Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and process for adding pre-fermentation separated non-fermentables to a post-fermentation stream
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Application No.: US15649806Application Date: 2017-07-14
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Publication No.: US10995346B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Michael Franko , John Kwik , Neal Jakel
- Applicant: Fluid Quip Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US OH Springfield
- Assignee: Fluid Quip Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Fluid Quip Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Springfield
- Agency: Wood Herron & Evans LLP
- Main IPC: C12P7/14
- IPC: C12P7/14 ; C12P7/08 ; C12P7/10 ; C12P7/64 ; C12P19/02 ; C12P7/40 ; C12P7/04 ; C12P7/00

Abstract:
A system and process is disclosed for adding pre-fermentation separated non-fermentables, e.g., fiber, germ/oil, and/or protein, to a post-fermentation stream in a corn (or similar carbohydrate-containing grain) dry milling process for making alcohol and/or other biofuels/biochemical. The process includes mixing grain particles with a liquid to produce a slurry having starch and non-fermentables. The slurry is subjected to liquefaction to convert the starch in the slurry to complex sugars and produce a liquefied stream including the complex sugars and non-fermentables. After liquefaction but prior to fermentation of simple sugars resulting from conversion of the complex sugars, the non-fermentables are separated out to define a non-fermentables portion and an aqueous solution including the complex and/or simple sugars. The simple sugars are fermented to provide a fermented stream. Then, the separated non-fermentables portion is reincorporated back into the process into a post-fermentation stream. In one example, the non-fermentables may be mainly fiber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180016602A1 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR ADDING PRE-FERMENTATION SEPARATED NON-FERMENTABLES TO A POST-FERMENTATION STREAM Public/Granted day:2018-01-18
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