Abstract:
Methods for pre-treating non-wood feedstock, in particular, empty fruit bunch (EFB) 5 feedstock and pulps obtained using these methods are described.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Anlage und ein Verfahren zur Gewinnung von Fasern (40) aus lignozellulosehaltigem Aufgabegut (20), insbesondere aus Stroh, mit einem Kocher (5) zur Vorbehandlung des Aufgabeguts (20) unter Einwirkung von Wärme, Druck und Feuchte, mit einem Refiner (7) zur Zerfaserung des vorbehandelten Aufgabeguts (20) mittels zweier koaxial im Refinergehäuse relativ zueinander rotierender, einen Mahlsspalt (11) bildender Refinerwerkzeuge (9, 10), und mit einer Fördereinrichtung (6) zum Fördern des vorbehandelten Aufgabeguts (20) vom Kocher (5) zum Refiner (7). Die Fördereinrichtung (6) umfasst einen Schneckenförderer (14) mit Schneckentrog (23) und darin umlaufender Förderschnecke (48) mit mindestens einer Schneckenwendel (29), die über eine Eintragsöffnung (26) im Refinergehäuse axial in den Refiner (7) mündet. Um einem Lösen von Gutpartikeln aus dem übrigen Aufgabegut entgegenzuwirken, wird erfindungsgemäß vorgeschlagen, dass die Förderschnecke (48) des Schneckenförderers (14) mit einer Drehzahl von mindestens 400 U/min, vorzugsweise von 500 U/min oder mehr angetrieben ist. Auf diese Weise kann das Aufgabegut (29) als gleichmäßiger Gutstrom dem Refiner zugeführt werden.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a cooking method wherein partly digested wood based cellulosic raw materal is compressed during cooking to provide high molecular weightxylan, lignin and pulp.
Abstract:
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for prehydrolysing lignocellulosic chip material in a reaction vessel by a prehydrolysis reaction carried out in the presence of steam at a reaction temperature. The method comprises the steps of heating the contact surfaces of the reaction vessel above the boiling point of water by feeding steam flow into the reaction vessel, introducing during a preselected period of time a liquid SO2 flow into steam flow and vaporizing the liquid SO2 flow to form gaseous SO2 in the steam flow, continuing the feed of the medium pressure flow into the reaction vessel after said preselected period of time, and maintaining the reaction temperature for hydrolysing the lignocellulosic material.
Abstract:
Method for treating biomass, comprising compressing and dewatering (62) the biomass to a dry solid content of DS1 % by weight; feeding (63) compressed biomass to a treatment vessel; adding (64) a treatment liquid to said treatment vessel; discharging (65) treated biomass; compressing and dewatering (66) discharged biomass to a dry solid content of DS2 % by weight, and treating (68) the compressed and dewatered biomass in a hydrolysis reactor, wherein 1 %
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for extracting hemicellulose from lignocellulosic material, the method comprising: a) providing (11) lignocellulosic material in a digester, b) supplying (12) steam to the digester, c) performing (13) hydrolysis of the lignocellulosic material in the digester until a first P-factor is reached, d) supplying (14) a first liquid to the digester for mixing with the lignocellulosic material, wherein a total volume of the first liquid is at least equal to a volume required to cover the lignocellulosic material in the digester after the hydrolysis of step c), wherein the first liquid is water or condensate, and e) draining (15) the first liquid from the digester for extracting hemicellulose from the lignocellulosic material, wherein the supplying of liquid in step d) takes less than 15 minutes, preferably less than 10 minutes, and wherein the draining of the first liquid during step e) is performed in less than 15 minutes, preferably less than 10 minutes.
Abstract:
A system for treatment of a biomass material, said system comprising:a first vessel (3) in which said biomass material is treated under a first pressure; a second vessel (5) in which said biomass material is received and held at a second pressure which is lower than the first pressure; a transporting pipe (7) connecting an outlet (9) of the first vessel (3) with an inlet (11) of the second vessel (5) for transporting the biomass material from the first vessel to the second vessel; and a valve (15; 15'; 15) arranged in said transporting pipe (7), said valve being configured for controlling the flow of biomass material and fluid in the transporting pipe (7), wherein said transporting pipe (7) is asymmetrically connected to an outlet (33'; 33) of said valve (15; 15'; 15) such that a generated jet stream of biomass material delivered out from the outlet (33'; 33) of the valve (15; 15'; 15) is received closer to a transporting pipe longitudinal central axis (A1) than if the outlet (33'; 33) of the valve (15; 15'; 15) and the transporting pipe (7) would have been connected symmetrically.
Abstract:
A process for producing ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass includes adding at least one of sulfur dioxide and sulfurous acid to the lignocellulosic biomass to provide an equivalent sulfur dioxide loading of at least 10 wt% sulfur dioxide to dry lignocellulosic biomass. The acidified lignocellulosic biomass is pretreated at a temperature above about 185°C and for a pretreatment time less than about 10 minutes, to provide a pretreated biomass composition wherein the biomass is readily hydrolyzed by enzymes. Advantageously, sulfur dioxide from at least one of the flash stream and a stream derived from the flash is recovered and recycled back into the process.