Assertion: polysaccharide | /r/MadeOf | biomass material
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text: In countries that do not have adequate domestic sources of polysaccharide containing biomass material, biomass material from other countries may be imported and are often transported over long distances for polysaccharide extraction.
text: Polysaccharide containing biomass materials are typically dried for transportation by direct heating with combusted natural gas.
text: Thus, it may be necessary for economic reasons to remove substantial amounts of water from the polysaccharide containing biomass material before transport of the biomass material over long distances.
text: Before dewatering in accordance with embodiments of this invention, the polysaccharide containing biomass material may be subject to an extraction process to extract one or more other components of the biomass material, such as juice and essential oils from citrus fruit, sugar from sugar beets, sunflower oils from sunflower seeds, apple juice from apple fruit, and starch from potatoes.
text: Surprisingly, treating polysaccharide containing biomass material with alcohol in accordance with embodiments of this invention causes the polysaccharide in situ to loose its water binding ability and thereby makes pressing possible and increases the dry matter in the proportion of the polysaccharide containing biomass material.
text: Prior to dewatering, the polysaccharide containing biomass material may be comminuted by chopping, cutting, grinding, or other means.
text: According to certain embodiments, the polysaccharide containing biomass material may be cut to an average particle size in the range from about 10 mm to about 30 mm, the particle size being determined by measuring the largest dimension of the particle.
text: According to a particular embodiment, the polysaccharide containing biomass material may be subjected to a single alcohol wash with the wetting composition followed by a single pressing.
text: According to embodiments of this invention, the alcohol washed and pressed polysaccharide containing biomass material may be used in wet form or dry form in applications described above.
text: According to certain embodiments, the alcohol washed and pressed polysaccharide containing biomass material may be ground, and in particular embodiments may be ground to flour like consistency.
text: Prior approaches to treating polysaccharide containing biomass materials are relatively complex or ineffective or result in biomass that is hazardous to transport.