| 摘要 |
<p>Disclosed is a method of converting biomass to sugars, comprising: providing a cellulosic or lignocellulosic feedstock, mixing the feedstock with a fluid and a saccharifying agent form a solution or suspension, allowing the feedstock to convert to sugars (saccharify), and controlling the balance of fluid and feedstock, prior to and/or during saccharification, so as to obtain a total sugar content in the suspension or solution of at least 20 per cent by weight after saccharification. The method may also involve reducing the recalcitrance of the biomass by: irradiation with ionising radiation, mechanical treatment, chemical treatment, sonication, pyrolysis, oxidation, or steam explosion.</p> |
