Treating biomass to produce materials useful for biofuels

Fermentable sugar useful for the production of biofuels can be produced from biomass by contacting the biomass with a solution containing at least one α-hydroxysulfonic acid. The α-hydroxysulfonic acid can be easily removed from the product and recycled.

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Hauptverfasser:	Weider, Paul Richard, Blackbourn, Robert Lawrence
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON DERIVATIVES OF NATURAL MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS METALLURGY ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS SACCHARIDES, OTHER THAN SUCROSE, OBTAINED FROM NATURAL SOURCESOR BY HYDROLYSIS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING DI-, OLIGO- ORPOLYSACCHARIDES SUGAR INDUSTRY THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP
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Zusammenfassung:	Fermentable sugar useful for the production of biofuels can be produced from biomass by contacting the biomass with a solution containing at least one α-hydroxysulfonic acid. The α-hydroxysulfonic acid can be easily removed from the product and recycled.