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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Api Intellectual Property Holdings, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Theodora Retsina, Atlanta, GA (US);
Vesa Pylkkanen, Atlanta, GA (US);
API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for the production of alcohol and other bioproducts hemicelluloses extracted from biomass prior to thermal conversion of the biomass to energy. The process can be integrated with the host plant process to minimize the energy loss from extracting hemicelluloses. Also disclosed is a Stepwise enzymatic break down of cellulose fibers from a pulping operation which is performed with the redeployment of equipment and vessels contained within typical existing pulp and paper manufacturing mills. The preferred feedstock is highly delignified pulp from acid or alkaline pulping process or from bleaching stage.