Patents Assigned to Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy Of Sciences
  • Patent number: 9243303
    Abstract: A method for the dissolving and rapid hydrolyzing of the lignocellulose biomass and the device thereof are disclosed. The lignocellulose biomass is put in the pure water and rapidly heated to 330˜403° C., and then 89˜99% of the lignocellulose biomass is dissolved and rapidly hydrolyzed to saccharide in 3.38˜21.79 s. The following hydrolysis reaction can be carried out under the homogeneous phase condition for the dissolving of the lignocellulose biomass. At the same time, the solvated biomass could be easily used in the high pressure flow reactor to continuously pretreat the biomass and hydrolyze for producing saccharide, other biofuel and product. The present invention doesn't need any catalyst and doesn't pollute the environment, furthermore the process is simple and the cost is low, and it belongs to green, continuable industry encouraged by the state, and a good prospect of market application could be taken on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: XISHUANGBANNA TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Zhen Fang
  • Patent number: 9115215
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for completely dissolving and rapidly hydrolyzing cellulose, and uses thereof. Cellulose is placed in an acidic aqueous solution with a [H+] concentration of 10?7˜1 M or an alkaline aqueous solution with a [OH?] concentration of 10?7˜1 M as sample A, wherein the volume ratio of solid to liquid is (0.003˜1.05):1. The acidic aqueous solution with a [H+] concentration of 10?7˜1 M or the alkaline aqueous solution with a [OH?] concentration of 10?7˜1 M is heated up to 261˜352 as sample B. Sample A and sample B obtained from step 1 and step 2 are mixed in a reactor to a concentration of cellulose of 0.1%˜35%, the concentration of the mixed solution is adjusted to an acidity of 10?7˜1 M [H+] or an alkalinity of 10?7˜1 M [OH?], and a water density of 587˜997 kg/m3, pressure is set at 6˜584 MPa. The mixture is rapidly heated up to 261˜352 at heating rate of 7.8˜14.8 /s, and then cellulose is dissolved completely in 0.8˜2 sec and hydrolyzed in 5 sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: XISHUANGBANNA TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventor: Zhen Fang
  • Publication number: 20130274527
    Abstract: A method for the dissolving and rapid hydrolyzing of the lignocellulose biomass and the device thereof are disclosed. The lignocellulose biomass is put in the pure water and rapidly heated to 330˜403° C., and then 89˜99% of the lignocellulose biomass is dissolved and rapidly hydrolyzed to saccharide in 3.38˜21.79 s. The following hydrolysis reaction can be carried out under the homogeneous phase condition for the dissolving of the lignocellulose biomass. At the same time, the solvated biomass could be easily used in the high pressure flow reactor to continuously pretreat the biomass and hydrolyze for producing saccharide, other biofuel and product. The present invention doesn't need any catalyst and doesn't pollute the environment, furthermore the process is simple and the cost is low, and it belongs to green, continuable industry encouraged by the state, and a good prospect of market application could be taken on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy Of Sciences
    Inventor: Zhen Fang