Abstract: A system and method to treat biomass to make bioproducts such as biofuels and biochemical is disclosed. The systems are configured to treat a liquid component separated from biomass to yield sugars available to form a fermentation product or bio-product. The system and method comprises treatment and separation of process streams (e.g. liquids, solids, etc.) to produce bioproducts such as fuel and biochemical as well as to recover/reuse and utilize content of process streams. Lignin is separated from the bioproduct stream (e.g. a solids component) forming a recovered bioproducts; efficient removal of lignin facilitates productive operation of the system. The system disclosed is configured to recover and recycle acid (e.g. phosphoric acid) used as a concentrated acid in the process to pre-treat biomass (for bioprocessing). The acid used in the process is recycled and recovered in order to establish economically attractive biorefinery to make bio-products from biomass (e.g.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 4, 2016
Publication date:
July 6, 2017
Applicant:
Arbiom Inc.
Inventors:
William F. McDonald, Naga Vinod Kumar Bathula, Michael Bowyer, Brandon Kiser, Vaishnavi Srinivasan, Lisette Tenlep, Brie-Anna Walker
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fractionating a lignocellulosic biomass. More specifically, the present invention lies in the field of cellulose solvent- and organic solvent-based lignocellulose fractionation (COSLIF) of lignocellulosic biomasses. In this type of process, a cellulose solvent, such as phosphoric acid or an ionic liquid is used to disrupt the structure of cellulose in a lignocellulosic biomass. Subsequent washing and treatment steps are used to fractionate the biomass.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 4, 2016
Publication date:
June 8, 2017
Applicant:
Arbiom Inc.
Inventors:
Naga Vinod Kumar Bathula, Lisette Tenlep, William F. McDonald, Fan Hu, Aziz Ahmed
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing glucose from a cellulosic biomass using enzymatic hydrolysis. The present invention also relates to a device for performing such method.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 4, 2016
Publication date:
June 8, 2017
Applicant:
Arbiom Inc.
Inventors:
Lisette Tenlep, Pavani Mandali, Pratik Darvekar, Laura Carter, Cassidy Strange, Rebekah Kendall, Samuel Smith