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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2012
Xian-zhong Han, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Rohit A. Medhekar, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Andrew J. Hoffman, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Xian-Zhong Han, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Rohit A. Medhekar, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Andrew J. Hoffman, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas LLC, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Abstract
A process of separating one or more components of corn fiber that comprises contacting the corn fiber with an extraction fluid that comprises at least one weak acid, increasing the temperature of the resulting mixture of fiber and fluid to solubilize hemicellulose of the corn fiber into the fluid, cooling the mixture, and separating the cooled extraction mixture into a soluble fraction comprising dissolved hemicellulose and an insoluble fraction comprising cellulose.