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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Sonic Biofuels, Llc, Independence, MN (US);
Inventor:
James S. Brophy, Independence, MN (US);
Assignee:
Sonic Biofuels, LLC, Independence, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 1/00 (2006.01); C11B 1/10 (2006.01); C11B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 1/106 (2013.01); Y02E 50/13 (2013.01); C11B 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided that apply cavitation to a grain-based liquid medium processing stream of an oil separation process in order to achieve increased yields. Ultrasonic sources can be used in generating the cavitation. Typically, the oil processing system is a downstream process of an alcohol (such as ethanol) production facility utilizing a dry grind, a modified dry grind or a wet mill alcohol production process.