发明申请
- 专利标题: DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING ENERGY IN DISTILLING OPERATIONS
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申请号: US16151088申请日: 2018-10-03
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公开(公告)号: US20190099690A1公开(公告)日: 2019-04-04
- 发明人: Quinton Downe
- 申请人: Quinton Downe
- 优先权: CA2981389 20171003
- 主分类号: B01D3/00
- IPC分类号: B01D3/00 ; C12C11/00 ; C12F3/06 ; F03B3/04
摘要:
A device is provided having a fermentation chamber having one or more inlets to receive a mixed stream to be fermented and an outlet to release fermented product; a distillation vessel surrounding the fermentation chamber having communication with the fermentation chamber outlet to receive fermented product to be distilled and a turbine located within the outlet of the fermentation chamber, the turbine having a rotor rotatable by force of flow of fermented product from the fermentation chamber to the distillation vessel, to generate electricity. A sidewall common to both the fermentation chamber and distillation vessel allows for heat transfer of heat generated from fermentation to the distillation vessel to heat the product to be distilled. A method of fermenting and distilling a product is also provided. The method involves receiving in a fermentation chamber a mixed stream to be fermented; transferring heat energy generated by fermentation to a distillation vessel surrounding the fermentation chamber; allowing pressurized fermented product to flow from the fermentation chamber into the distillation vessel via a turbine and rotating a rotor of the turbine by a force of flow of the fermented product to the distiller to generate electricity.