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US 2011/0236945 A1Published application
Use of recycled cotton for producing ethanol, and production method
AssigneeValagro Carbone Renouvelable Poitou-Charentes
InventorsJacques Barbier, Frederic Bataille, Alexandre Briand
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Abstract
Recycled textile cotton is used for producing ethanol by the execution of a process that includes a) a stage of pretreatment of textile cotton, optionally with grinding of textile cotton, pretreatment of textile cotton that may or may not be ground by pulping 5 in an extruder, b) a stage of enzymatic hydrolysis, c) a stage of filtration(s), and d) a stage of fermentation.
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Process for the production of ethanol from textile cotton, characterized in that it comprises the following stages:
- a) Pretreatment of textile cotton:
- Optionally grinding of textile cotton,
- Pretreatment of textile cotton that may or may not be ground by pulping in an extruder,
- b) Enzymatic hydrolysis,
- c) Filtration(s), and
- d) Fermentation.
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