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US 10,501,766 B2Granted
System for optimizing fed-batch hydrolysis of biomass
AssigneeNUtech Ventures
InventorsChao Tai, Deepak Keshwani
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Abstract
Provided herein is a system for optimizing the fed-batch hydrolysis of biomass.
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A system to hydrolyze biomass comprising:
- a hydrolyzer comprising a fed-batch hydrolysis controller and configured to:
- operate to hydrolyze a batch of biomass under the controller of the fed-batch hydrolysis controller, wherein the operation is managed by the hydrolyzer according to one or more hydrolyzer-inputs that each define a physical setup of a particular element of the hydrolyzer;
- a process optimizer comprising a processor and a computer-readable memory, the process optimizer configured to:
- receive one or more target properties;
- determine, based on the one or more target properties, one or more target parameters by solving a viral epidemic-based SIR simulation using the one or more target properties as inputs to the viral epidemic-based SIR simulation, wherein, to solve a viral epidemic-based SIR simulation using the one or more target properties as inputs to the viral epidemic-based SIR simulation, the process optimizer is configured to use a measure of total biomass as a Susceptibles input and wherein, to solve a viral epidemic-based SIR simulation using the one or more target properties as inputs to the viral epidemic-based SIR simulation, the process optimizer is configured to use a measure of enzyme-bound biomass as an Infectives input, and wherein, to solve a viral epidemic-based SIR simulation using the one or more target properties as inputs to the viral epidemic-based SIR simulation, the process optimizer is configured to use a measure of biomass-digested sugars as a Removed input;
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- transmit, to a fed-batch hydrolysis controller, the one or more target parameters;
- and wherein the fed-batch hydrolysis controller configured to:
- receive, from a process optimizer, the one or more target parameters;
- determine one or more hydrolyzer-settings based on the target parameters, each of the hydrolyzer-settings defining a parameter of operation of the hydrolyzer;
- and
- instructing the hydrolyzer to operate to hydrolyze a batch of biomass by using the hydrolyzer-settings for the hydrolyzer-inputs in the instructed operation;
- wherein one of the one or more target parameters is feeding rate.
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A method of hydrolyzing biomass comprising:
- receiving one or more target properties;
- determining, based on the one or more target properties, one or more target parameters by solving a viral epidemic-based SIR simulation using the one or more target properties as inputs to the viral epidemic-based SIR simulation, wherein solving a viral epidemic-based SIR simulation using the one or more target properties as inputs to the viral epidemic-based SIR simulation comprises using a measure of total biomass as a Susceptibles input and wherein solving a viral epidemic-based SIR simulation using the one or more target properties as inputs to the viral epidemic-based SIR simulation comprises using a measure of enzyme-bound biomass as an Infectives input, and wherein solving a viral epidemic-based SIR simulation using the one or more target properties as inputs to the viral epidemic-based SIR simulation comprises using a measure of biomass-digested sugars as a Removed input;
- determining one or more hydrolyzer-settings based on the target parameters, each of the hydrolyzer-settings defining a parameter of operation of the hydrolyzer;
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- hydrolyzing a batch of biomass according to the one or more target parameter by using the hydrolyzer-settings for hydrolyzer-inputs that each define a physical characteristic of the hydrolyzing;
- wherein one of the one or more target parameters is feeding rate.
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