MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647074794 A) filed by Ifp Energies Nouvelles on June 17, 2026, for Method For Treating A Lignocellulosic Biomass.
Inventors include Aragones, Matthieu; Couderc, Sophie; and Ferschneider, Gilles.
The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating a lignocellulosic biomass, with a) an optional step of impregnating the biomass (1), b) a step of cooking (3) the biomass (1) in the presence of water vapor (2) in order to obtain a mixture comprising the biomass (5) and water vapor (4a), c) a separation step in order to obtain the pretreated biomass (5) and the water vapor (4a), d) a step of condensing (17) the water vapor (4a) from the cooking step b) to liquid effluent (4b), e) an enzymatic hydrolysis step (6) in order to obtain a hydrolyzed biomass (7), f) a step of fermenting (8) the hydrolyzed biomass (7) in order to obtain a mixture comprising a fermented biomass (9) and a solid residue, then at least one step of washing said mixture or said solid residue obtained in step f), using the liquid effluent resulting from the condensation step d).
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