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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Anurag P. Mairal, Fremont, CA (US);
Alvin NG, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard W. Baker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ivy Huang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jennifer Ly, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anurag P. Mairal, Fremont, CA (US);
Alvin Ng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard W. Baker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ivy Huang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jennifer Ly, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Membrane Technology and Research, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for producing and recovering light alcohols, particularly ethanol, alcohol mixtures containing ethanol, and ABE mixtures (alcohol mixtures containing acetone, butanol and ethanol), using a combination of steps including fermentation, first membrane separation, dephlegmation and dehydration by second membrane separation.