Bin Zhou

US Patent:

8173406, May 8, 2012

Filed:

Dec 18, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/642601

Inventors:

Bin Wang - Middlesex MA, US
Hao Feng - Urbana IL, US
Xiaojuan Wang - Champaign IL, US
Bin Zhou - Urbana IL, US
Jose Atilio De Frias - Urbana IL, US

Assignee:

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinios - Urbana IL

International Classification:

C12P 7/10
C12P 7/08
C12P 7/06

US Classification:

435165, 435161, 435163

Abstract:

Lignocellulosic biomass is noted for its recalcitrance to deconstruction as a feedstock for biofuel production. A two-step pretreatment method with the aim of enhancing cellulose digestibility, bypassing the traditional severe pretreatment reaction conditions and improving the overall economics of biofuel production is disclosed herein. A 1pretreatment step is used to partially remove hemicellulose and lignin. A 2pretreatment step using electrolyzed water is used to break the crystalline structure and to remove residual hemicellulose and lignin before enzymatic hydrolysis for releasing fermentable sugars. A digestibility of 95% can be achieved by the two-step approach.

US Patent:

20110166871, Jul 7, 2011

Filed:

Oct 31, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/446980

Inventors:

John C. Ryan - Boston MA, US
Bin Zhou - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V. - Eindhoven

International Classification:

G06Q 50/00
G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 2

Abstract:

A risk assessment input terminal () displays a risk assessment template (FIG. ) through which risk assessment information is entered of each of a plurality of patients. A care plan processor () assembles intervention or goal modules from a module memory () into care plans for the patients which are stored in a patient file memory (). Portions of a patient's care plan that are to be delivered to a patient each day are supplied over an electronic network () to a patient terminal () for display. Some of the modules also call for tasks to be performed. The tasks to be performed each day are retrieved by a work flow processor () and delivered to a plurality of care professional workstations (). Care plan professionals complete the open tasks or transfer open tasks to another care professional and close the completed tasks. A report generator () generates various reports.