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US 11,155,848 · App. 15/108,431 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Method of producing sugar liquid

Inventors: Shigeyuki Funada (Kamakura, JP); Hiroyuki Kurihara (Kamakura, JP); Katsushige Yamada (Kamakura, JP)
Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
C12P19/14C12P19/02
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Patent No.
US 11,155,848
App. No.
15/108,431
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of producing a sugar liquid from cellulose-containing biomass includes step (1) of hydrolyzing cellulose-containing biomass by a filamentous fungus-derived cellulase; and step (2) of filtering a hydrolysate obtained in step (1) through an ultrafiltration membrane to recover the filamentous fungus-derived cellulase as a non-permeate and to obtain a sugar liquid as a permeate, wherein the cellulose-containing biomass is treated with one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of pectinase, glucoamylase, and lipase at a stage previous to step (1) or in step (1).

Claims (11)

1. A method of producing a sugar liquid from cellulose-containing biomass, comprising:

step (1) of hydrolyzing the cellulose-containing biomass with a cellulase selected from the group consisting of a cellulase derived from a filamentous fungus, a cellulase derived from the genus Cellulomonas , a cellulase derived from the genus Chlostridium and a cellulase derived from the genus Streptomyces;

step (2) of filtering a hydrolysate obtained in step (1) through an ultrafiltration membrane to recover the cellulase as a non-permeate and obtain a sugar liquid as a permeate; and

a step (3) of recycling enzymes recovered in the non-permeate in step (2) for use in step (1);

wherein the cellulose-containing biomass is treated with lipase, pectinase, and glucoamylase in step (1).

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said cellulose-containing biomass is one or more biomasses selected from the group consisting of grain hull biomass, straw, and bagasse.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein said grain hull biomass is one or more biomasses selected from the group consisting of corn hull, soybean hull, and wheat hull.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the weight of one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of said lipase, pectinase, and glucoamylase is 1/10 or less based on the weight of the cellulase.

5. A method of producing a sugar liquid from cellulose-containing biomass, comprising:

step (1) of hydrolyzing the cellulose-containing biomass with a cellulase selected from the group consisting of a cellulase derived from a filamentous fungus, a cellulase derived from the genus Cellulomonas , a cellulase derived from the genus Chlostridium and a cellulase derived from the genus Streptomyces , and increasing in an amount of recoverable cellulase in a hydrolysate by treating the cellulose-containing biomass with lipase, pectinase, and glucoamylase; and

step (2) of filtering the hydrolysate obtained in step (1) through an ultrafiltration membrane to recover the cellulase as a non-permeate and obtain a sugar liquid as a permeate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2016
From: FUNADA, SHIGEYUKI; KURIHARA, HIROYUKI; YAMADA, KATSUSHIGE
To: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 040103/0182 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2013-271600 · Dec 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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