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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2010
Applicant:
Paul O'connor, Hoevelaken, NL;
Inventor:
Paul O'Connor, Hoevelaken, NL;
Assignee:
KiOR, Inc., Pasadena, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08H 8/00 (2010.01); C12P 19/14 (2006.01); C12P 19/02 (2006.01); C10B 53/02 (2006.01); C10B 57/08 (2006.01); C10G 3/00 (2006.01); C13K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08H 8/00 (2013.01); C12P 19/14 (2013.01); C12P 19/02 (2013.01); C10B 53/02 (2013.01); C10B 57/08 (2013.01); C10G 3/00 (2013.01); C13K 1/02 (2013.01); Y02E 50/18 (2013.01); C12P 2201/00 (2013.01); Y02E 50/14 (2013.01); Y02E 50/16 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1014 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for pretreating a solid, cellulose-containing biomass material which pretreatment comprises contacting the solid biomass material with an Ionic Liquid medium under sub-solvating conditions. The pretreatment results in an opening up of the texture of the solid biomass material, while no or a limited amount of biomass material is dissolved. The Ionic Liquid medium preferably is an inorganic molten salt hydrate. The pretreated biomass material can be as a feedstock in any process that benefits from the change in texture resulting from the pretreatment.