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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Minamino, Kamakura, JP;
Jumpei Kishimoto, Kamakura, JP;
Hiroyuki Kurihara, Kamakura, JP;
Katsushige Yamada, Kamakura, JP;
Toray Industries, Inc, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device that produces a sugar solution from cellulose-containing biomass includes: a horizontal reaction tank that includes a stirring shaft provided along a horizontal direction in the horizontal reaction tank and a stirring blade provided to the stirring shaft, the horizontal reaction tank being configured to obtain a saccharified slurry by reacting the cellulose-containing biomass with a saccharification enzyme by stirring the cellulose-containing biomass and the saccharification enzyme; a vertical reaction tank configured to obtain a saccharified liquid by saccharifying the saccharified slurry; a saccharified slurry feed line that connects the horizontal reaction tank and the vertical reaction tank; and a warming part provided around the horizontal reaction tank or on a wall surface of the horizontal reaction tank and heats the horizontal reaction tank.