Cellulosic Ethanol
Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant and inexpensive feedstock for the production of bio-products, ethanol, and other bio-fuels. Commercial biomass to ethanol has been hindered by production and technological barriers, including:
Pretreatments that are ineffective, expensive, and toxic,
Low product conversions and concentrations,
High cellulase enzyme loading levels and costs,
High process energy, chemical, and water usage,
Bio-Process Cellulosic Platform:
Bio-Process has developed a set of integrated technologies and processes that allows for the efficient and profitable production of bio-ethanol from a wide variety of cellulosic biomass materials at minimal energy usage and operating costs, technologies include:
A low cost, non-toxic, & highly effective, pretreatment process,
Production of a variety of bio-products from 5-C xylose,
Integrated reaction & hydrolysis system for enzyme recycle,
Efficient reaction / separation systems to reduce energy use