Method and system for distilling alcohol in an alcohol production process

    公开(公告)号:US10392590B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US16241081

    申请日:2019-01-07

    摘要: A method and system for distilling alcohol in an alcohol production process is disclosed. The method can include fermenting a mixture of water and milled grain to produce alcohol-laden beer, which can be distilled in a beer column maintained at a subatmospheric pressure to produce a vapor, primarily including alcohol, and whole stillage. Stillage is separated from the whole stillage. Water is evaporated from the separated stillage to produce first-concentrated stillage and first effect steam. Water from the first-concentrated stillage is evaporated with heat from the first effect steam to produce second effect steam. In one embodiment, second effect steam can be used to supply sufficient heat to a side stripper for distilling the alcohol-laden beer. In another embodiment, the method can include generating steam from one or more steam generator to supply sufficient heat to the beer column for distilling the alcohol-laden beer.

    Recovery of volatile carboxylic acids by a stripper-extractor system
    3.
    发明授权
    Recovery of volatile carboxylic acids by a stripper-extractor system 有权
    通过汽提提取系统回收挥发性羧酸

    公开(公告)号:US08981146B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-17

    申请号:US13392744

    申请日:2010-08-18

    IPC分类号: C07C51/44 B01D3/38 C12F3/00

    摘要: A process for recovering a volatile carboxylic acid from an aqueous stream comprising same, the process comprising the steps of: (i) steam stripping the carboxylic acid from the aqueous stream, which aqueous stream is produced by a conversion process using a lignocellulosic feedstock as a substrate, the steam stripping comprising contacting the aqueous stream with steam by flowing the aqueous stream and the steam countercurrent to one another, thereby producing a vapor stream comprising vaporized carboxylic acid and steam and a stripped aqueous stream; (ii) extracting the vaporized carboxylic acid with an organic solvent by contacting the vapor stream with the organic solvent to produce (a) a stream comprising the organic solvent and the carboxylic acid and (b) the steam at least substantially depleted of the carboxylic acid, wherein the organic solvent has an atmospheric boiling point of at least about 150° C. and is insoluble in water; (iii) returning the steam from step (ii) to the steam stripping step (step i) to further strip the carboxylic acid from the aqueous stream; and (iv) separating the carboxylic acid from the organic solvent.

    摘要翻译: 一种从包含其的含水流中回收挥发性羧酸的方法,该方法包括以下步骤:(i)从水流中汽提汽提羧酸,该水流通过使用木质纤维素原料的转化方法生产, 蒸汽汽提包括通过使水流和蒸汽逆流相互流动使水流与蒸汽接触,从而产生包含蒸发的羧酸和蒸汽和汽提的水流的蒸气流; (ii)通过使蒸气流与有机溶剂接触来萃取蒸发的羧酸,以产生(a)包含有机溶剂和羧酸的物流,和(b)至少基本上不含羧酸的蒸汽 其中所述有机溶剂的常压沸点为至少约150℃,并且不溶于水; (iii)将来自步骤(ii)的蒸汽返回到汽提步骤(步骤i),以进一步从水流中分离出羧酸; 和(iv)从有机溶剂中分离出羧酸。

    Process for brewer's yeast debittering
    5.
    发明授权
    Process for brewer's yeast debittering 失效
    啤酒酵母脱粒过程

    公开(公告)号:US5716653A

    公开(公告)日:1998-02-10

    申请号:US513040

    申请日:1995-08-09

    CPC分类号: C12C11/00 A21D8/047 C12F3/00

    摘要: This invention relates to a process for debittering spent brewer's yeast, aiming at maximal efficiency with minimal impact on yeasts for their further use as live cells. The process consists in bringing a yeast suspension in contact with a surfactant containing unsaturated fatty acids, like Tween 80.RTM. (0.2% to 20% v/v), adjusting pH to 10.0 with NaOH 2N and agitating during 5 minutes at 50 rpm and 50.degree. C. A bitterness reduction of 98% is obtained, without affecting yeast viability or protein content. Furthermore, the debittered yeasts treated with 20% Tween 80.RTM. can be reactivated (viability of 100% and increased production of CO.sub.2) by growing them in a suitable medium for a sufficient time (about two to six hours). These reactivated yeasts have restored biological properties which are expected to allow the use of these spent yeasts in complete or partial replacement of new yeasts in bakery industry and in spirit and beer fabrication. This application for an industrial by-product brings a plus-value by exploiting its biological activity and its nutritional value and furthermore, represents an interesting solution for an environmental problem.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于啤酒酿造酵母脱粒的方法,其目的在于最大限度地提高效率,对酵母进一步用作活细胞的影响最小。 该方法包括使酵母悬浮液与含有不饱和脂肪酸的表面活性剂如Tween 80 TM(0.2%至20%v / v)接触,用NaOH 2N将pH调节至10.0,并在50rpm和50rpm下搅拌5分钟 获得98%的苦味降低,而不影响酵母活力或蛋白质含量。 此外,通过在合适的培养基中培养它们足够的时间(约2-6小时),可以将用20%Tween 80 TM处理的脱粒酵母再活化(100%的活力和增加的CO 2产生)。 这些重新启动的酵母已经恢复了生物学特性,预期这些能够使用这些用过的酵母来完全或部分地替代烘焙工业中的新酵母以及精神和啤酒制造。 这种工业副产品的应用通过利用其生物活性及其营养价值带来了价值,此外,也是环境问题的有意义的解决方案。

    Systems and methods for stillage fractionation

    公开(公告)号:US10465152B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-05

    申请号:US15015355

    申请日:2016-02-04

    摘要: Systems and methods for fractionating whole stillage from an ethanol production facility are provided. Whole stillage undergoes a separation of its liquid portion (thin stillage) from the solid portion (fiber cake). In some embodiments, the solids and liquids in whole stillage may be separated utilizing a screening centrifuge. The fiber cake may be dried to generate a high fiber animal feed. The thin stillage may be provided to a three-phase separator for separation into an oil emulsion, an aqueous clarified stillage, and a protein paste. The protein paste may be dried to generate a high protein animal feed with greater than about 45% protein content. The clarified thin stillage is condensed to yield a syrup with greater than around 60% solids. The oil emulsion is subjected to a pH adjustment to liberate the oil from the emulsion, which is then separated.