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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4395488 | Drive-through pit production of ethanol Ethanol (C2 H5 OH) is produced efficiently by employing a drive-through pit in which carbohydrate-containing material is fermented by hydrolyzing agents such as enzymes. The configuration and depth of the pit are such as to permit co... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4393136 | Bacterial ethanol production Glucose or other substrate is converted to ethanol using immobilized bacterial cells under conditions which prevent growth of the cells.... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4385117 | High ethanol producing derivatives of Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus Derivatives of the newly discovered microorganism Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus which under anaerobic and thermophilic conditions continuously ferment substrates such as starch, cellobiose, glucose, xylose and other sugars to produce recoverable amounts ... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4383040 | Fermentation process and apparatus A method for continuous fermentation in which carbohydrate solution is fed continuously into a fermentation zone containing substantially homogeneously distributed yeast and carbohydrate solution whereby the carbohydrate is fermented to ethanol, a proport... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4382001 | Use of activated carbon for separation of ethanol from water An adsorptive separation process for separating ethanol from a feed mixture comprising ethanol and water, which process comprises contacting the feed mixture with an adsorbent comprising activated carbon, selectively adsorbing substantially all of the eth... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4378434 | Process for the production of useful cultures and/or metabolites The disclosed chemical process is carried out in a series of vertically stacked conversion (e.g. fermentation) zones which are subdivided into movable segments. Flow from one zone to another is gravity-induced. A portion of the production medium is recirc... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4376163 | Process for producing ethanol by continuous fermentation of polysaccharide-containing raw materials This invention relates to a process for producing ethanol by continuous fermentation of polysaccharide-containing raw materials. The fermentation is carried out in one or several fermentors, a stream of fermentation liquor being separated into a yeast con... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4374859 | Method for reducing fusel oil in alcoholic beverages and yeast strain useful in that method A method and microorganism are set out for producing a fermentation product which contains ethanol but has a lower than usual fusel oil content. The mutant microorganism is of the genus Saccharomyces or Torulaspora.... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4368268 | Direct fermentation of D-xylose to ethanol by a xylose-fermenting yeast mutant A process for obtaining ethanol directly from D-xylose through fermentation of D-xylose by xylose-fermenting yeast mutants. The process provides for obtaining ethanol from hemicellulose hydrolyzates through yeast fermentation of D-xylose to ethanol. Furth... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4361651 | Process for making fermentable sugars and high-protein products Disclosed is a dry or wet milling process for making fermentable sugars and high-protein products from starch bearing material, characterized by saccharification of the starch followed by recovery of fiber and other non-protein materials and of destarched... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4359534 | Conversion of D-xylose to ethanol by the yeast Pachysolen tannophilus A method is disclosed for converting D-xylose to ethanol relying on the unique ability of the yeast Pachysolen tannophilus to ferment this five-carbon sugar without the use of added enzymes. This process will be particularly useful in the production of et... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4359533 | Fermentative alcohol production An improved fermentation process for producing alcohol which includes the combination of vacuum fermentation and vacuum distillation. Preferably, the vacuum distillation is carried out in two phases, one a fermentor proper operated at atmospheric pressure... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4358536 | Production of ethanol A flow of fermenting liquor from a fermentor is separated into a yeast concentrate flow, which is recirculated to the fermentor, and a yeast-free flow which is separated in a simple evaporator unit into a first ethanol-enriched vapor flow and a first liqu... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4358537 | In situ biological beneficiation of peat in the production of hydrocarbon fuels This invention relates to a process for in situ biological beneficiation of peat and hydraulic harvesting of organic carbonaceous material from a peat deposit. The process is particularly suitable for production of hydrocarbon fuel from peat wherein peat ... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4357424 | Process for the continuous production of fermentation alcohol A process for the continuous production of fermentation alcohol, by effecting fermentation of a continuous or substantially continuous supply of the liquid substrate by a dense suspension of a suitable micro-organism in a reaction column wherein the suspe... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356262 | Process for the production of high fructose syrups and ethanol This invention relates to a 1-step process for the preparation of fructose polymers and ethyl alcohol from sucrose. The fructose polymers are especially useful for production of high fructose syrups.... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4350766 | Pentose syrup production from hemicellulose A method for the production of pentose syrup from hemicellulosic material comprising the separate steps of: (a) mixing said hemicellulose material with an acid selected from the group consisting of sulfuric and hydrochloric to obtain a final concentration of ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350765 | Method for producing ethanol with immobilized microorganism Ethanol is produced in high concentration of 75 mg/ml or above such as 200 mg/ml by using an immbolized ethanol-producing microorganism to convert sugar to ethanol in a nutrient culture broth containing not more than 100 mg/ml sugar until the concentratio... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4349628 | Fermentation process for the manufacture of an organic compound A process for the manufacture of ethanol or a like volatile organic compound by fermenting a carbohydrate with a micro-organism which will convert the carbohydrate into ethanol or a like volatile organic compound, continuously transferring a portion of th... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4347321 | Method and apparatus for producing alcohol A method and apparatus particularly suitable for the production of alcohol from fermentable substances such as grain. In this method, mash cooking, fermentation, and boiling are carried out sequentially in a single vessel. Boiling produces a first vapor r... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4347320 | Immobilization of microorganisms in gelled carrageenan Microorganisms are immobilized by mixing the microorganisms with an aqueous solution of kappacarrageenan and gelling the resultant mixture by the addition of an epihalohydrin: alkylene polyamine polymer having a mole ratio of from about 0.60:1 to 2.7:1 an... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4346113 | Process for the continuous fermentation of aqueous slurries for the production of alcohol and yeast biomass A continuous process for the production of alcohol and yeast biomass by reaction in a uniform fermenting mixture of a sugar-bearing, aqueous slurry, starter yeast, yeast nutrients and an oxygen-bearing gas, wherein the yeast is a flocculating, bottom yeas... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4342831 | Fermentable acid hydrolyzates and fermentation process Method of preconditioning acid hydrolyzates derived from lignocellulosic materials such as sawdust or newspaper and preconditioned acid hydrolyzates are provided. The preconditioning negates the effect of substances which tend to inhibit fermentation and ... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4342830 | Process for separating and recovering organics and inorganics from waste material A process for recovering organics and inorganics from waste material with a specific object of preparing the separated organic fraction for the production of ethanol wherein rigid organic matter becomes soft when subjected to heat and pressure. The proces... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4336335 | Fermentation process Water soluble oxygenated hydrocarbons produced by microbial fermentation, e.g., ethanol, butanol, acetone, etc., are conveniently and economically recovered with a minimum expenditure of energy by passing heated by-product carbon dioxide gas through at le... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4330625 | Liquefying aqueous starch slurry followed by saccharification with ion exchange resin Starch derived from a dry milled cereal grain such as corn or milo is hydrolyzed to provide a sterile aqueous fermentable sugar solution which is especially adapted for fermentative conversion to ethanol with minimum thermal expenditure. Following an init... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4327184 | Inert-gas stripping and distillation apparatus A distillation/evaporation/drying apparatus wherein alcohol is removed by a dry, warm carrier gas from an alcohol-containing slurry from a fermenter. Carbon dioxide from the fermenter is used as the carrier gas and is suitably dried, warmed and recycled i... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4326036 | Production of ethanol from sugar cane An integrated process is provided for producing ethanol from sugar cane. Harvested cane is chopped and shredded to provide a mass of fiber and juice which is digested in a first digester with a hemicellulase enzyme. Fibrous residue is separated by centrif... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4321328 | Process for making ethanol and fuel product A process for the production of ethanol, useful as a fuel, from various cellulose-containing materials by saccharification, fermentation and distillation of the resultant fermented ethanol-containing beer to recover ethanol; which comprises the formation ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4321327 | Preparation of spherical shaped mycelial pellets Spherical shaped mycelial pellets having a support core and which are suitable for biocatalytic conversion of organic compounds are produced by dissolving a cellulose derivative in a solvent to form a solution, mixing spores of a mycelial microorganism wi... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4316956 | Fermentation process This invention relates to a novel fermentation process and in particular, to fermentative production of ethanol producing in the presence of non-gelled, or granular, starch particles, alpha-amylase and a glucoamylase; characteristic of the present process... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4309254 | Alcohol recovery process A process for the production of alcohol from a fermented feed wherein insoluble organic matter is separated prior to entry into a first distillation column. The insoluble organic matter is dried under pressure to produce dried distillers grain and wherein... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4306884 | Alcohol and fuel production Alcohol/water mixtures, such as those produced by fermentation of biomass material, are separated by extraction of alcohol with a solvent especially suited to such extraction and to subsequent removal. Conventional distillation steps to concentrate alcoho... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4306023 | Production of alcohol A process of producing ethyl alcohol is disclosed in which the wort is formed by separately supplying to a fermentation tank (1) a moist particulate feed containing a component convertible to a fermentable sugar under pressure and at a temperature in exce... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4302542 | Fermentation with thermophilic mixed cultures Single cell protein (SCP) and other fermentation products are produced by aerobic fermentation processes at relatively high fermentation temperature conditions employing oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds, such as an alcohol, as carbon and energy source mat... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4302543 | Process and apparatus for producing starch-containing feedstock hydrolysates for alcoholic fermentation A process for producing hydrolyzates of a starch-containing feedstock for an alcoholic fermentation which comprises extrusion of a preliminary disintegrated feedstock at a temperature of 150°-300° C. under a pressure of 2.105 -2.108 | 11/24/1981 |
| 4292407 | Anaerobic thermophilic culture A newly discovered thermophilic anaerobe is described that was isolated in a biologically pure culture and designated Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus ATCC 3/550. T. Ethanolicus is cultured in aqueous nutrient medium under anaerobic, thermophilic conditions... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4288550 | Treating process of garbage contained wastes The present invention relates to a process for digesting garbage or garbage contained wastes, particularly to a microbiological treatment which facilitates the treatment with high efficiency and economics, for the recovery of methane gas, first, by effect... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4287304 | Fermentable sugar from the hydrolysis of starch derived from dry milled corn Starch derived from dry milled corn is hydrolyzed to provide a sterile aqueous fermentable sugar solution which is especially adapted for fermentative conversion to ethanol with minimum thermal expenditure. Following an initial mild hydrolysis to thin, or... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4286058 | Enzymatic conversion of high moisture shear extruded and gelatinized grain material Methods and apparatus for high-moisture extrusion of starch-bearing grains is disclosed which yield cooked, gelatinized products suitable for short-time enzymatic conversion to sugars, and particularly those subject to fermentation to alcohol; the high pr... | 08/25/1981 |
