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PFR followed by a train of three to twelve cascading CSTRs PFR followed by two trains of three to twelve cascading CSTRs Two PFR in parallel followed by a train of three to twelve cascading CSTRs
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Harlick and Zheng, 2011Harlick, P. J. and Zheng, W., Process for improving the hydrolysis of cellulose in high consistency systems. U.S. Patent Application, 13/216,368 (2011).
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A train of three cascading CSTRs A train of three cascading CSTRs with liquid phase recycling from the third to the first reactor, enzyme supplementation at the second reactor and liquid phase withdrawing at the outlet of the first reactor A train of three cascading CSTRs with distributed feeding of enzyme and distributed withdrawing of liquid phase |
Sjoede et al., 2013Sjoede, A., Froelander, A., Lersch, M., Roedsrud, G., Hals, K. and Kloeften, A., Lignocellulosic biomass conversion. U.S. Patent No. 20,130,217,074 (2013).
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A train of ten cascading CSTRs or a PFR, both with and without recycle A train of ten cascading CSTRs with distributed feeding of substrate and enzyme at the first two or three reactors A train of three cascading CSTRs with distributed feeding of substrate and enzyme at the first two or three reactors, followed by a PFR |
Gonzalez Quiroga, 2009Gonzalez Quiroga, A., Modelagem, simulação e analise de reatores contínuos para a hidrólise enzimática de bagaço de cana. MSc Thesis, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil (2009). (In Portuguese).; Gonzalez Quiroga et al.,2010aGonzalez Quiroga, A., Costa, A. and Maciel Filho, R., Analysis of conversion and operation strategies for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass in a series of CSTRs with distributed feeding. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng, 33, 901-910 (2010a)., 2010bGonzalez Quiroga, A., Costa, A. and Maciel Filho, R., Modelamiento y simulación de una serie de CSTR's con alimentación distribuida para la hidrólisis enzimática de bagazo de caña. Revista ION, 23(1), 13-19 (2010b).
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Three trains of six cascading CSTRs
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Wooley et al., 1999Wooley, R., Ruth, M., Sheehan, J., Ibsen, K., Majdeski, H. and Galvez A., Lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol process design and economics utilizing cocurrent dilute acid prehydrolysis and enzymatic hyrolysis current and futuristic scenarios. No. NREL/TP-580-26157 (1999).
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Train of five cascading CSTRs
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Aden et al., 2002Aden, A., Ruth, M., Ibsen, K., Jechura, J., Neeves, K., Sheehan, J. and Wallace, B., Lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol process design and economics utilizing co-current dilute acid prehydrolysis and enzymatic hydrolysis for corn stover. No. NREL/ TP-510-32438 (2002).
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Tower type PFR (downward flow) followed by twelve batch in parallel |
Humbird et al., 2011Humbird, D., Davis, R. and Tao, L., Process design and economics for biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol. Nº NREL/TP5100-47764 (2011).
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Train of four STRs with intermittent feeding |
Shao et al., 2009Shao, X., Lynd, L., Wyman, C. and Bakker, A., Kinetic modeling of cellulosic biomass to ethanol via simultaneous saccharification and fermentation: Part I. Accommodation of intermittent feeding and analysis of staged reactors. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 102(1), 59-65 (2009).
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