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Method for producing alcohols and/or solvents from a biomass, including recirculating an internal flow including alcohols and/or solvents upstream from or within the pretreatment

US9994874B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 2013
Grant dateJun 12, 2018
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E50/10
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for the production of alcohols from biomass that comprises a stage in which at least one aqueous internal flow that comprises at least one alcohol that has n carbon atoms, with n between 2 and 5, is recycled, provided that when the alcohol comprises 2 carbon atoms, it is mixed with at least one other alcohol in such a way as to recover a vapor phase effluent that contains alcohols exiting from said pretreatment reactor.

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