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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Applicant:
Yihui Tom Xu, Newark, DE (US);
Inventor:
Yihui Tom Xu, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/14 (2006.01); B01D 1/26 (2006.01); B01D 3/36 (2006.01); C12C 11/11 (2006.01); B01D 3/00 (2006.01); B01D 3/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 1/26 (2013.01); B01D 3/146 (2013.01); C12C 11/11 (2013.01); B01D 3/40 (2013.01); B01D 3/005 (2013.01); B01D 3/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for separating an alcohol, and in particular butanol, from a fermented feed and concentrating thin stillage into syrup includes operation of one or more alcohol recovery distillation columns using the heat supplied by steam generated from concentration of the thin stillage in a multi-train, multi-effect evaporation system.