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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Dennis N. Adkesson, Decatur, IL (US);
Albert W. Alsop, Wilmington, DE (US);
Tyler T. Ames, Wilmington, DE (US);
Luis A. Chu, Landenberg, PA (US);
James M. Disney, Decatur, IL (US);
Bryan C. Dravis, Fishers, IN (US);
Patrick Fitzgibbon, Hockessin, DE (US);
James M. Gaddy, Decatur, IL (US);
F. Glenn Gallagher, Wilmington, DE (US);
William F. Lehnhardt, Lovington, IL (US);
Jefferson C. Lievense, Forsyth, IL (US);
Michael L. Luyben, Perkiomenville, PA (US);
Mayis Seapan, Landenberg, PA (US);
Robert E. Trotter, Wilmington, DE (US);
Gregory M. Wenndt, Lafayette, IN (US);
Eugene K. Yu, Hockessin, DE (US);
Dennis N. Adkesson, Decatur, IL (US);
Albert W. Alsop, Wilmington, DE (US);
Tyler T. Ames, Wilmington, DE (US);
Luis A. Chu, Landenberg, PA (US);
James M. Disney, Decatur, IL (US);
Bryan C. Dravis, Fishers, IN (US);
Patrick Fitzgibbon, Hockessin, DE (US);
James M. Gaddy, Decatur, IL (US);
F. Glenn Gallagher, Wilmington, DE (US);
William F. Lehnhardt, Lovington, IL (US);
Jefferson C. Lievense, Forsyth, IL (US);
Michael L. Luyben, Perkiomenville, PA (US);
Mayis Seapan, Landenberg, PA (US);
Robert E. Trotter, Wilmington, DE (US);
Gregory M. Wenndt, Lafayette, IN (US);
Eugene K. Yu, Hockessin, DE (US);
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC, Decatur, ID (US);
Abstract
A process for purifying 1,3-propanediol from the fermentation broth of a culturedthat has been bioengineered to synthesize 1,3-propanediol from sugar is provided. The basic process entails filtration, ion exchange and distillation of the fermentation broth product stream, preferably including chemical reduction of the product during the distillation procedure. Also provided are highly purified compositions of 1,3-propanediol.