Manufacturing process for extracting high-quality cellulose nanocrystals from biomass
Category: Process/Prototyping
Developers: Argonne National Laboratory
Co-Developers: University of Chicago and Aloterra Energy LLC
United States
Product Description:Process for extracting high-quality cellulose nanocrystals from abundant biomass, elephant grass. A University of Chicago scientist invented the initial process, and an Argonne National Laboratory team scaled it up to an economical manufacturing level. This process combines the generation of a bleaching agent, bleaching, and hydrolysis into a single step.
Developers: Argonne National Laboratory
Co-Developers: University of Chicago and Aloterra Energy LLC
United States
Product Description:Process for extracting high-quality cellulose nanocrystals from abundant biomass, elephant grass. A University of Chicago scientist invented the initial process, and an Argonne National Laboratory team scaled it up to an economical manufacturing level. This process combines the generation of a bleaching agent, bleaching, and hydrolysis into a single step.
The product of the process--cellulose nanocrystals.