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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Olan S. Fruchey, Hurricane, WV (US);
Brian T. Keen, Pinch, WV (US);
Brooke A. Albin, Charleston, WV (US);
Nye A. Clinton, Hurricane, WV (US);
Dilum Dunuwila, Princeton, NJ (US);
Bernard D. Dombek, Charleston, WV (US);
Olan S. Fruchey, Hurricane, WV (US);
Brian T. Keen, Pinch, WV (US);
Brooke A. Albin, Charleston, WV (US);
Nye A. Clinton, Hurricane, WV (US);
Dilum Dunuwila, Princeton, NJ (US);
Bernard D. Dombek, Charleston, WV (US);
BioAmber S.A.S., , FR;
Abstract
Processes for making monoammonium succinate (MAS) and/or succinic acid (SA) from either a clarified diammonium succinate (DAS)-containing fermentation broth or a clarified MAS-containing fermentation broth include (a) distilling the broth to form an overhead that includes water and optionally ammonia and a liquid bottoms that includes MAS or SA; (b) cooling and/or evaporating the bottoms and optionally adding an antisolvent to the bottoms to attain a temperature and composition sufficient to cause the bottoms to produce a solid portion that contains MAS or SA in contact with a liquid portion; (c) separating the solid portion from the liquid portion; and (d) recovering the solid portion.