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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Inventors:
Xiaowen Chen, Littleton, CO (US);
Michael E. Himmel, Littleton, CO (US);
Richard T. Elander, Evergreen, CO (US);
Melvin P. Tucker, Lakewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C08H 8/00 (2010.01); C12P 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08H 8/00 (2013.01); C12P 7/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are processes for ethanol production from a lignocellulosic feedstock. These processes provide DMR of lignocellulosic biomass comprising two-stage deacetylation followed by mechanical refining so as to increase fermentable sugar yield while reducing hydrolytic enzyme loading requirements.