Christine Maree Oliver;Geoffrey John Dumsday;Mary Ann Augustin;Laurence David Melton;Raymond Mawson
发明人:
Mary Ann Augustin,Geoffrey John Dumsday,Raymond Mawson,Christine Maree Oliver,Laurence David Melton
申请号：
US13807670
公开号：
US20130230624A1
申请日:
2011.06.30
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Lignocellulosic biomass is treated to increase accessibility of the material to enzymes and fermentative processes. Accessibility is increased by physical pre-treatment of the biomass using ultrasound and/or microwave and/or cool plasma. The physical treatments degrade the waxy cuticle of the biomass facilitating enzyme accessibility to cellulose and hemicellulose for conversion to utilizable matter, in nutritive and chemical or biofuel industries. These physical treatments improve enzyme accessibility to cellulose and hemicellulose, for enhancing conversion into a range of feed stocks amenable to further processing.
