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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Antonio Geraldo Proenca Hilst, Piracicaba, BR;
Antonio Geraldo Proenca Hilst, Piracicaba, BR;
Dedini S.A. Industrias De Base, Piracicaba, BR;
Abstract
Improvements in a process for rapid acid hydrolysis of lignocellulosic material and in a hydrolysis reactor, said lignocellulosic material being fed in different levels of a reactor and contacted with flows of lignin organic solvent, water and an extremely dilute solution of a strong inorganic acid, for obtaining a liquid phase of hydrolysis extract and a solid phase of non-reacted and non-dissolved material. A controlled steam flow is injected into the different levels of the reactor, so as to provide adequate temperatures of organic solvent and strong inorganic acid and forming the desired products (sugars). A flow of the liquid phase is recirculated in different levels of the reactor, the remainder thereof being withdrawn from the reactor, abruptly cooled with the solvent submitted to evaporation to obtain a concentrate. The lignin is transferred by decantation and the concentrate is transferred to subsequent process steps.