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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Applicant:
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/14 (2006.01); C08H 8/00 (2010.01); D21C 3/00 (2006.01); C07D 307/36 (2006.01); C12P 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08H 8/00 (2013.01); C07D 307/36 (2013.01); C12P 19/00 (2013.01); D21C 3/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of fractionating lignocellulosic biomass using hydrotropic solid organic acids are provided. Also provided are methods of forming lignin particles, furans, sugars, and/or lignocellulosic micro- and nanofibrils from the liquid and solid fractions produced by fractionation process. The fractionation can be carried out at low temperatures with short reaction times.