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US 2014/0234947 A1Published application
Treatment of Lignocellulosic Material
AssigneeBiofuels Wales, Ltd.
InventorRoger Spencer Jones
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for making biofuels such as biodiesel and bioethanol or animal foodstuff by treating lignocellulosic material by subjecting the material to microwave radiation at the resonant frequency of the lignin to dissociate the lignin.
Claims20
A method for treating lignocellulosic material, comprising subjecting the material to microwave radiation at the resonant frequency of the lignin to dissociate the lignin.
Apparatus for treating lignocellulosic material, comprising microwave generating means for subjecting the material to microwave radiation at the resonant frequency of the lignin to dissociate the lignin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.