Patent ID: 9347661
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: C08H,C08L,C10G,C10L,C12M,C12N,C12P,D21B,D21C,D21H,F01K,F22B,Y02E,Y02P,Y02W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: burning a lignin-containing residue to generate energy, wherein the lignin-containing residue is a post-distillate solid produced by: irradiating a lignocellulosic material, saccharifying the lignocellulosic material utilizing an enzyme, fermenting the saccharified material utilizing an organism to produce a fermentation product, and between saccharifying and fermenting, removing the lignin-containing residues from the saccharified material wherein irradiating comprises treating with electron beam radiation to a total dose of between 10 Mrad and 150 Mrad, and wherein the electron beam delivers electrons having an energy of 0.3 MeV to 2.0 MeV.