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SYSTEM TO CONVERT CELLULOSIC MATERIALS INTO SUGAR AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME

Resumen de: US20260257187A1

A device for converting cellulose to sugar has a reaction chamber with a plurality of control components, and a control assembly. The control assembly is operatively connected to the reaction chamber, a drive assembly and control components to transmit and receive interoperability signals. The device has an inlet hopper with a detector, a crusher, an outlet hopper, a sensor assembly, a steam inlet, and a carbon dioxide inlet. The inlet hopper is configured to receive and analyze proportion data of matters in a feedstock and catalyst mixture via the detector. The crusher receives and grinds the mixture from the inlet hopper to induce chemical reaction for producing sugar. The outlet hopper is configured to determine a proportion data of matter in the grinded mixture. The control assembly is configured to determine adjustments need to be performed on the components and drive assembly to optimize the sugar production.

Polypeptides Having Xylanase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same

Resumen de: US20260258386A1

0000 The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity, catalytic domains, carbohydrate binding modules and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding modules. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding modules.

PROCESS FOR CONVERSION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL TO AN ORGANIC LIQUEFACTION PRODUCT

Resumen de: US20260258203A1

Lignocellulosic starting materials can be converted into one or more liquid phases and/or an aqueous phase and a hydrocarbon phase in a process by subjecting a mixture of a lignocellulosic starting material, an amorphous and unsupported sulfided molybdenum catalyst comprising one or more of the following elements; iron (Fe), tungsten (W), cobalt (Co), vanadium (V) and ruthenium (Ru), and a co-feed, to not less than a stoichiometric amount of hydrogen, elevated pressure and a temperature within the range of from 270 to 450° C. A catalyst for use in said process and a method for its production are also disclosed.

IMPROVED FERMENTING ORGANISM FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION

Resumen de: WO2025088155A1

The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol comprising saccharifying cellulosic or starch-containing material and fermenting the saccharified material with a fermenting microorganism to produce ethanol. The fermenting organism is Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain MBG5364 (deposited under Accession No. 68303 at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL), Illinois 61604 U.S.A.), Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain MBG5365 (deposited under Accession No. 68304 at the Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL), Illinois 61604 U.S.A.) or a fermenting organism that has properties that the same or about the same as that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae MBG5364 or MBG5365.

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION

Resumen de: US20260250726A1

0000 Disclosed is a method of lipid extraction for biofuel production comprising treating an ethanol-biomass mixture with ozone and/or at least one protease, followed by extraction of the ethanol fraction with an immiscible organic solvent. Also disclosed is a process for biofuel production comprising culturing psychrophilic and alkaliphilic microalgae, harvesting the microalgae and extracting lipids from the harvested cells. Also disclosed is lipid biofuel from microalgae, characterized by reduced chlorophyll content.

PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS FROM PLANT LIPIDS

Resumen de: US20260250598A1

The present invention relates to methods of producing industrial products from plant lipids, particularly from vegetative parts of plants. In particular, the present invention provides oil products such as biodiesel and synthetic diesel and processes for producing these, as well as plants having an increased level of one or more non-polar lipids such as triacylglycerols and an increased total non-polar lipid content. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in two or more of lipid handling enzymes, oil body proteins, decreased lipid catabolic enzymes and/or transcription factors regulating lipid biosynthesis to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content and/or mono-unsaturated fatty acid content in plants or any part thereof. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids. In another embodiment, the lipid is converted to one or more hydrocarbon products in harvested plant vegetative parts to produce alkyl esters of the fatty acids which are suitable for use as a renewable biodiesel fuel.

PLANTS WITH MODIFIED TRAITS

Resumen de: US20260250700A1

The present invention relates, inter alia, to vegetative plant parts, such as from a Sorghum sp. and/or a Zea mays plant, which comprise a total fatty acid (TFA) content which comprises fatty acids esterified in the form of triacylglycerols (TAG) and fatty acids in the form of lipids other than TAG, wherein the vegetative plant parts comprise greatly increased levels of TFA, for example a TFA content of about 5% (w/w dry weight). The present invention also relates to the use of the vegetative plant parts as a feedstuff, and/or to produce a feedstuff, for animal consumption.

YEAST STRAINS AND USES THEREOF

Resumen de: EP4796623A1

The invention relates to methods of producing hybrid yeast strains having improved properties for the fermentation of an alcoholic beverage. The invention also relates to methods of producing derivatives of the hybrid yeast strains, and methods for producing a fermented product such as an alcoholic beverage using the yeast strains obtained by the methods of the invention. The invention also relates to the hybrid yeast strains, the derivative yeast strains and a fermentation medium comprising said yeast strains.

BIOMASS PYROLYTIC REACTOR

Resumen de: WO2026172411A1

A biomass pyrolytic reactor, comprising: an introduction port for biomass and an introduction port for a preheated heat-carrying medium, either together or separately, at or near a top; a discharge port for residues after pyrolysis of the biomass and the heat-carrying medium at or near a bottom; and an outlet for a gas generated by the pyrolysis of the biomass on a side surface or at the top, characterized in that: a hollow cylindrical body, which has an opening toward the bottom of the biomass pyrolytic reactor, is closed on opposite side to the opening, and has an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the biomass pyrolytic reactor, is provided inside the biomass pyrolytic reactor; and a tubular body connecting a space of the hollow cylindrical body and the outlet for the gas generated by the pyrolysis is provided, the biomass and the preheated heat-carrying medium being introduced from the introduction ports for the biomass and the preheated heat-carrying medium into the biomass pyrolytic reactor, moving downward through a gap between an outer wall of the hollow cylindrical body and an inner wall of the biomass pyrolytic reactor toward the discharge port, and being discharged from the discharge port, on the other hand, the gas generated by the pyrolysis moving upward from the opening of the hollow cylindrical body through the space, then passing through an inside of the tubular body, and being discharged from the outlet for the gas generated by the pyrolysis.

THERMOPHILIC TRUE FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE OXIDOREDUCTASE (FNOR) ENZYMES FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION

Resumen de: WO2026174115A2

Clostridium thermocellum has shown significant potential for renewable ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass, yet its ethanol yield and titer remain too low for commercial application despite extensive engineering efforts. In this study, we cloned, expressed, and characterized 27 ferredoxin:NADP+ oxidoreductase enzymes for their enzyme activity, cofactor specificity, thermotolerance, and functional expression in C. thermocellum. We showed that a subset of these enzymes belong to a category we call "true" FNORPs. The enzymes in this category are particularly well suited to metabolic pathways for high titer ethanol production. Previously, only one example was known. We have found 11 additional members of this group, and determined key features of their sequence and structure. Notably, two enzymes, Hth_1218 and Claur_019100, when expressed, resulted in approximately a 2-fold increase in ethanol production. These results confirm the function of a novel pathway incorporating "true" FNORPs for ethanol production.

BIOCHAR-INFUSED WOOD FIBER BEDDING

Resumen de: US20260240107A1

A method for producing biochar-infused wood fiber material for bedding includes separately preparing biochar and wood fiber, then integrating biochar into wood fiber. This method preserves porosity and adsorption properties of biochar, while retaining structural rigidity of wood fiber to provide desirable moisture absorption, ammonia control, and microbial reduction capabilities.

CARBON MICRO-PLANT

Resumen de: US20260241367A1

The present disclosure provides biorefining systems for co-producing activated carbon along with primary products. A host plant converts a feedstock comprising biomass into primary products and carbon-containing co-products; a modular reactor system pyrolyzes and activates the co-products, to generate activated carbon and pyrolysis off-gas; and an oxidation unit oxidizes the pyrolysis off-gas, generating CO2, H2O, and energy. The energy is recycled and utilized in the host plant, and the CO2 and H2O may be recycled to the reactor system as an activation agent. The host plant may be a saw mill, a pulp and paper plant, a corn wet or dry mill, a sugar production facility, or a food or beverage plant, for example. In some embodiments, the activated carbon is utilized at the host plant to purify one or more primary products, to purify water, to treat a liquid waste stream, and/or to treat a vapor waste stream.

ENDOGENOUS LIPASE FOR METAL REDUCTION IN DISTILLERS CORN OIL

Resumen de: US20260242831A1

0000 Provided herein are compositions, methods, systems associated with propagation and fermentation, and co-products of biochemical production processes, for example, a DCO co-product resulting from converting oil containing grains into bio chemicals via fermentation in the presence of endogenous esterase. The DCO resulting from the processes exhibits lower metal ion content relative to a DCO obtained in the absence of endogenous fermentation with an esterase such as a lipase. The DCO is useful as a feedstock for the production of renewable diesel.

Converting Biomass To Diesel

Resumen de: US20260242669A1

0000 The present invention relates to a process and system for forming a hydrocarbon feedstock from a biomass material, and the hydrocarbon feedstock formed therefrom. The present invention also relates to a process and system for forming a bio-derived diesel fuel from a hydrocarbon feedstock, and the bio-derived diesel fuel formed therefrom, as well as intermediate treated hydrocarbon feedstocks formed during the process.

METHOD FOR IMPROVING YIELD OF 1,3-BUTANEDIOL FROM BIOSYNTHESIS

Resumen de: WO2026170590A1

Provided is a method for improving the yield of 1,3-butanediol from biosynthesis. The oxygen-depletion-induced endogenous promoter pfnF8 of Escherichia coli is used to drive the expression of key genes in a 1,3-butanediol synthetic pathway, and the expression of genes in the 1,3-butanediol synthetic pathway can be automatically induced by means of cell growth and changes in oxygen levels during the fermentation process, thereby balancing cell growth and the synthesis of 1,3-butanediol. In addition, the method does not require the addition of an exogenous inducer, thereby reducing production costs, and the method is suitable for large-scale industrial production.

BIOCHAR COMPOSITION

Resumen de: GB2634563A

A biochar composition formed from the pyrolysis of a mixture comprising: feedstock (e.g., 50 wt.%); and egg shell particulate (e.g. 50 wt.%) free from egg-membrane. The egg shell particulate may be hen eggshell particulate, and may comprise powdered, ground, crushed or milled eggshell with a maximum particle size of 2 mm. Also disclosed a functionalised biochar composition, in which the described biochar composition has been exposed to ozone. Also disclosed a method for producing a biochar composition comprising: obtaining a mixture comprising feedstock, and eggshell particulate free from egg membrane; and pyrolyzing the mixture. The method may further comprise exposing the mixture to ozone treatment to provide a functionalised biochar composition. Also disclosed use of a biochar composition to absorb phosphate from a liquid (e.g., wastewater, river, lake, or well water); and/or to absorb phosphate from animal waste. Also disclosed a fertiliser additive comprising a biochar composition; and a fertiliser comprising the additive.

ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS CHASSIS CELL AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF

Resumen de: US20260234545A1

This disclosure belongs to the field of genetic engineering technology, and in particular relates to a Zymomonas mobilis chassis cell, a construction method therefor and use thereof. The chassis cell uses a recombinant Zymomonas mobilis strain with the Cas12a gene integrated into a genome as a starting strain, and integrates the RecET gene into a genome of the recombinant Zymomonas mobilis strain to obtain a chassis cell with improved efficiency of large-fragment gene editing. The present disclosure provides an efficient editing method for directional editing of large fragments of the Zymomonas mobilis genome, which is suitable for the construction of chassis cells requiring frequent gene editing, and greatly reduces the time of gene editing of chassis cells; moreover, the genome of the chassis cell is greatly simplified, which improves the biosynthesis efficiency of biological components and pathways and demonstrates good industrial application value.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIOFUEL, APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BIOFUEL, AND BIO-OIL

Resumen de: US20260234485A1

Provided is a method for preparing biofuel that is economical and has effects on both carbon reduction and resource recycling. According to one aspect, provided is the method for preparing biofuel, the method including (S1) preparing raw materials containing one or more selected from the group consisting of a cashew nut shell, a cashew nut shell cake, a vegetable oil residue, and a husk; and (S2) obtaining sub-gas, biochar, and bio-oil by pyrolyzing the raw materials using a pyrolysis method.

Rapid Thermal Conversion of Biomass

Resumen de: US20260234476A1

The present invent provides improved rapid thermal conversion processes for efficiently converting wood, other biomass materials, and other carbonaceous feedstock (including hydrocarbons) into high yields of valuable liquid product, e.g., bio-oil, on a large scale production. In an embodiment, biomass material, e.g., wood, is feed to a conversion system where the biomass material is mixed with an upward stream of hot heat carriers, e.g., sand, that thermally convert the biomass into a hot vapor stream. The hot vapor stream is rapidly quenched with quench media in one or more condensing chambers located downstream of the conversion system. The rapid quenching condenses the vapor stream into liquid product, which is collected from the condensing chambers as a valuable liquid product. In one embodiment, the liquid product itself is used as the quench media.

REDUCTION IN ACETATE PRODUCED BY YEAST WITH REDUCED EXPRESSION OF RSF2 OR TDA9

Resumen de: US20260234675A1

Described are compositions and methods relating to modified yeast with disrupted RSF2 or TDA9 genes. The yeast produces a decreased amount of acetate compared to otherwise identical parental cells. Such yeast is particularly useful for large-scale ethanol production from starch substrates where acetate is an undesirable end product.

IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOCHAR

Resumen de: US20260234474A1

0000 The present specification generally relates to an improved pyrolysis process for the production and processing of biomass into a biochar material. In particular, the disclosure pertains to the use of a continuous external source of gas thereby enhancing safety, increasing process control, providing greater flexibility in the types of feedstocks that can be processed, and an increased yield of the desired products.

BIOMASS PYROLYSIS SYSTEM

Resumen de: WO2025073011A1

A pyrolysis system using three different sections combined in series, of a vertical drying and gas scrubbing section, 2, a transitional section 3, and an extended horizontal high temperature reactor zone 4 based on top of a step grate furnace. The system is to efficiently convert various biomass materials into high Fixed Carbon material, clean syngas and valuable condensates by controlling feed down the vertical drying & gas scrubbing section in a packed bed-counter flow heat exchange arrangement where residence time and gas volume can be controlled through 3 feeding rate, 5 air injection, 6 & 14 recirculating gas injection. Radiant heat at 12 provides additional energy for drying the wet feed material.

NON-ANTIBIOTIC SELECTABLE MARKER FOR FILAMENTOUS FUNGI

Resumen de: WO2025074069A1

The present invention relates to a strain of filamentous fungus belonging to the division Ascomycetes, excluding a fungus belonging to the class Saccharomycetes, in which a gene coding for an arginine permease (CAN1), or a variant or an orthologous gene, has been knocked out. The invention also relates to the various uses of the strain and to the genetic modification method allowing a strain according to the invention to be obtained. The invention also relates to the use of L-canavanine as a selectable marker for transformants in which a gene coding for an arginine permease (CAN1), or a variant or an orthologous gene, has been knocked out.

WATER-RESISTANT AND DURABLE BIOCARBON PELLETS, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME

Resumen de: US2025109346A1

Water-resistant, high-durability, and high-density biocarbon pellets are described. In some variations, a process for producing biocarbon pellets comprises: pyrolyzing a biomass-containing feedstock in a pyrolysis reactor, thereby generating a solid biocarbon-containing material and a pyrolysis vapor; introducing the pyrolysis vapor to a separation system configured to recover a pyrolysis condensate in liquid form separated from non-condensable gases; capturing pyrolysis condensate as a polyphenolic material; contacting the solid biocarbon-containing material with the polyphenolic material, thereby generating an intermediate mixture; introducing the intermediate mixture to a densification unit, thereby generating a biocarbon pellet precursor; and at least partially drying the biocarbon pellet precursor, thereby generating biocarbon pellets characterized by a 24-hour water uptake of about 20 wt % or less, measured at 25° C. and 1 bar. The biocarbon pellets can be stockpiled outside, which is logistically convenient at manufacturing sites, such as industrial metal-making plants that feed the biocarbon pellets into the process.

SORTING BIOGENIC MATERIALS ACCORDING TO A DESIRED BIOCHAR FORMULATION

Nº publicación: EP4788971A2 12/08/2026

Solicitante:

AMP ROBOTICS CORP [US]
AMP Robotics Corporation

Resumen de: US2025108408A1

Sorting biogenic material from a stream of heterogeneous materials is disclosed, including: detecting biogenic material within an input stream of heterogeneous material; sorting the biogenic material based at least in part on a desired biochar formulation; and tracking a composition of a sorted mixture of biogenic material.