Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for ethanol production
- Patent Title (中): 乙醇生产的方法和装置
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Application No.: US14192957Application Date: 2014-02-28
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Publication No.: US09446326B2Publication Date: 2016-09-20
- Inventor: David Walker
- Applicant: Dx Resources LLC
- Applicant Address: US FL Tampa
- Assignee: DX RESOURCES LLC
- Current Assignee: DX RESOURCES LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Tampa
- Agency: Boyle Fredrickson, S.C.
- Main IPC: C07C29/80
- IPC: C07C29/80 ; C07C13/08 ; B01D3/06 ; B01D3/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140174904A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION Public/Granted day:2014-06-26
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