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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2009
Applicant:
Subramaniam Sabesan, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventor:
Subramaniam Sabesan, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B 37/00 (2006.01); C07H 1/00 (2006.01); C07H 1/06 (2006.01); C07H 1/08 (2006.01); C07H 3/00 (2006.01); C13K 5/00 (2006.01); C13K 7/00 (2006.01); C12P 1/00 (2006.01); C12P 7/00 (2006.01); C12P 19/00 (2006.01); C12P 19/04 (2006.01); C12S 3/02 (2006.01); C12S 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Concentrated sugar solutions obtained from polysaccharide enriched biomass by contacting biomass with water and at least one nucleophilic base to produce a polysaccharide enriched biomass comprising a solid fraction and a liquid fraction and then contacting enriched biomass with a dilute mineral acid selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, or a combination thereof, to produce an intermediate saccharification product, which is contacted with an enzyme consortium to produce a final saccharification product comprising fermentable sugars.