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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2008
Chiaki Suyama, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Tokuda, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Tsurui, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, JP;
Yoshinori Suto, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Tamura, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, JP;
Tsutomu Katagiri, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, JP;
Teruo Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Jin Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Chiaki Suyama, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Tokuda, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Tsurui, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, JP;
Yoshinori Suto, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Tamura, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, JP;
Tsutomu Katagiri, Higashi Ibaraki-gun, JP;
Teruo Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Jin Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
JGC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This method of upgrading a biomass comprises: an upgrading step for performing upgrading treatment of a cellulose based biomass with an oxygen/carbon atomic ratio of at least 0.5, in presence of water and under a pressure of at least saturated water vapor pressure, and reducing said oxygen/carbon atomic ratio of said biomass to no more than 0.38, and a separation step for separating an upgraded reactant obtained from said upgrading step into a solid component and a liquid component.