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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Inventors:
Venkatesh Balan, East Lansing, MI (US);
Bruce E. Dale, Mason, MI (US);
Shuhaida Harun, Senawang, MY;
Assignee:
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C13K 1/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/10 (2006.01); C12P 7/16 (2006.01); C08H 8/00 (2010.01); C12P 19/14 (2006.01); C07C 31/08 (2006.01); C07C 31/10 (2006.01); C12M 1/40 (2006.01); C12M 1/33 (2006.01); C12P 19/02 (2006.01); C13K 13/00 (2006.01); A23K 10/32 (2016.01); A23K 10/30 (2016.01); A23K 10/37 (2016.01); A23K 20/111 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C13K 1/02 (2013.01); A23K 10/30 (2016.05); A23K 10/32 (2016.05); A23K 10/37 (2016.05); A23K 20/111 (2016.05); C07C 31/08 (2013.01); C07C 31/10 (2013.01); C08H 8/00 (2013.01); C12M 21/18 (2013.01); C12M 45/02 (2013.01); C12P 7/10 (2013.01); C12P 7/16 (2013.01); C12P 19/02 (2013.01); C12P 19/14 (2013.01); C13K 13/002 (2013.01); C12P 2201/00 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01); Y02E 50/16 (2013.01); Y02P 60/877 (2015.11);
Abstract
A method of increasing sugar yield in a bioproduct production process is provided comprising pretreating one or more size-adjusted lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) particles with a pretreatment, such as an ammonia pretreatment, wherein the one or more size-adjusted LCB particles form a substrate, with the one or more particles having an average particle size in at least one dimension greater than 5 mm.