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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Bo L. Tran, Chicago, IL (US);
Kerem Eraydin, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Jianjun Liu, Aurora, IL (US);
Royce D. Mullins, Pound, VA (US);
Jinming Zhang, Blacksburg, VA (US);
James A. Counter, Thirroul, AU;
ECOLAB USA INC., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention provides methods and compositions for green compositions and technologies. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of separating a first material from a second material. For example, the method can comprise mixing the first material and the second material in a slurry with a beneficiation composition. The beneficiation composition can comprise one or more glyceride and fatty acid mixtures extracted from a fuel ethanol process. Air bubbles can be provided in the slurry to form bubble-particle aggregates with the first material and the bubble-particle aggregates can be allowed to be separated from the second material.