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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Stephan Rüdiger Blum, Calgary, CA;
Bernhard Kaiser, Merzenich, DE;
Inventors:
Stephan Rüdiger Blum, Calgary, CA;
Bernhard Kaiser, Merzenich, DE;
Assignees:
2S-Sophisticated Systems Limited, London, GB;
Buss-SMS-Canzler GmbH, Butzbach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/14 (2006.01); B01D 61/36 (2006.01); B01D 61/58 (2006.01); C12G 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for distilling ethanol from a mash includes feeding a fluid to a first distillation column. The fluid and a distillate of the first distillation column are delivered to a second distillation column. The fed fluid and/or distillate of the second distillation column is/are purified in a first and/or last step of the method by a membrane separation process.