Processing paper feedstocks
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1. A method of saccharifying paper feedstock, the method comprising:
- providing in a vessel, a slurry comprising a paper feedstock consisting essentially of polycoated paper, water, and an enzyme, the slurry having greater than 20 weight percent solids of the paper feedstock;
drawing slurry material from the vessel and jetting the slurry material into the vessel, while saccharifying at least a portion of the paper feedstock, producing a sugar; and
after saccharification, removing from the slurry material a polymer residue from the polycoated paper.
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Methods of processing paper feedstocks are provided, as well as intermediates and products made using such methods. Certain types of paper feedstocks, in particular highly pigmented papers, and/or highly loaded papers such as paper that has been color printed, e.g., magazines, and high basis weight coated papers, e.g., magazine stock, are utilized to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials.
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1. A method of saccharifying paper feedstock, the method comprising:
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providing in a vessel, a slurry comprising a paper feedstock consisting essentially of polycoated paper, water, and an enzyme, the slurry having greater than 20 weight percent solids of the paper feedstock; drawing slurry material from the vessel and jetting the slurry material into the vessel, while saccharifying at least a portion of the paper feedstock, producing a sugar; and after saccharification, removing from the slurry material a polymer residue from the polycoated paper. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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