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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Paul Richard Weider, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
SHELL OIL COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C13K 13/00 (2006.01); C08H 8/00 (2010.01); C13K 1/02 (2006.01); C13K 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C13K 13/002 (2013.01); C08H 8/00 (2013.01); C13K 1/02 (2013.01); C13K 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Fermentable sugar useful for the production of biofuels can be produced from biomass by contacting the biomass with a solution containing at least one α-hydroxysulfonic acid. The α-hydroxysulfonic acid can be easily removed from the product and recycled.