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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2006
Applicants:
James B. Dunson, Jr., Newark, DE (US);
Melvin Tucker, Lakewood, CO (US);
Richard Elander, Evergreen, CO (US);
Susan M. Hennessey, Avondale, PA (US);
Inventors:
James B. Dunson, Jr., Newark, DE (US);
Melvin Tucker, Lakewood, CO (US);
Richard Elander, Evergreen, CO (US);
Susan M. Hennessey, Avondale, PA (US);
Assignees:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Alliance For Sustainable Energy LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/00 (2006.01); C12P 19/00 (2006.01); C12P 19/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Biomass is pretreated using a low concentration of aqueous ammonia at high biomass concentration. Pretreated biomass is further hydrolyzed with a saccharification enzyme consortium. Fermentable sugars released by saccharification may be utilized for the production of target chemicals by fermentation.