Process for the manufacture of butanol or acetone

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PATENT NO 11198889
APP PUB NO 20200181655A1
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16792470

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A process for the manufacture of butanol, acetone and/or other renewable chemicals is provided wherein the process utilises one or more of the group comprising by-products of the manufacture of malt whisky, such as draff, pot ale and/or 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 comprises treating a substrate to hydrolyse it and fermenting the treated substrate at an initial pH in the range of 5.0 to 6.0. Also provided is a biofuel comprising butanol manufactured according to the process of the invention.

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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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