comprising sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid at particular molar ratios. Following decrystallization, the biomass may be hy...

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Main Authors LIAUW, ANN, Y, HARMER, MARK, ANDREW
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 06.04.2011
Subjects
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
DERIVATIVES THEREOF
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
ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
POLYSACCHARIDES
SACCHARIDES, OTHER THAN SUCROSE, OBTAINED FROM NATURAL SOURCESOR BY HYDROLYSIS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING DI-, OLIGO- ORPOLYSACCHARIDES
SPIRITS
SUGAR INDUSTRY
THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:The present invention provides a process for treating biomass to produce sugars. The process is directed to decrystallizing cellulose by contacting biomass with an acid mixture comprising sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid at particular molar ratios. Following decrystallization, the biomass may be hydrolyzed with the acid mixture to produce a saccharification product comprising sugars.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20090790788