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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Texopco, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Ethan L. Demeter, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
TexOPCO, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 61/463 (2022.08); B01D 2317/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are electrodialysis systems for removing ions from heavy ends. The electrodialysis systems include an electrodialysis device comprising a brine inlet stream, a heavy ends inlet stream, a brine outlet stream, and a product outlet stream, wherein the brine outlet stream comprises more acetic acid than the brine inlet stream, and the product outlet stream comprises no more than 10% the amount of ions relative to an amount of ions in the heavy ends inlet stream.