IONIC LIQUID BIOPROCESSING

• Main Authors: TEIXEIRA, RODRIGO, E, PIETSCH, STEVE, KOUBA, JAY, VERSER, DAN, KNAPP, KURTIS, G
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.03.2016
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEPARATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING

Methods are provided herein for performing ionic liquid separations for biomass processing. Aspects of the disclosure include formation of Aqueous Biphasic Systems (ABS), optionally using kosmotropic salts. Further aspects include separations using anti-solvents, reactive extraction, azeotropic distillation and polyelectrolytes. L'invention concerne des procédés pour effectuer des séparations par liquide ionique pour le traitement de biomasse. Des aspects de l'invention comprennent la formation de Systèmes Biphasiques Aqueux (ABS), éventuellement à l'aide de sels cosmotropes. D'autres aspects comprennent des séparations à l'aide d'anti-solvants, l'extraction réactive, la distillation azéotropique et des polyélectrolytes.