REFINING CELLULOSE IN A SOLVENT FOR PRODUCTION OF NANOCELLULOSE MATERIALS
    3.
    发明申请
    REFINING CELLULOSE IN A SOLVENT FOR PRODUCTION OF NANOCELLULOSE MATERIALS 审中-公开
    用于生产纳米纤维素材料的溶剂中的精制纤维素

    公开(公告)号:US20160326697A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-10

    申请号:US14705954

    申请日:2015-05-06

    Abstract: Cellulose precursor materials may be refined (e.g., fibrillated) in an ethanol medium, or other solvent medium, instead of water. Following refining, the solvent may be removed and recycled prior to incorporation into another material, or optionally, following such incorporation. The solvent may assist the incorporation of nanocellulose into another material (e.g., a polymer) for a composite, for example. In some variations, a process comprises fractionating a biomass feedstock in the presence of an acid, a solvent for lignin, and water, to generate cellulose-rich solids and a liquid containing hemicellulose and lignin; mechanically treating the cellulose-rich solids, in the presence of a refining solvent, to form cellulose fibrils and/or cellulose crystals, thereby generating a nanocellulose material; recovering and recycling the refining solvent; and recovering the nanocellulose material or incorporating the nanocellulose material into a composite material.

    Abstract translation: 纤维素前体材料可以在乙醇介质或其它溶剂介质中而不是水中被精制(例如,原纤化)。 精炼后,可以将溶剂除去并再循环,然后再掺入另一种材料中,或任选地,在这样的掺入之后。 例如,溶剂可以有助于将纳米纤维素结合到用于复合材料的另一种材料(例如,聚合物)中。 在一些变型中,方法包括在酸,木质素和水的溶剂的存在下分解生物质原料,以产生富含纤维素的固体和含有半纤维素和木质素的液体; 在精制溶剂的存在下机械处理富含纤维素的固体,以形成纤维素原纤维和/或纤维素晶体,从而产生纳米纤维素材料; 回收和再循环精炼溶剂; 并回收纳米纤维素材料或将纳米纤维素材料掺入复合材料中。

    NANOCELLULOSE-POLYMER COMPOSITES, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THEM
    4.
    发明申请
    NANOCELLULOSE-POLYMER COMPOSITES, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THEM 审中-公开
    纳米纤维素聚合物复合材料及其生产工艺

    公开(公告)号:US20160168363A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-16

    申请号:US14750961

    申请日:2015-06-25

    Abstract: A polymer-nanocellulose-lignin composite as disclosed comprises a polymer, nanocellulose, and lignin, wherein lignin forms a hydrophobic interface between the polymer and the nanocellulose. In some variations, a process is disclosed for producing a polymer-nanocellulose-lignin composite material, comprising: fractionating lignocellulosic biomass in the presence of an acid, a solvent for lignin, and water, to generate cellulose-rich solids and a liquid containing hemicellulose and lignin, wherein lignin deposits onto fiber surfaces or into fiber pores; mechanically treating the cellulose-rich solids to form a hydrophobic nanocellulose material comprising cellulose fibrils and/or cellulose crystals; hydrolyzing the hemicellulose to generate fermentable hemicellulosic sugars; fermenting the fermentable hemicellulosic sugars to generate a monomer or monomer precursor; polymerizing the monomer to produce a polymer; and combining the polymer with the lignin-coated nanocellulose to generate a polymer-nanocellulose-lignin composite material for use in a wide variety of products.

    Abstract translation: 所公开的聚合物 - 纳米纤维素 - 木质素复合材料包括聚合物,纳米纤维素和木质素,其中木质素在聚合物和纳米纤维素之间形成疏水界面。 在一些变型中,公开了一种用于生产聚合物 - 纳米纤维素 - 木质素复合材料的方法,其包括:在酸,木质素和水的溶剂存在下分解木质纤维素生物质,以产生富含纤维素的固体和含有半纤维素的液体 和木质素,其中木质素沉积到纤维表面或纤维孔中; 机械处理富含纤维素的固体以形成包含纤维素原纤维和/或纤维素晶体的疏水性纳米纤维素材料; 水解半纤维素以产生可发酵的半纤维素糖; 发酵可发酵的半纤维素糖以产生单体或单体前体; 聚合单体以产生聚合物; 并将聚合物与木质素包被的纳米纤维素组合以产生用于各种产品的聚合物 - 纳米纤维素 - 木质素复合材料。

    BIOREFINING PROCESSES AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING CELLULOSE HEMICELLULOSE, AND LIGNIN FROM BIOMASS
    5.
    发明申请
    BIOREFINING PROCESSES AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING CELLULOSE HEMICELLULOSE, AND LIGNIN FROM BIOMASS 审中-公开
    生物分解方法和分离纤维素半纤维素的装置和生物量的木质素

    公开(公告)号:US20140187759A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-03

    申请号:US14105889

    申请日:2013-12-13

    Inventor: Ryan P. O'CONNOR

    Abstract: The disclosed invention is a modification of the AVAP® technology, employing CO2 (or derivatives thereof) rather than SO2 in the cooking liquor. In some variations, the invention provides a process for fractionating cellulosic biomass into cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, comprising: fractionating the feedstock in the presence of a solvent for lignin, carbon dioxide, and water, to produce a liquor containing hemicellulose, cellulose-rich solids, and lignin; substantially removing the cellulose-rich solids from the liquor; hydrolyzing the hemicellulose contained in the liquor, to produce hemicellulosic monomers; hydrolyzing at least some of the cellulose-rich solids to produce glucose (or recovering the cellulose-rich solids as a cellulose product); recovering the hemicellulosic monomers to produce fermentable sugars; and recovering the lignin which may be in the form of a lignocarbonate.

    Abstract translation: 所公开的发明是在烹饪液中使用CO 2(或其衍生物)而不是SO 2的AVAP技术的修改。 在一些变型中,本发明提供了一种将纤维素生物质分解成纤维素,半纤维素和木质素的方法,包括:在木素,二氧化碳和水的溶剂存在下分馏原料,以产生含有半纤维素,纤维素, 丰富的固体和木质素; 从液体中大量除去富含纤维素的固体; 水解液体中所含的半纤维素,以产生半纤维素单体; 水解至少一些富含纤维素的固体以产生葡萄糖(或回收富含纤维素的固体作为纤维素产品); 回收半纤维素单体以产生可发酵糖; 并回收木质素形式的木质素。

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