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US 10,500,560 B2Granted
Processing biomass and petroleum containing materials
AssigneeXyleco, Inc.
InventorMarshall Medoff
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Abstract
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials and/or starchy materials, to produce ethanol and/or butanol, e.g., by fermentation.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- saccharifying while sonicating an irradiated cellulosic or lignocellulosic material,
- wherein the irradiated cellulosic or lignocellulosic material is produced by exposing cellulosic or lignocellulosic material to a plurality of electrons that have been accelerated by a DC accelerator, and
- wherein the exposure provides a radiation dose of greater than 10 Mrad to the cellulosic or lignocellulosic material at a dose rate of at least 1 Mrad/s.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.