
248 Producing Fuels and Fine Chemicals from Biomass Using Nanomaterials
A typical characteristic of the Virent process is the fact that it is not selective in the
production of para-xylene. A wide range of products is claimed (see Figure 9.12), and
in Table 9.10, compositional data for a sucrose/xylose mixture and sorbitol are given.
Despite claims that lignocellulosic biomass can be used, no example has been found
in the extensive patent literature covering the Virent’s BioForming™ technology.
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Although the example given does not specically mention CO
2
, it can be calculated
using the above outlined approach. The resultsare shown in T