Process for the manufacture of butanol or acetone

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PATENT NO 11046977
APP PUB NO 20200149074A1
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16453294

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A process for the manufacture of butanol, acetone and other renewable chemicals utilizes one or more of by-products of the manufacture of malt whisky, such as pot ale and spent lees, biomass substrates, such as paper, sludge from paper manufacture and spent grains from distillers and brewers, and diluents, such as water and spent liquid from other fermentations. The process includes treating a substrate to hydrolyze it and fermenting the treated. Also provided is a biofuel including butanol manufactured according to the process.

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THE COURT OF EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITYEDINBURGH LOTHIAN EH14 1DJ

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Leiper, Kenneth Alexander Edinburgh, GB 10 4
Messenger, Sandra Sharnbrook, GB 10 4
Tangney, Martin Edinburgh, GB 12 14
White, Jane Samantha Edinburgh, GB 11 11

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