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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Kurita America, Inc., St. Michael, MN (US);
Inventors:
Roy Johnson, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Paul Young, Wheaton, IL (US);
Assignee:
Kurita America, Inc., St. Michael, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 9/00 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 9/00 (2013.01); C12P 7/06 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present inventors have surprisingly discovered that phytic acid tenaciously precipitates with soluble metals in food or fuel ethanol-processing fluid, producing insoluble organometallic salt deposit or scale on the processing equipment that must be removed in order to facilitate further ethanol processing. The present invention relates to converting phytic acid salts or phytates to inorganic phosphates to improve metal solubility and reduce deposition within processing equipment.