Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of production of lignin and hemicellulose from a plant lignocellulosic material comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a plant lignocellulosic material with an extraction solution during more than 2 hours at a temperature between 95°C to 110°C, thereby obtaining a solid fraction and a liquid fraction, (b) separating the solid fraction and the liquid fraction, (c) concentrating the liquid fraction so as to obtain a concentrated liquid fraction, (d) mixing equal parts by weight of water with the concentrated liquid fraction so as to obtain a suspension comprising solid particles in suspension in a liquid medium, (e) separating the particles and the medium of said suspension, (f) recovering the particles of said suspension thereby obtaining a fraction comprising lignin called lignified fraction, (g) recovering the medium of said suspension thereby obtaining a fraction comprising hemicellulose called hemicellulosic fraction.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a process for producing bioethanol comprising the steps of pretreatment (consisting in destructuring the lignocellulosic vegetable raw material by placing it in the presence of a mixture containing formic acid, acetic acid and water, then in separating cellulose), of enzymatic hydrolysis and of alcoholic fermentation, characterized in that it comprises, prior to the enzymatic hydrolysis, a step of partial elimination of the lignins so as to obtain a residual overall level of lignins (T), expressed as percentage by weight, which is non-zero and which is included in a range determined by a lower limit, and an upper limit Bsup, respectively equal to 0.30% and 4%. In order to obtain conditions of acidification before the enzymatic hydrolysis step, the process comprises a step for re- acidification of the mixture, which is carried out by means of an acid, or of a mixture of acids, of determined pKa, and in particular by means of weak organic acids such as acetic acid and/or formic acid.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the simultaneous extraction of lignin and silica from lignocellulosic plant material, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: a) fractionating the lignocellulosic plant material in the presence of an acid solution, so as to obtain a solid fraction comprising cellulose, residual lignin and silica; b) extracting simultaneously lignin and silica from the solid fraction obtained in step a) with a basic solution, at a pH between 10 and 13 and at a temperature between 70°C and 90°C, so as to obtain a liquid phase comprising lignin and silica, and a solid phase; c) separating the liquid phase and of the solid phase obtained in step b), d) coprecipitating a mixture of lignin and silica comprised in the liquid phase, at a pH between 5 and 6.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the extraction of silica from lignocellulosic plant matter, comprising the steps of: a) fractionating the lignocellulosic plant matter in the presence of an acid solution, so as to obtain a solid fraction comprising cellulose, b) extracting the silica from the solid fraction obtained in step a) with a basic solution, at a pH between 10 and 13 and at a temperature between 70°C and 90°C, so as to obtain a liquid phase comprising silica and a solid phase, c) separating the liquid phase and of the solid phase which are obtained in step b), d) precipitating the silica which is comprised in the liquid phase, at a pH between 5 and 6.
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
The invention provides a process for the separation of lignins and sugars from an extracted liquor, comprising, in the form of dry matter (DM), lignins and sugars, characterized in that it consists in: a) concentrating the extracted liquor, in order to obtain a liquor comprising dry matter in a proportion of between 60 and 70%; b) mixing the concentrated liquor with water in equal parts by weight; c) stirring the mixture in order to disperse the lignins and to obtain a stable suspending of the lignins; d) filtering the solution, in which process: the mixing is carried out by introducing the concentrated liquor into the water; the temperature of the solution, during the suspending, is between 50°C and 60°C.
Abstract:
The invention proposes a method for pretreating plant starting material for the purpose of producing bioethanol and/or sugar by means of a common chamber (12), characterized in that: -during one period, the plant material (MP), introduced into the common pretreatment chamber, is a lignocellulosic plant starting material, the pretreatment of which is aimed at separating the cellulose, the hemicelluloses and the lignins so as to obtain a pretreated plant material that canbe hydrolysed and fermented for the production of bioethanol; -during another period, the plant material (MP), introduced into the common pretreatment chamber, is a sacchariferous plant starting material, the pretreatment of which is aimed at extracting therefrom, by diffusion, a sugar juice for the production of sugar and/or of bioethanol.
Abstract:
The invention proposes a lignin-phenol-formaldehyde resin, which is obtained by polycondensation of formaldehyde, phenol and lignin in the presence of a basic or acidic catalyst, characterized in that the lignin is a lignin that is not chemically modified at the available functional groups. This lignin has a low molecular mass and it comprises available functional groups chosen from the group comprising aliphatic hydroxyls and phenolic hydroxyls. The degree of substitution by weight of phenol with the said lignin is between 50% and 60%. The weight proportion of the said lignin and of phenol in the resin is equal to the weight proportion of phenol in a lignin-free phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resin.
Abstract:
The invention provides a process for pretreating a lignocellulosic plant raw material in order to obtain a pretreated material that is capable of being hydrolyzed and fermented for the production of bioethanol, characterized in that it comprises the following successive steps that consist in : • (i) destructuring the lignocellulosic plant raw material by placing it in the presence of a mixture containing formic acid and water, at a reaction temperature between 95°C and 110°C; • (ii) then, at atmospheric pressure and prior to any hydrolysis then fermentation action, in separating : * on the one hand, the solid phase, mainly composed of said cellulose, constituting a first co-substrate, capable of then being hydrolyzed and fermented for the production of bioethanol; and * on the other hand, the liquid phase, containing, in particular in aqueous solution, the formic acid, the lignins, and the hemicelluloses, constituting a second co-substrate, capable of then being hydrolyzed and fermented for the production of bioethanol.