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Fermentable sugar from the hydrolysis of carbohydrate polymer

US4421856A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 12, 1981
Grant dateDec 20, 1983
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S203/14
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The yield of fermentable sugar, largely glucose (dextrose), resulting from the acid catalyzed hydrolysis of a carbohydrate polymer such as starch or cellulose can be significantly increased by the addition to the hydrolysate under acid hydrolysis conditions of water soluble non-fermentable carbohydrate such as stillage recovered from a downstream ethanol distillation facility.

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