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US 9,434,972 B2Granted
Processes for enzymatic refining of pretreated cellulosic material for saccharification
AssigneeNovozymes North America, Inc.
InventorsArmindo Ribiero Gaspar, Donald Higgins, Ye Chen, Hui Xu
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Abstract
The present invention relates to processes for processes for enzymatic refining of a pretreated cellulosic material for saccharification.
Claims13
A process for enzymatic refining of a pretreated cellulosic material, comprising:
- separating a liquor from the pretreated cellulosic material, contacting the liquor with feruloyl esterase to generate a treated liquor and recycling the treated liquor so that it is contacted with pretreated cellulosic material or refined pretreated cellulosic material.
A process for enzymatic refining of a pretreated cellulosic material, comprising:
- (a) processing the pretreated cellulosic material to form a solid/liquid mixture of pretreated cellulosic material;
- (b) separating a liquor from the solid/liquid mixture of pretreated cellulosic material;
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- (c) contacting the liquor with feruloyl esterase to generate a treated liquor.
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