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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Inventor:
Michael Edward Tay, Georgetown, TX (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C13B 30/02 (2011.01); B01D 9/02 (2006.01); B01D 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C13B 30/025 (2013.01); B01D 9/0063 (2013.01); B01D 9/02 (2013.01); C13B 30/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
The embodiments described herein include one embodiment that provides a method for controlling sugar crystallization. The method includes, during a crystallization process, determining supersaturation of a sugar slurry of syrup and regulating influx of syrup into the sugar slurry to promote sugar crystallization in a closed-loop manner based upon the determined supersaturation.