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- Patent Title: Additives and use thereof in corn fermentation process streams and other bioprocesses
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Application No.: US16675755Application Date: 2019-11-06
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Publication No.: US11672267B2Publication Date: 2023-06-13
- Inventor: Kenneth L. Zack , Joseph P. Borst , Yaser Shirazi , Padma P. Varanasi , Matthew Gerard Lyon
- Applicant: BASF SE
- Applicant Address: DE Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Assignee: BASF SE
- Current Assignee: BASF SE
- Current Assignee Address: DE Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: A23L29/00
- IPC: A23L29/00 ; C12C5/02 ; C12F3/10 ; A23L29/30 ; A23L33/115 ; A23D9/02 ; A23L33/185

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for enhancing oil recovery and protein recovery from a product from a corn fermentation process stream, such as corn syrup. Compositions generally include a product from a corn fermentation stream and an additive including at least one alkylphenol ethoxylate formaldehyde resin, at least one sodium alkyl sulfate, or a blend of at least one anionic surfactant with at least one non-ionic surfactant in a weight ratio of the at least one nonionic surfactant to the at least one anionic surfactant in a range from about 1:20 to about 20:1. Methods combine such an additive with the product from a corn fermentation stream to produce a mixture which is preferably heated and centrifuged to separate oil and protein from the product.
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