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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2012
Darrell M. Waite, Bangor, ME (US);
Richard Arnold, Milford, ME (US);
James St. Pierre, Milford, ME (US);
Hemant P. Pendse, Orono, ME (US);
William H. Ceckler, Hancock, ME (US);
Amy Elizabeth Luce, Brewer, ME (US);
Rino P. Dumont, Hermon, ME (US);
Darrell M. Waite, Bangor, ME (US);
Richard Arnold, Milford, ME (US);
James St. Pierre, Milford, ME (US);
Hemant P. Pendse, Orono, ME (US);
William H. Ceckler, Hancock, ME (US);
Amy Elizabeth Luce, Brewer, ME (US);
Rino P. Dumont, Hermon, ME (US);
Red Shield Acquistion, LLC, Old Town, ME (US);
University of Maine System of Board of Trustees, Bangor, ME (US);
Abstract
A system and method for hardwood pulp liquid hydrolysate conditioning is provided. The system includes a first evaporator, a hydrolysis unit, at least one lignin separation device, a neutralization device, a precipitate removal device, a solvent extraction unit, a lignin removal and recovery unit, an acid and furfural separation and conditioning unit, and an electrodialysis device, which process a quantity of hardwood mix to produce a desalinated solution containing sugar.