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US 10,704,196 B2Granted
Processing biomass
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 are described that can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, to produce ethanol and/or butanol, e.g., by fermentation.
Claims7
A method comprising:
- preparing an untreated biomass feedstock comprising corn cobs by reducing one or more dimensions of individual pieces of biomass;
- irradiating the untreated biomass feedstock with electron beam radiation at a dose rate of at least 1.0 Mrad/sec;
- mechanically treating the irradiated biomass feedstock to reduce one or more dimensions of individual pieces of the irradiated biomass feedstock to produce a treated biomass feedstock;
- and
- converting the treated biomass feedstock to a product.
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