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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2013
Poet Research, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD (US);
David Charles Carlson, Yankton, SD (US);
Blake J. Gomer, Olivet, SD (US);
Casey C. Jenks, Tripp, SD (US);
Sharil Kirschman-Rollag, Beaver Creek, MN (US);
Kristine Nicole Plack, Harrisburg, SD (US);
Melissa R. Reis, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
POET RESEARCH, INC., Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and systems for remediating one or more impurities (e.g., diacetyl) that are present in manufacturing an alcohol (e.g., ethanol) from cellulosic biomass. The methods and systems include reacting the one or more impurities with at least one treatment compound (e.g., an oxidizing agent, an alkali compound, or a mixture thereof) to form a reaction product that can be separated from the alcohol.