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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Kurihara, Kamakura, JP;
Atsushi Minamino, Kamakura, JP;
Yuki Yamamoto, Kamakura, JP;
Katsushige Yamada, Kamakura, JP;
Assignee:
Toray Industries, Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12P 19/00 (2006.01); C12P 19/14 (2006.01); C13K 1/02 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/40 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/00 (2013.01); C12M 21/18 (2013.01); C12M 29/04 (2013.01); C12M 33/14 (2013.01); C12M 47/10 (2013.01); C12P 19/14 (2013.01); C13K 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus that produces a sugar liquid by a method including hydrolyzing cellulose includes a hydrolysis tank to which a recovered enzyme feed pipe and a fresh enzyme feed pipe are connected; a device for solid-liquid separation of a hydrolysate; a sugar liquid-retaining tank having a water supply pipe that washes an ultrafiltration membrane and/or removes recovered enzyme retained in a circulation pipe; and an ultrafiltration membrane device that separates enzyme and a sugar liquid.