Biomass Deconstruction

APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Precipitating and extracting cellulose dissolved in ionic liquids to produce lignocellulosic biofuels Recycling ionic liquids Fractionating biomass into streams suitable for up-conversion and lignin by-products for recycle ADVANTAGES: Supports the use of recyclable ionic liquids for biomass pretreatment Recycled ionic liquid can … [Read more...] about Long Alkyl Chain Alcohols as Co-solvent, Precipitant, and Extraction Medium in Ionic Liquid Pretreatment 2013-105

APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biomass conversion for biofuels and renewable chemicals ADVANTAGES: Ionic liquid does not need to be removed to saccharify cellulose after pretreatment Efficient “one pot” pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, and fermentation process ABSTRACT: Industries such as biofuels and renewable chemicals have turned to ionic liquids as … [Read more...] about Switchable Ionic Liquids for Biomass Pretreatment and Enzymatic Hydrolysis 2014-064

APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biofuel production Renewable chemical production ADVANTAGES: Improves the commercial viability of microbially produced biofuels Approximately doubles the yield of Soluble sugars from biomass Biofuels from fermentation reactions ABSTRACT: Many biofuel companies pretreat biomass with an ionic liquid (IL) to separate … [Read more...] about Engineered Microorganisms Resistant to Ionic Liquids 2013-120

APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Biofuel production ADVANTAGES: Enables ionic liquid pretreatment and saccharification with a washing step Thermophilic Tolerates broad range of pH levels ABSTRACT: Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have enabled the combination of pretreatment and saccharification steps for processing lignocellulosic biomass … [Read more...] about Broadly pH-tolerant Cellulase Enzymes EJIB-3264