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Hemicellulose processing method

A hemicellulose and lignin technology, applied in the field of processing hemicellulose stream obtained from biomass, can solve the problems of difficult to handle, low economic efficiency, sticky residue, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-12-13
SAPPI BIOTECH UK LTD
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However, it is difficult to remove all the alcohol: as more alcohol is removed, the residue becomes more viscous and difficult to handle
In addition, if the residue after alcohol removal is discarded, due to C 3-8 Alkyl esters and derived from C 3-8 Economic inefficiency due to loss of other reaction products of alkyl alcohol

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Embodiment 1

[0096] Embodiment 1: the preparation of the butanol solution of lignin (step a and step b)

[0097] Hemicellulose sugars were evaporated from about 3.5% w / w to 14.0% w / w in 500 liters of PHL supplied by the Kraft dissolving pulp mill (i.e., according to National Renewable Energy Laboratory Technical Report TP-510-4623 (January 2008) Determination of Sugars, Byproducts and Degradation Products in Liquid Fraction Process Samples, in terms of monosaccharide mass obtained by hydrolysis of hemicellulose fractions).

[0098] A mixture comprising 12,000 g concentrated PHL (14.0% w / w hemicellulose sugars), 5000 g n-butanol and 192 g concentrated sulfuric acid was then prepared and filtered to remove a small amount of fine precipitate. 1350 ml of the mixture were then pumped into a 2 liter pressure reactor equipped with stirrer and condenser and heated to 150° C. (measured by internal thermocouple). When the internal temperature reaches a steady state, the second pump is started to cont...

Embodiment 2

[0102] Example 2 (comparative). Alkanol recovery without step (d) (ie without addition of water or basic aqueous solution).

[0103] 1690 g of the lignin-containing n-butanol solution obtained in Example 1 was charged into a 2-liter jacketed glass reactor equipped with an overhead stirrer and a side-arm distillation assembly, and carried out with oil supplied from a circulating bath. heating. The mixture was stirred at 300 rpm and heated to boiling point (92.4° C.) at ambient pressure. The biphasic distillate was continuously removed until the temperature of the mixture reached 115°C. At this point, 1043 g of biphasic distillate were removed.

[0104] The n-butanol content of a partially concentrated lignin-containing n-butanol solution sample was determined by gas chromatography (GC) and was calculated to be 47% w / w [i.e. 304 g n-butanol (47% of 647 g) : 343g lignin and other components (such as n-butyl ester)].

[0105] The remaining mixture was stirred at 300 rpm and he...

Embodiment 3

[0108] Example 3. Recovery of alkyl alcohols by step (d) using water

[0109] 1447 g of the lignin-containing n-butanol solution obtained from Example 1 were charged into a 2-liter pear-shaped flask and the two phases were removed using a rotary evaporator at a temperature of 60° C. and a reduced pressure of 140 mbar to 50 mbar Distill until 385.6 g of concentrated n-butanol solution containing lignin remain.

[0110] The n-butanol content of the n-butanol solution sample containing lignin detected by gas chromatography (GC) was partially concentrated, and the n-butanol content was found to be 31% w / w (i.e. 119.5g n-butanol: 266.1g lignin and other ingredients (such as n-butyl ester)).

[0111] 112.8 g of the concentrated n-butanol solution of this lignin-hemicellulose mixture and 81.5 g of demineralized water were then charged into a 200 ml oil heated jacketed glass reactor equipped with an overhead stirrer and side arm distillation assembly. The mixture was stirred at 300 ...

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Abstract

A method of processing an aqueous hemicellulosic stream containing lignin, comprising: (a) contacting an aqueous hemicellulosic stream containing lignin with a C3-8 alkyl alcohol at elevated temperature and acidic pH; (b) separating the reaction mixture obtained from step (a) into an aqueous phase containing hemicellulose-derived monosaccharide and an organic phase containing C3-8 alkyl alcohol; (c) concentrating the organic phase obtained from step (b) to remove at least some C3-8 alkyl alcohol; (d) treating the residue from step (c) with water or an aqueous medium having an alkaline pH; and(e) recovering C3-8 alkyl alcohol from the product of step (d).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass. In particular, the invention relates to a method of treating a hemicellulose stream obtained from biomass. Background technique [0002] The three main components of biomass are cellulose, lignin, and hemicellulose, and they are found in almost all plant cell walls. Cellulosic materials obtained from such biomass have many important industrial applications, especially in the production of paper from wood pulp. Accordingly, a number of methods, including the Kraft process and the sulfite process, have been developed to treat biomass to separate cellulosic material from other biomass components. As with the production of cellulose wood pulp, these processes also produce a by-product known as black liquor (Kraft process) or brown liquor (sulfite process), which usually contains Hemicellulosic materials as well as lignin / lignin-derived products and inorganic chemicals. Recently,...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): C07G1/00C07H1/00C07H3/02C13K13/00C07C51/00C07C51/41C07C59/08C07C69/12C07C67/00
CPCC07C67/00C07G1/00C07C51/00C13K13/002Y02E50/10C07C59/08C07C69/12C08H8/00C12P7/10C12P7/16C12P19/02C12P19/14
Inventor 爱德华·莱斯利·马歇尔艾伦·杰弗里·韦特大卫·彼得·吉布尼
Owner SAPPI BIOTECH UK LTD