Aphios
presents its Cellulosic Biomass Pretreatment Process at the
10th Annual NSTI Nanotech 2007 Conference
May 20, 2007 - Aphios
has developed an improved biomass pretreatment process [CBP]
that has the capability to defibrate biomass at low operating
temperatures with several advantages over conventional steam
explosion pretreatment. These conclusions are based on:
(1) high enzymatic conversion efficiencies to ethanol (CBP
was 60% more effective than steam explosion in pretreating
white pine, 300% better in pretreating newsprint and just
as effective in pretreating red oak): (2) biomass recovery
yields were much higher with CBP (between 95% and 99%) than
steam explosion (often less than 80%); (3) operating conditions
of temperature and time were lower for CBP than for steam
explosion.
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