Biorefinery Technology Portfolio
About
- Method of hemicellulose extraction from lignocellulosic materials - Enzyme treatment of wood pulp - Pulping paradigm shift -- pulping wood chips after a water based extraction - A novel pretreatment for alkaline pulping - A new approach to chlorine dioxide bleaching - Bleached sugar maple hardwood pulp produced by hot water pre-extraction prior to kraft pulping process Patents: US 8317975, 8940133, 8668806, 9273431, 9683329 SUNY-ESF-1497
Key Benefits
- Improve efficiency of existing paper mills. - Enhance quality of paper fiber and paper products. - Produce ethanol for use in gasoline and other applications. - Develop economic products for the manufacture of plastics used in consumer products.
Applications
Paper mills. Ethanol production for use in gasoline and other applications. Materials for plastics manufacture.