Production apparatus of sugar solution and production system of sugar solution

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9499783-B2
Application number	US-201214344496-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2012
Priority date	Sep 14, 2011
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

A sugar solution production apparatus includes a saccharification tank that obtains a saccharified solution containing a solid substance from a cellulose-containing biomass, a solid-liquid separator that separates the solid substance from the saccharified solution to obtain a sugar solution, an enzyme recovery solution tank that stores an enzyme recovery solution, a sugar solution extraction line that extracts the sugar solution from the solid-liquid separator, a warm water supply unit that supplies warm water to the solid-liquid separator, an enzyme recovery solution supply line that supplies the enzyme recovery solution from the enzyme recovery solution tank to the solid-liquid separator, an enzyme recovery solution recovery line that feeds the enzyme recovery solution containing the saccharifying enzyme recovered from the solid substance to the enzyme recovery solution tank, and an enzyme recovery solution return line that returns the enzyme recovery solution to the saccharification tank.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sugar solution production apparatus comprising:
a saccharification tank that obtains a saccharified solution containing a solid substance by reacting a cellulose-containing biomass with a saccharifying enzyme;
a solid-liquid separator that obtains a sugar solution and an enzyme recovery solution that recovers the saccharifying enzyme adsorbed onto the solid substance by separating the solid substance from the saccharified solution;
an enzyme recovery solution tank that stores the enzyme recovery solution separated from the solid substance of the saccharified solution in the solid-liquid separator;
a sugar solution extraction line that extracts the sugar solution from the solid-liquid separator;
a warm water supply unit that supplies warm water 30 to 60° C. to the solid-liquid separator to obtain the sugar solution by hydrolyzing the solid substance with the saccharifying enzyme adsorbed onto the solid substance separated from the saccharified solution in the solid-liquid separator;
an enzyme recovery solution supply line that supplies the enzyme recovery solution from the enzyme recovery solution tank to the solid-liquid separator;
an enzyme recovery solution recovery line that feeds the enzyme recovery solution containing the saccharifying enzyme recovered from the solid substance in the solid-liquid separator to the enzyme recovery solution tank; and
an enzyme recovery solution return line that returns the enzyme recovery solution in the enzyme recovery solution tank to the saccharification tank.

2. The sugar solution production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the solid-liquid separator is a filter press.

3. The sugar solution production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the enzyme recovery solution recovery line is branched from the sugar solution extraction line and connected to the enzyme recovery solution tank.

4. The sugar solution production apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein an adjusting valve is provided on the sugar solution extraction line between the solid-liquid separator and the branched point to the enzyme recovery solution recovery line.

5. The sugar solution production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the warm water supply unit comprises a warm water supply tank that stores the warm water to be supplied to the solid-liquid separator, and
the sugar solution production apparatus further comprises a warm water return line that returns the warm water fed to the solid-liquid separator to the warm water supply tank.

6. The sugar solution production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a sterilizing apparatus is provided on the enzyme recovery solution return line.

7. The sugar solution production apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the sterilizing apparatus includes a microfiltration membrane.

8. The sugar solution production apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an enzyme purification apparatus is provided on the enzyme recovery solution return line.

9. A sugar solution production system comprising:
a sugar solution production apparatus comprising:
a saccharification tank that obtains a saccharified solution containing a solid substance by reacting a cellulose-containing biomass with a saccharifying enzyme;
a solid-liquid separator that obtains a sugar solution and an enzyme recovery solution that recovers the saccharifying enzyme adsorbed onto the solid substance by separating the solid substance from the saccharified solution;
an enzyme recovery solution tank that stores the enzyme recovery solution separated from the solid substance of the saccharified solution in the solid-liquid separator;
a sugar solution extraction line that extracts the sugar solution from the solid-liquid separator;
a warm water supply unit that supplies warm water to the solid-liquid separator to obtain the sugar solution by hydrolyzing the solid substance with the saccharifying enzyme adsorbed onto the solid substance separated from the saccharified solution in the solid-liquid separator;
an enzyme recovery solution supply line that supplies the enzyme recovery solution from the enzyme recovery solution tank to the solid-liquid separator;
an enzyme recovery solution recovery line that feeds the enzyme recovery solution containing the saccharifying enzyme recovered from the solid substance in the solid-liquid separator to the enzyme recovery solution tank; and
an enzyme recovery solution return line that returns the enzyme recovery solution in the enzyme recovery solution tank to the saccharification tank;

a microfiltration membrane and/or an ultrafiltration membrane that remove/removes a foreign substance contained in an aqueous sugar solution that is a sugar solution produced by the sugar solution production apparatus; and
a nanofiltration membrane and/or a reverse osmosis membrane that concentrate/concentrates a sugar in the aqueous sugar solution.

Assignees

• Minamino Atsushi
• Kishimoto Junpei
• Kurihara Hiroyuki
• Yamada Katsushige
• Toray Industries

Inventors

• Minamino Atsushi
• Kishimoto Junpei
• Kurihara Hiroyuki
• Yamada Katsushige

Classifications

• B01D61/147

  Microfiltration · CPC title

• C12M21/18

  Apparatus specially designed for the use of free, immobilized or carrier-bound enzymes · CPC title

• B01D61/025

  Reverse osmosis; Hyperfiltration · CPC title

• C13K1/02

  obtained by saccharification of cellulosic materials (manufacture of fodder A23K10/32) · CPC title

• C13K13/007

  Separation of sugars provided for in subclass C13K (C13K3/00 takes precedence) · CPC title