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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Pen-Chung Wang, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph James Alishusky, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Houston, TX (US);
Paul Richard Weider, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 1/02 (2006.01); C11B 1/10 (2006.01); C11B 11/00 (2006.01); A23D 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 11/00 (2013.01); A23D 9/02 (2013.01); C11B 1/02 (2013.01); C11B 1/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of obtaining lipids from microbial biomass such as algae is provided by treating microbial biomass with a solution containing at least one α-hydroxysulfonic acid to extract and recover liposoluble components. The α-hydroxysulfonic acid can be easily removed from the product containing liposoluble components and recycled.