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AssigneeAPI Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC
InventorsTheodora RETSINA, Vesa PYLKKANEN
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This invention provides processes and apparatus to convert biomass, including wood and agricultural residues, into low-ash biomass pellets for combustion, alone or in combination with another solid fuel. Some embodiments provide processes for producing low-ash biomass from cellulosic biomass, comprising providing an aqueous extraction solution with acetic acid; extracting the feedstock to produce an extract liquor containing soluble ash, hemicellulosic oligomers, acetic acid, dissolved lignin, and cellulose-rich solids; dewatering and drying the cellulose-rich, lignin-rich solids to produce a low-ash biomass; hydrolyzing the hemicellulosic oligomers to produce hemicellulosic sugars, wherein additional acetic acid is generated; removing a vapor stream comprising vaporized acetic acid from the extract; and recycling the vapor or its condensate to provide some starting acetic acid for the extraction solution. The disclosed processes can produce clean power from biomass. Co-products may include fermentable sugars, fermentation products such as ethanol, fertilizers, and lignin.
A process for producing low-ash biomass from cellulosic biomass, said process comprising:
A process for producing power from cellulosic biomass, said process comprising:
A process for producing biomass pellets from cellulosic biomass, said process comprising:
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