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AUTONOMOUS DEVICE FOR IN-FIELD CONVERSION OF BIOMASS INTO BIOCHAR

Resumen de: US20260193148A1

Systems, methods and apparatus for the thermal conversion of biomass into biochar. A mobile platform may be used to maneuver a mobile biochar generation system within a field of biomass. The biomass may be harvested, preprocessed and pyrolyzed. After pyrolyzation, the biochar may be cooled to a predetermined temperature by integrating water and liquid nutrients into the biochar. The system may then control the application of the infused biochar by adjusting a spreading attachment and a plowing attachment.

AMMONIA TREATMENT OF DENSIFIABLE CELLULOSIC BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK

Resumen de: US20260193421A1

In one example, a method of plasticizing at least a portion of lignin within a lignocellulosic biomass by mixing the biomass with anhydrous ammonia at a sub-ambient temperature and continuously conveying the mixture of lignocellulosic biomass and anhydrous ammonia through a reactor. At least a portion of the anhydrous ammonia is removed from the mixture. The lignocellulosic biomass having plasticized lignin is molded into a repeated shape.

IMMOBILISED LIPASE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING BIODIESEL USING THE SAME

Resumen de: US20260193627A1

The invention relates to a lipase isolated from the goat gut rumen metagenome having protein SEQ ID 1 of 298 amino acids and being encoded for by gene SEQ ID1. The invention relates more specifically to this lipase being engineered to be an immobilised lipase, the same being immobilised on Polyethylene glycol (PEG) coated iron Magnetic Nanoparticles (MNPs). The immobilised lipase is indicated for use in a method of converting a waste oil to biodiesel, the method comprising utilizing the immobilised lipase to catalyse the conversion of said waste oils to biodiesel in the presence of a short-chain alcohol. The triacylglycerol in the waste oils being converted to alkyl esters (biodiesel) and glycerin in a reaction with an alcohol which is catalysed by said lipases.

GENETICALLY MODIFIED YEAST FOR PRODUCTION OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Resumen de: MX2026002459A

Provided herein are genetically modified yeast cells that comprise genetic modifications to reduce sensory detection of one or more wort-associated off-flavors of a fermented beverage and the cell is not capable of converting maltose and/or maltotriose to ethanol. Also provided are methods of producing fermented products (e.g., non-alcoholic fermented beverages) using the genetically modified yeast cells described herein.

CO-FERMENTATION OF MIXED BIOMASS FEEDSTOCKS USING THERMOPHILIC BACTERIAL CO-CULTURES

Resumen de: WO2025049898A2

A method for direct simultaneous co-fermentation of two or more insoluble biomass feedstocks using thermophilic bacterial co-cultures.

ENGINEERED SYNTROPHIC MICROBIAL CONSORTIA AND USES THEREOF

Resumen de: US20260185038A1

0000 The present invention provides a recombinant microorganism having genetic modifications for enhancing production of metabolites. Also provided are a co-culture for producing metabolites, comprising the recombinant microorganism and an additional microorganism, and a method for producing metabolites by the co-culture.

METHOD FOR PREPARING A SUBSTRATE FOR FERMENTATION

Resumen de: US20260185123A1

The invention relates to a method for preparing a fermentation substrate, said method comprising the steps of: providing at least one leguminous plant seed comprising starch and proteins; micronizing the seed so as to obtain the micronized fraction; purifying the micronized fraction so as to collect a starch-enriched and protein-depleted fraction; mixing the starch-enriched and protein-depleted fraction with a liquid so as to form a starch fluid; and hydrolysing the starch by mixing water vapour with the starch fluid so as to obtain a hydrolysed starch fluid. The invention relates to a fermentation method, and to a fermentation product.

PROCESS OF PRODUCING A FUEL STREAM COMPRISING RENEWABLE CARBON

Resumen de: US20260185005A1

A process of producing a fuel stream comprising renewable carbon is disclosed. The process comprises producing an olefinic stream or an alcohol stream from a renewable feedstock. An aromatic stream and an alkylating agent comprising the olefinic stream or the alcohol stream is charged to an alkylation reactor to alkylate the aromatic stream with the alkylating agent to produce an alkylated aromatic product stream. The alkylated aromatic product stream comprises about 0.1 wt % to about 67 wt % renewable carbon.

ETHANOL FEEDSTOCK MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Resumen de: US20260182578A1

0000 Compositions and methods for reducing microbial population on the surface of whole raw materials to be used in ethanol production. Whole raw materials to be used in ethanol production may have surface contamination with microbial populations that can interfere with the ethanol production process. The compositions comprise one or more antimicrobials capable of reducing microbial population when applied to the surface of the whole raw material.

NISIN FOR ETHANOL MICROBIAL CONTROL AND CLEANING

Resumen de: US20260185124A1

0000 Compositions, methods, and systems for controlling microbial populations within an ethanol production system. Nisin and other components may be applied to various parts of an ethanol production system, such as of a mash cooler, a mash tank, a fermentation tank, a fermentation cooler, a drain, a yeast propagation tank, a liquefaction tank, a slurry tank, a strainer, a jet cooker, a hammer mill, a beerwell, a backset, a heat exchanger, a urea tank, a premix tank, or combinations thereof.

Methods of agricultural production of Brassica carinata oilseed crop

Resumen de: AU2026204576A1

The present invention relates to agricultural practices for maximizing carbon sequestration, enhanced productivity, sustainable farming and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. In one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising: planting a Brassica carinata variety as a second crop in rotation with a first crop or to replace fallow; implementing land management practices to reduce the use of fossil fuel inputs and to maximize the capture of atmospheric carbon by the plant material of Brassica carinata; harvesting of the Brassica carinata variety to obtain the grain; and returning about 70% to about 90% of all plant material from the Brassica carinata variety aside from the grain to the soil. As a result, the overall greenhouse gas emissions associated with agriculture are reduced. In some embodiments, the method further comprises producing grain for use in the production of a plant-based feedstock for producing low carbon intensity fuels; for adding carbon in soil; and/or acquiring a carbon credit. un u n

CORN ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CORN ETHANOL

Resumen de: US20260185125A1

In a process for producing corn ethanol, a fermentation ferments corn, a still distills the fermented corn to separate the fermented corn into ethanol and whole stillage, and a dewatering system dewaters the whole stillage. The dewatering system uses a wave separator to separate whole stillage into liquid thin stillage and wet cake. In the wave separator, a driver drives movement of wave generating elements in relation to a filter screen to induce a wavelike motion in the stillage that promotes separating of the liquid thin stillage from the wet cake by breaking surface tension and encouraging the liquid thin stillage to pass through the filter screen.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DENSIFIED, TORREFIED BIOMASS PARTICULATES

Resumen de: NL2035650B1

A method of manufacturing densified, torrefied biomass particulates is disclosed. The method comprises at least : a torrefaction step of torrefying a particulate biomass material under torrefaction conditions; a densification step of densifying the torrefied particulate biomass material from the torrefaction step, thereby obtaining densified torrefied biomass particulates; and a thermal post treatment step of heat treating the densified and torrefied biomass material particulates from the densification step under torrefaction conditions. 10 The thermal post treatment step improves the durability of the densified, torrefied biomass particulates.

METHODS FOR MAKING DIESEL FUEL USING CATALYST-FREE TRANSESTERIFICATION OF VEGETABLE OILS

Resumen de: AU2024396298A1

A method of making a diesel fuel includes combining tetraalkoxyborate with a triglyceride composition to form a reaction mixture, where the triglyceride composition includes one of a vegetable oil or an animal fat. The method also includes heating the reaction mixture above 40 °C to form a diesel fuel including fatty acid alkyl esters.

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION METHOD

Resumen de: AU2024405204A1

Provided is a method in which palm oil mill effluent (POME) is used to produce a biofuel which contains a fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) and from which impurities have been removed.　Specifically provided is a biofuel production method including a methyl esterification step in which palm oil mill effluent (POME) is reacted with an acid catalyst and methanol, and then reacted with a base catalyst and methanol to produce a fatty acid methyl ester (FAME).

RECOMBINANT YEAST HOST CELLS COMPRISING A HETEROLOGOUS ATP FUTILE CYCLE

Resumen de: WO2026133259A1

The present disclosure concerns recombinant yeast host cells for the production of one or more fermentation products. The recombinant yeast host cells of the present disclosure comprise at least one first genetic modification for providing a heterologous ATP futile cycle. The recombinant yeast host cells of the present disclosure also comprise at least one second 5 genetic modification in an engineered metabolic pathway for decreasing the production of the fermentation by-product.

INTEGRATION OF A HOT OXYGEN BURNER WITH PYROLYSIS PROCESSES

Resumen de: US20260176538A1

The present invention relates to a method and system for integration pyrolysis with gasification to increase the yield of saleable products from biomass feedstocks. By modifying the pyrolysis system to produce byproducts and reduce liquid yield, in conjunction with a hot-oxygen burner gasifier, the overall conversion efficiency of syngas per mass of biomass fed into the system is increased.

PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ECO-FLEX BIOFUEL FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS, INCLUDING EUCALYPTUS WOOD CHIPS

Resumen de: WO2026129010A1

The present invention relates to a process for producing eco-flex biofuel from lignocellulosic biomass, preferably eucalyptus wood chips, which generates high-energy-yield products such as biochar, bio-oil and condensable gases with low energy consumption and low cost, whilst being sustainable, suitable and having a low environmental impact. The present invention also relates to biofuel produced from biomass, which is suitable for use in the steel industry, particularly, but not exclusively, in blast furnaces.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FUEL PRODUCT

Resumen de: US20260176541A1

This disclosure relates to systems and methods for producing a fuel product from a source of organic matter which includes manure and may include other byproducts. The organic matter is processed by a teeter water feed hindered-bed separator device for substantially separating the animal manure from the other byproducts. The separated animal manure is then subjected to anaerobic digesting to produce the fuel product.

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS

Resumen de: WO2026128943A1

The present invention relates to methods and systems for anaerobic fermentation, in particular methods and systems for enhancing anaerobic fermentation for the efficient production and accumulation of higher value byproducts including medium-chain carboxylic acids and alcohols.

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FUEL PRODUCT FOR A BOILER

Resumen de: WO2026132469A2

The present invention relates to a fuel product for a boiler, the fuel product resulting from the mixing and compacting of lignocellulosic materials, wherein the lignocellulosic materials have a proportion PC by weight (relative to the total weight of the fuel product for a boiler) of lignocellulosic materials derived from at least one European and/or tropical/desert cane such that 20 ≤ PC ≤ 50%.

CARBOHYDROLYTIC AND LIPOGENIC RECOMBINANT YEASTS

Resumen de: US20260176661A1

0000 Recombinant yeasts bioengineered to overexpress genes for utilization of cellulosic and hemicellulosic fibers and/or produce lipid, and methods of use thereof. The yeasts are modified to express, constitutively express, or overexpress an exo-cellobiohydrolase I, an exo-cellobiohydrolase II, an endoglucanase, an endoxylanase, or any combination thereof. The yeasts may also be modified to express, constitutively express, or overexpress a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase, an arabionofuranosidase, a xylanases, an acetylxylan esterase, or any combination thereof. The methods include cultivating the recombinant yeasts to convert low value organic stillage byproducts such as cellulose and hemicellulose into lipids suitable for biodiesel production and other higher value uses.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFINING COMBUSTIBLE PELLETS OR WOOD CHIPS

Resumen de: EP4763952A1

A system (1) for refining pellets or wood chips (2) by heat comprises a driven rotatable drum (3) which extends along and is rotatable around a longitudinal axis (4). The drum (3) has a product inlet (6) for receiving the pellets (2) or wood chips at a first end (7) of the drum (3) and a product outlet (8) for dispensing the pellets (2) at a second end (9) of the drum (3). The drum (3) comprises multiple baffles which, upon rotation of the drum (3), are adapted to circulate the pellets or wood chips (2) in the drum (3) and to convey the pellets or wood chips (2) from the product inlet (6) to the product outlet (8) along a conveying direction (12). The baffles extend parallel to the longitudinal axis (4) from the first end (7) towards the second end (9) of the drum (3). The baffles are mounted at equal angular distances from one another in a circumferential direction of the drum (3), thereby forming multiple openings through which a heating medium streams into and out of the drum (3). The system (1) further comprises a housing (110) surrounding the drum (3). The housing (110) comprises an inlet port (13) for introducing the heating medium into the housing (110) and towards the drum (3) and an outlet port (14) for dispensing the heating medium from the housing (110) and away from the rotatable drum (3). The system (1) further comprises a heating system (15) for heating the pellets or wood chips (2) in the drum (3) comprising at least one heating circuit (16) with the heating me

一种生物柴油除臭装置

Resumen de: CN224394830U

本实用新型涉及柴油除臭技术领域，公开了一种生物柴油除臭装置，包括罐体，罐体的顶部转动连接有上轴管，上轴管内部转动连接有转杆，转杆从上到下连接有多个搅拌杆一，罐体的底部安装有支架，支架的顶部安装有驱动电机，上轴管的上部安装有锥齿轮一，支架上安装有竖板，竖板上转动安装有转柱，转柱上连接有锥齿轮二，竖板上转动安装有锥齿轮二，转杆的上部安装有锥齿轮三，上轴管的下部连接有多个上连杆，上连杆上连接有竖固定杆，竖固定杆从上到下连接有多个搅拌杆二，搅拌杆二与搅拌杆一交叉设置，竖固定杆的底端连接有下连杆，下连杆的一端连接有下轴管。本实用新型搅拌的同时对生物柴油和除臭剂进行剪切，从而提高混合效率。

生物质炭化产物的二级固液分离回收装置

Nº publicación: CN224388309U 23/06/2026

Solicitante:

光泽县青盛木业有限公司

Resumen de: CN224388309U

0001 本实用新型涉及生物质炭生产技术领域，尤其涉及生物质炭化产物的二级固液分离回收装置；包括第一沉降箱体和第二沉降箱体；所述第一沉降箱体的一侧设有用于连接炭化转炉的圆形开口，第一沉降箱体内设有第一折流板，第一折流板的上端连接于第一沉降箱体的顶部，第一折流板的下端与第一沉降箱体底部之间设有容纳烟气通过的间隙，第一沉降箱体的上部设有出烟口，出烟口位于第一折流板的X向侧，圆形开口位于第一折流板的背离X向侧，等；通过以上改进，能够充分分离回收生物质炭化烟气中的焦油和炭粉。