Hamrick Engineering granted patent for extracting sugars and nanocellulose from biomass

Plantations International News Hamrick Engineering, a US-based start-up, has received a broad patent for extracting sugars and nanocellulose from lignocellulosic biomass by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This new technology uses an environmentally benign technique of vacuum infusion of hydrolysis catalysts into biomass. ‘This ground-breaking patent describes how to extract sugars and nanocellulose from lignocellulosic biomass using a low-cost process.  It provides a foundation for technologies to produce low-cost sugars, transportation fuels, and nano-crystalline cellulose from wood chips and waste paper,’ says Edward Hamrick, president of Hamrick Engineering. ‘We completely re-thought the way to extract sugars and nanocellulose from [...]