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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Dx Resources Llc, Tampa, FL (US);
David Walker, Clearwater, FL (US);
DX RESOURCES LLC, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
An integrated bioethanol production and evaporation process and system produce reduces high quality ethanol and concentrated stillage. The process and system provide a significant energy savings over conventional bioethanol production and evaporation systems by using the energy ('vapor') that drives the distillation process to also drive a multiple effect evaporator, preferably a multiple effect TASTE™ evaporator to 'flash' or vaporize alcohol from the distillate. Additional energy savings are provided by passing fermented material through one or more pre-heaters of the multiple effect evaporator to increase the temperature of the fermented material prior to its distillation. The system preferably includes a pre-flash evaporator upstream of an alcohol recovery assembly in the direction of vapor flow and a multi-effect post-flash evaporator downstream of the alcohol recovery assembly.