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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Beta Renewables S.p.a., Tortona, IT;
Marco Cotti Comettini, Trivero, IT;
Paolo Torre, Arenzano, IT;
Francesco Cherchi, Campobasso, IT;
Alberto Riva, Arquata Scrivia, IT;
Simone Ferrero, Tortona, IT;
Piero Ottonello, Genoa, IT;
Mirko Garbero, Turin, IT;
Beta Renewables S.p.A., Tortona (AL), IT;
Abstract
The process for the hydrolysis of ligno-cellulosic biomass comprises the steps of A) Contacting a ligno-cellulosic feedstock, the feedstock comprised of biomass having a dry content and water with at least a portion of a solvent, the solvent comprised of water soluble hydrolyzed species; wherein at least some of the water soluble hydrolyzed species are the same as the water soluble hydrolyzed species obtainable from the hydrolysis of the biomass in the feedstock;B) maintaining the contact between the feedstock of the feedstock stream and the solvent at a temperature in the range of 20° C. to 200° C. for a time in the range of 5 minutes to 72 hours to create a hydrolyzed product from the biomass in the feedstock.