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Methods and systems for isolating a high purity starch stream are provided. The methods provide an initial treatment step in advance of traditional grinding or fractionation operations (such as dry milling or wet milling operations) that facilitate separation of starch from other components of starch-based grains, for example facilitate separation of soft endosperm from other components of corn kernels including hard endosperm. The systems include a first treatment system for separating a high purity starch stream from other components of the grain stream, wherein the system can be configured as a bolt on for traditional milling operations such as wet milling and dry milling operations.
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Chemically defined culture medium and culture conditions that allow bacteria to assimilate dinitrogen gas (N 2 ) as a nitrogen source during bio-ethanol production are disclosed herein. Methods of bioethanol production using the chemically defined culture medium and culture conditions are also disclosed.
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The present invention relates to systems, methods, and processes for the production of conversion products such as furanic products from biomass such as lignocellulosic materials.
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The invention proposes a process for producing ethanol, comprising steps of pre-treatment of the lignocellulosic vegetable raw material, comprising the steps consisting in destructuring the lignocellulosic vegetable raw material, then in separating, on the one hand, the cellulose (C6)capable of then being hydrolysed (and fermented for the production of ethanol) and, on the other hand, the hemicelluloses capable of then being hydrolysed and the lignins, characterized in that the hydrolysis of the cellulose and of the hemicelluloses is then carried out in a sequenced manner according to the following steps consisting in: -i) beginning the enzymatic hydrolysis of the cellulose by means of at least one enzyme for a first period with a view to obtaining an intermediate hydrolysate; -ii) adding hemicelluloses to said intermediate hydrolysate; -iii) continuing the enzymatic hydrolysis of the mixture until a final hydrolysate is obtained at the end of a total period of enzymatic hydrolysis.
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The present invention relates to the use of GLO1 to modulate acetic acid tolerance in yeast. More specifically, it relates to the use of a specific GLO1 allele to confer tolerance to acetic acid, and to improve the fermentation performance of yeast in the presence of acetic acid.
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Methods and devices are provides for hydrothermal pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. A mechanically simple and inexpensive vertical steam reactor is fed with biomass feedstock from the top, while pretreated material is removed from the bottom in steady-state by operation of moveable upper and lower restrictor means, which project across the reactor cross section when engaged. The vertical column of biomass is supported by the upper restrictor means. This is periodically withdrawn from the reactor cross section, permitting the column of biomass to fall by force of gravity onto the lower restrictor means. The upper restrictor means is then re-inserted, after which the lower restrictor means is withdrawn permitting a "plug" of pretreated material to be removed by force of gravity. Using biomass feedstock that has been compressed in a reciprocating piston press to bulk density of at least 500 kg/m3, which can be fed dry into the reactor using simple, inexpensive sluice systems and then wetted inside the reactor, this system provides comparable biomass throughput at a fraction of the cost of traditional commercial hydrothermal pretreatment systems used in "second generation" biorefining.
摘要翻译:提供木质纤维素生物质的水热预处理方法和装置。 机械简单且廉价的立式蒸汽反应器从顶部供给生物质原料,而预处理的材料通过可动的上下限制器装置在稳态下被从底部移除,其在接合时跨过反应器横截面。 生物质的垂直柱由上限制器支撑。 这是从反应器横截面周期性地撤出的,允许生物质柱由重力下降到下限制装置上。 然后重新插入上节流装置,之后将下限制器装置取出,允许预先处理的材料的“塞子”通过重力被移除。 使用已经在往复式活塞压力机中压缩至至少500kg / m 3的堆积密度的生物质原料,其可以使用简单廉价的闸门系统干燥进料到反应器中,然后在反应器内部润湿,该系统提供可比较的生物量 是“第二代”生物精炼中使用的传统商业水热预处理系统的一小部分成本。
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In some variations, a process is provided for producing a pulp product at a biorefinery site, comprising: converting a woody cellulosic material to a first pulp stream; converting a non-woody cellulosic material to a second pulp stream; blending the second pulp stream into the first pulp stream; and recovering or further processing the blended pulp stream as a pulp product. Biorefinery site infrastructure may be shared between the woody and non-woody lines. Also, the process may include process integration of mass and/or energy between the woody and non-woody lines. The process may be a retrofit addition to a pulp plant, or a greenfield biorefinery site. The non-woody line also can generate fermentable sugars, for fermentation to ethanol (or other products). Through allocation of carbon credits from the ethanol to the pulp, the final pulp product life-cycle profile can be improved.
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The present invention provides a method comprising: (i) contacting a cellulose-comprising input material with an aqueous hydrolyzing solution comprising at least 35%wt. of at least one mineral acid to form a hydrolyzate comprising a mixture of water-soluble carbohydrates and optionally a solid fraction; (ii) contacting said hydrolyzate with an extractant comprising a first solvent S1, to form a first (preferably solid) residue (preferably comprising precipitated carbohydrates, e.g. mono-, di- and/or oligo-saccharides) and an acid-comprising extract; (iii) separating said acid-comprising extract from said first residue; (iv) modifying said acid-comprising extract to form a second (preferably liquid) residue (preferably comprising dissolved carbohydrates) and an acid-comprising modified extract; (v) fractionating said modified extract into an S1 -enriched fraction and an acid- enriched fraction; (vi) reusing said SI - enriched fraction to form said extractant; and (vii) reusing said acid-enriched fraction to form said aqueous hydrolyzing solution; wherein (a) at least 10%wt. of the cellulose is hydrolyzed and said mixture of water- soluble carbohydrates comprises monosaccharides, disaccharides and/or oligosaccharides; (b) SI forms a single phase when mixed with an identical weight of 70% sulfuric acid aqueous solution at 25°C; (c) S1 comprises at least 65%wt. of said extractant; and (d) said acid-comprising extract comprises at least 60 %wt. of the acid and at least 5%wt. of the carbohydrates in said hydrolyzate.