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Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Cavitation Technologies, Inc., Chatsworth, CA (US);

Inventors:

Roman Gordon, Studio City, CA (US);

Igor Gorodnitsky, Marina del Rey, CA (US);

Maxim A. Promtov, Tambov, RU;

Vijayanand Suryakant Moholkar, Assam, IN;

Assignee:

Cavitation Technologies, Inc., Chatsworth, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/14 (2006.01); C12P 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/14 (2013.01); C12P 19/02 (2013.01); C12P 2201/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process for increasing alcohol yield from biomass (the form or agro- or forest residue, grains, hops, etc.), involving multiple hydrodynamic cavitation treatments of biomass filtrate—both before and after fermentation. Carbohydrates extracted from biomass are subjected to a first cavitation treatment to promote additional conversion into carbohydrates. The carbohydrates are then combined with bacterial species and nutrients, and allowed to ferment. The fermentation product is subjected to a second hydrodynamic cavitation treatment to promote further conversion of carbohydrates into bioalcohol. After distillation, the bioalcohol is subjected to a second hydrodynamic cavitation treatment to increase its purity.


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