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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2019
The Quaker Oats Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Gary Carder, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Yongsoo Chung, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Prashant Mehta, Chicago, IL (US);
Wesley Twombly, Fox River Grove, IL (US);
The Quaker Oats Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlled hydrolysis. The method can comprise hydrolyzing a first reagent in a first hydrolysis reaction and deactivating a first enzyme catalyzing the first hydrolysis reaction. The deactivating step can occur in about 10 seconds or less; the deactivating step can comprise adding a deactivating fluid to a composition comprising the first enzyme and heating the first enzyme using a deactivating mechanism. In other aspects, hydrolyzing the first reagent and deactivating the first enzyme can occur in a conduit, and the first hydrolysis reaction can occur in a composition that is at least 50% water by weight. The apparatus can provide a hydrolysis reactor comprising: a conduit; a composition inlet in the conduit for a composition; a first enzyme inlet in the conduit downstream of the composition inlet; and a first deactivating mechanism downstream of the first enzyme inlet to deactivate the first enzyme.