PRETREATMENT PROCESS OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIALS, USING IONIC LIQUIDS, TO OBTAIN BIOETHANOL

• Main Authors: Omar MERINO PÉREZ, Rafael MARTÍNEZ PALOU, Jorge Arturo ABURTO ANELL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 08.02.2019
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; DERIVATIVES OF NATURAL MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MINERAL WAXES; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAPER-MAKING; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCESFROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

The present disclosure is related to a pretreatment process of lignocellulosic materials and waste, which is carried out in a practical and efficient way, using ionic liquids (IL's) as pre-conditioning solvents that modify the structural characteristics of lignocellulosic materials, under mild...