FLASH COOLING FOR QUENCHING A HYDROLYSIS REACTION OF A BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK

    公开(公告)号:CA2887060A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-15

    申请号:CA2887060

    申请日:2013-11-08

    Applicant: RENMATIX INC

    Abstract: The present invention describes a process for quenching a hydrothermal, dilute acid hydrolysis reaction of a biomass feedstock, wherein degradation of an aqueous monomer and/or oligomer sugar mixture is slowed down or stopped by flash cooling of the aqueous monomer and/or oligomer sugar mixture, and wherein the flash cooling ensures that a fraction of dissolved and volatile degradation byproducts are removed by a forming vapor stream, and wherein a lignin component, if present, is solidified into a structure with good de-watering characteristics, allowing for subsequent removal of the lignin component by separation, said process resulting in a hydrolyzed solution of sugar monomers and/or oligomers.

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