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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 4269940 | Microbiological alkane oxidation process Disclosed is a process for the microbiological oxidation of C1 -C6 alkanes and cycloalkanes by contacting said C1 -C6 alkanes or cycloalkanes, under aerobic conditions, in the presence of microorganisms or enzym... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4260685 | Saccharification of cellulose A method for effecting saccharification of raw cellulosic material taken from any available source. The cellulosic material is hydrolyzed by immersing it in a bath of anhydrous liquid hydrogen chloride to yield usable glucose and other products. The cellu... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4255518 | Process for the recovery of starch from cereal grains as an aqueous slurry In the wet milling of a cereal grain such as corn for the recovery of starch and other products therefrom, steepwater containing much of the water soluble components of the grain, e.g., carbohydrates, proteins and minerals, is utilized as process water fo... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4252900 | Recovery of starch from amylaceous roots and/or grains as aqueous slurries Starch is recovered from an amylaceous material such as manioc root or corn in the form of an aqueous slurry containing substantially all of the soluble components, e.g., carbohydrates and proteins, of the amylaceous material prior to processing. To accom... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4247638 | Recovery of starch from amylaceous roots as an aqueous slurry Starch is recovered from an amylaceous root such as manioc root in the form of an aqueous slurry containing substantially all of the soluble components, e.g., sugars and proteins, of the root prior to processing. To accomplish such recovery, fragmented ro... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4235968 | Saccharification of cellulose A method for effecting saccharification of raw cellulosic material taken from any available source. In the first step, the raw material is immersed in a caustic solution which swells the cellular structure to render it more reactive and acts to solubilize... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4220721 | Method for enzyme reutilization Cellulase, an enzyme useful in the saccharification of cellulose can be recycled by a process of selective adsorption on cellulose containing materials and readmitted to the reaction mixture in a batch, semi-continuous, or continuous simultaneous sacchari... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4186252 | Method for preparation of vitamin B1 A method for preparing vitamin B1 in a fermentation process involves cultivating mutants of yeast of the genus Saccharomyces Meyen emend Reess that synthesize this vitamin from sugars and inorganic salts and excrete it from living cells into fe... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4093516 | Preparation of liquid fuel and nutrients from municipal waste water The organic portion of the impurities in municipal waste are converted into a liquid fuel suitable for use in internal- and external-combustion engines, a residue suitable for animal feed supplement and purified water by the process which comprises the st... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4064015 | Control of biosynthesis in submerged culture Continuous control of biosynthesis process conditions on the basis of measurable quantities in the off-gases from the process and calculated quantities derived from said measured quantities provides for optimization of reaction conditions with respect to ... | 12/20/1977 |
| 3997400 | Use of tankers as fermenting vats Many tankers can lie idle for longer or shorter periods or can travel empty from oil consumers on the way back to the oil suppliers. The present invention is related to utilizing vessels, which for longer or shorter periods and for various reasons cannot ... | 12/14/1976 |
