MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511127046 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, on Dec. 15, 2025, for 'a process for direct thermal liquefaction of lignocellulosic biomass.'
Inventor(s) include Kumar, Shushil; and Singh, Manvendra.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a process for direct thermal liquefaction of lignocellulosic biomass. The process for direct thermal liquefaction of lignocellulosic biomass, comprises subjecting a mixture of lignocellulosic biomass, water, an aromatic rich hydrocarbon solvent and a phenolic solvent, to direct thermal liquefaction at a pressure in the range of 20-150 bar, at a temperature in the range of 250 C-350 C, for 1-60 minutes to obtain a heated mixture; allowing the heated mixture to cool and separate into an aromatic rich hydrocarbon phase and a biocrude-rich phase; and subjecting the biocrude-rich phase to a separation technique to recover the phenolic-rich phase and obtain a bio-crude."
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