Resumen de: EP4364835A1
A liquid sprinkling device of the present invention includes a rotating shaft disposed in a vertical direction, and at least one liquid flowing member attached to the rotating shaft. In this liquid sprinkling device, the liquid flowing member includes an outlet located on an upper side, an inlet located on a lower side, and a tubular channel extending between the outlet and the inlet, and the tubular channel is bent so that the outlet is pointed toward the lower side.
Resumen de: AU2022304933A1
Provided is a subject matter relates to a process for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material comprising the steps of: i) saccharifying using a carbohydrate-source generating enzyme; ii) fermenting using a fermenting organism; wherein at least one polypeptide having cellobiohydrolase activity, endoglucanase activity, or beta-glucosidase activity are present or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The subject matter also relates to an enzyme blend or composition comprising the polypeptides.
Resumen de: CN117642488A
The present disclosure generally relates to a method of removing chloride-containing organic compounds from renewable and biological feedstocks. Accordingly, in one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for processing a liquid feed comprising: providing a liquid feed comprising one or more fatty acids and/or fatty acid esters, the liquid feed having a chloride-containing organic compound at a first chloride concentration by weight; and contacting the liquid feed with a solid treatment material to remove at least a portion of the chloride-containing organic compounds to produce a treated liquid feed having a second chloride concentration less than the first chloride concentration wherein the solid treatment material comprises an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal in ionic form.
Resumen de: WO2023275321A1
The present invention relates to a process to carry out two or more enzymatic reactions in a reaction medium, wherein the process comprises providing a system comprising at least two substantially homogeneous and colloidal populations of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and applying one or more external alternating magnetic field to produce the simultaneous or sequential activation of the enzymes functionalized on the surface of each population of MNPs so that the enzymatic reactions can be thermally activated.
Resumen de: CN117597418A
The present disclosure generally relates to methods for treating renewable hydrocarbon feeds and conventional hydrocarbon feeds. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a process for co-processing a renewable feed and a petroleum feed, the process comprising: hydrotreating the petroleum feed in a first reaction zone wherein the hydrotreating of the petroleum feed comprises one or more of hydrodesulfurization, hydrodenitrogenation, hydrodemetallization, isomerization, hydrogenation of olefins, and hydrocracking, to form a first reaction zone effluent; directing the first reaction zone effluent to a second reaction zone; and hydrotreating a combination of the first reaction zone effluent and the renewable feed in the second reaction zone wherein the combined hydrotreating includes one or more of hydrodeoxygenation, decarboxylation, decarbonylation, isomerization, and hydrogenation of olefins of the renewable feed to form a second reaction zone effluent.
Resumen de: CN117580817A
The present invention relates to a process for the production of propanol and isopropanol (bio-propanol), said propanol and isopropanol being biological components for gasoline. In particular, the invention relates to the conversion of bioglycerol into biopropanol and bioisopropanol. In particular, the invention relates to a process for converting glycerol, in particular glycerol from renewable resources, into propanol, comprising the following steps: a) hydrogenating the glycerol phase with a Co-Cu-Mn-Mo based hydrogenation catalyst, obtaining an effluent containing water and an organic mixture comprising more than 40 wt% of a mixture of ethanol, 1-propanol and 2-propanol, the rest is unreacted propylene glycol and glycerol, and a trace amount of ethylene glycol; b) separating the ethanol, 1-propanol and 2-propanol mixture from the other components in the effluent of step a) mainly by distillation; c) optionally, all or part of the unreacted propylene glycol and glycerol from steps a) and/or b) are recycled to the hydrogenation step a).
Resumen de: WO2023012644A1
The invention is a process and apparatus for producing bioethanol without CO2 emissions by anaerobic fermentation of a synthesis gas, produced by the thermal conversion at high temperature of a feed consisting of municipal solid waste (MSW), agricultural waste or derivatives thereof such as refuse derived fuel (RFD) or even industrial waste such as non-recyclable plastic waste or a combination thereof, to which extra hydrogen is added through electrolysis so as to balance the H2/CO ratio, thus maximizing the conversion of the organic components in the fermentation step so as to prevent any emission of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Resumen de: AU2022392731A1
The present invention provides a catalytic pyrolysis process for the production of renewable diesel fuel. The present invention provides a process for preparing renewable diesel fuel, comprising preparing renewable diesel fuel by a) fractionating a mixture comprising renewable aromatics to produce a first fraction boiling at 180 °C to 350°C at atmospheric conditions, and a fraction boiling below the boiling point of the first fraction, blending at least a portion of the first fraction with at least one distillate cut having lower aromatic content than the first fraction, and b) hydrogenating a blend of the first fraction and distillate cut having lower aromatic content to produce a hydrogenated fraction comprising a renewable diesel fuel.
Resumen de: AU2024202331A1
Provided are compositions and processes concerning efficient downstream processing of products derived from organic acids pretreatment of plant materials.
Resumen de: US2024141587A1
Disclosed herein is a process, comprising combining one or more additives with a feedstock to obtain a first mixture, the feedstock comprising a fibrous material and water, the fibrous material comprising lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose; and conditioning the first mixture to obtain a liquid product and a dry pulp product. Also disclosed herein are condition processes and machines for use with the same. Also disclosed herein are liquid products, dry pulp products, and fibrous pellets made by the disclosed processes, and methods of using the same.
Resumen de: US2024139707A1
Biogenic activated carbon compositions disclosed herein comprise at least 55 wt % carbon, some of which may be present as graphene, and have high surface areas, such as Iodine Numbers of greater than 2000. Some embodiments provide biogenic activated carbon that is responsive to a magnetic field. A continuous process for producing biogenic activated carbon comprises countercurrently contacting, by mechanical means, a feedstock with a vapor stream comprising an activation agent including water and/or carbon dioxide; removing vapor from the reaction zone; recycling at least some of the separated vapor stream, or a thermally treated form thereof, to an inlet of the reaction zone(s) and/or to the feedstock; and recovering solids from the reaction zone(s) as biogenic activated carbon. Methods of using the biogenic activated carbon are disclosed.
Resumen de: US2024139790A1
A composite biochar for controlling heavy metal pollution and a process for producing the same, in particular enrichment of heavy metals such as arsenic and lead in soil with centipede grass, thereafter centipede grass is sintered with hydroxyapatite, sepiolite and chitosan, and compounded with microorganisms to produce said composite biochar; through the process of the present invention, heavy metals such as arsenic and lead are stably enriched or coated in said composite biochar, significantly reducing the potential hazard of arsenic and lead to the environment, and also providing new developmental ideas for treating heavy metal biomass.
Resumen de: US2024141235A1
Disclosed is a hydrogen production system using a biochar oven, the system including: a vertical pyrolysis furnace into which a pyrolysis target including at least one of waste plastic and fossil fuel is supplied in a free fall scheme by its own weight; a plate-shaped flameless heater configured to heat the vertical pyrolysis furnace such that a high-temperature atmosphere of 800 to 1300° C. is generated therein; a solid-gas separator installed under a bottom of the vertical pyrolysis furnace and configured to receive a biochar-gas mixture produced from the vertical pyrolysis furnace and to separate the biochar-gas mixture into the BOG and the biochar and to discharge the BOG and the biochar; and a BOG purification unit configured to receive therein the biochar separated using the solid-gas separator therefrom, and use the received biochar as an adsorbent, wherein the BOG separated using the solid-gas separator passes through the received biochar in the BOG purification unit such that impurities contained in the BOG are removed therefrom.
Resumen de: US2024141088A1
The present disclosure provides a novel and practical alcohol and derivatives thereof which have more industrial value than existing petrochemical raw materials. The present disclosure further provides ethanol, characterized in that a peak in gas chromatography measured by gas chromatograph mass spectrometry (GC/MS) has at least one peak with a retention time selected from (A) a peak of 5 minutes 25 seconds to 5 minutes 35 seconds and two peaks of 2 minutes 55 seconds to 3 minutes 5 seconds; (B) a peak of 12 minutes 30 seconds to 12 minutes 40 seconds; (C) a peak of 6 minutes 36 seconds to 6 minutes 45 seconds; and (D) a peak of 15 minutes 00 seconds to 15 minutes 15 seconds.
Resumen de: US2024141270A1
Some embodiments are directed to a method of manufacturing discrete biomass receptacles with at least one of smooth and faceted sides that are usable to perform processes including cultivating algae for biofuel production and/or processing algae for biofuel production. The method can include: creating an algae based material from cultivating algae for biofuel production and/or processing algae for biofuel production; heating the algae based material; and extruding the algae base material using a three-dimensional printer, the extruding including extruding the algae based material in a concentric pattern in the z-axis to form the biomass receptacles, such that the heating of the algae based material enhances the extrusion.
Resumen de: AU2022375811A1
"Green" methods of preparing oxygenated products, animal feed, and fertilizer are disclosed. Desired oxygenated products include, but are not limited to, ethanol, acetic acid, butyrate, butanol, propionate, propanol, or any combination thereof. The methods use synthesis gas (syngas), which can be produced from processing of coal, natural gas, and/or biomass. The syngas contains some combination of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and/or carbon dioxide. The method entails blending the syngas with purge (tail) gases from industrial processes and/or with hydrogen gas, e.g., produced from renewable sources. The resulting mixture is a H
Resumen de: CA3224715A1
Systems are described that include a number of different components to allow for industrial scale crop processing to be performed, and for the products and by-products to be used, sold or traded, in areas that may not have the infrastructure to do so, wherein system comprising: an external housing container, comprising: a plant material processing module; a stalk processing module comprising stalk processing equipment; a seed processing module; one or more mechanical separators and/or conveyors within one or more of the modules and/or connecting two or more of the modules; at least one computer processor; and at least one electronic component.
Resumen de: WO2022268885A1
The present invention relates to alpha-amylase polypeptides. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the alpha-amylase polypeptides; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the alpha-amylase polypeptides.
Resumen de: EP4361281A2
The present invention provides isolated acidophilic Fusarium oxysporum strains, such as MK7, and their progeny, compositions comprising such strains and their progeny, methods of producing such strains and their progeny, and methods of using such strains and their progeny.
Resumen de: CN117396608A
Compositions and methods relating to modified yeast cells that overexpress alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (KGD2) are described. These modified yeast cells produce an increased amount of ethanol as compared to otherwise identical parent yeast cells. Such yeast cells are particularly useful for large-scale production of ethanol from starch substrates.
Resumen de: CN220803137U
本实用新型公开了一种应用于生物柴油生产的新型结构固定床反应器,涉及生物柴油生产领域。本实用新型包括反应器主体、放置座、顶板和催化剂块,所述限位机构包括安装块,所述安装块的内侧壁上设置有限位块,所述安装块的内部开设有空腔,所述空腔的内部设置有按压块,本实用新型通过安装块、限位块、按压块、安装槽和限位槽,利用第二弹簧的弹性,使按压块向上移动,同时,利用第一弹簧的伸缩性,使安装块按压活动板,并将安装块卡合在安装槽的内部,通过限位块将反应器主体的内壁边缘分割为矩形结构,可直接将催化剂块与矩形边框相适配,有利于减少催化剂块分割的操作,提升催化剂块的安装便捷性,增强反应器的加工效率。
Resumen de: CN220812293U
本实用新型涉及热解炭化技术领域,提出了一种多个外热式热解炉串联的连续热解炭化系统,包括:热解炉,具有若干个;热解釜,具有若干个,若干个热解釜分别对应设置在若干个热解炉内;第一管路,第一管路一端具有若干个第一连通口,若干个第一连通口分别与若干个热解釜连通;燃气净化装置,第一管路另一端与燃气净化装置连通;第二管路,一端与燃气净化装置连通;燃气收集装置,第二管路另一端与燃气收集装置连通;第三管路,第三管路一端与燃气收集装置连通,另一端具有若干个第二连通口,若干个第二连通口分别与若干个燃烧室连通,通过上述技术方案,解决了相关技术中热利用效率差,安全隐患高,对环境污染较大问题。
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本实用新型公开了一种木炭生产除杂设备,涉及到木炭生产除杂设备领域,包括进料盒,进料盒的前端安装有后挡板,后挡板的内部开设有进料口,后挡板的前端安装有上半圆柱,后挡板远离上半圆柱的一端安装有下半圆柱,下半圆柱的内部开设有过滤孔,过滤孔矩形分布在下半圆柱上,上半圆柱和下半圆柱的前端安装有出料盒,出料盒的底部设置有出料口,出料盒的内部安装有驱动电机,驱动电机的后端安装有前挡板,驱动电机的后端安装固定有旋转杆,旋转杆的外壁开设有支撑块,支撑块环形分布在旋转杆的外壁上,支撑块的远离旋转杆的一端安装有圆桶,下半圆柱的底部安装有杂物漏斗,本实用新型可以快速除杂和方便移动。
Resumen de: US2024124901A1
A method of producing bioethanol in a bioethanol system and a control system for a bioethanol system is disclosed, the control system comprising a controller comprising one or more processors and an interface, wherein the one or more processors are configured to obtain a primary amino nitrogen (PAN) measurement; determine an input scheme based on the PAN measurement; and control one or more input devices of the bioethanol system according to the input scheme.
Nº publicación: AU2022364969A1 18/04/2024
Solicitante:
LANZATECH INC [US]
LANZATECH, INC
Resumen de: AU2022364969A1
This disclosure is related to a process and apparatus for producing and recovering at least one fermentation product from a fermentation process using a C1-containing gas passed to a fermentation bioreactor, that produces a fermentation broth comprising at least one of a first product stream comprising ethanol and water or a second product stream comprising ethanol, acetone, and water or a third product stream comprising ethanol, acetone, isopropanol, and water. The product is recovered by using a shared product recovery system. Particularly, the shared product recovery system selectively recovers at least one enriched product stream selected from an enriched ethanol stream, an enriched acetone stream, an enriched isopropanol stream or combinations thereof. The shared product recovery system includes at least one of a vacuum distillation unit, a rectification unit, an acetone removal unit, a drying unit, an ethanol-acetone separation unit, an extractive distillation unit or combinations thereof.