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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7264726 | Nanocrystal-containing filtration media The invention relates to filtration media having nanocrystals of metal oxides, encapsulated in or impregnated into a binder matrix, which binds together particles of activated carbon. The filtration media can be compressed into a filtration block, has low pressure d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7229558 | Chromatographic separation method A method for fractionating a solution into two or more fractions. More particularly the invention relates to a method for fractionating a solution by a chromatographic simulated moving bed (SMB) process in which the dissolved substances present in the feedstock are ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7192524 | Method for processing sugar cane filter cake mud and extracting component products A process for the continuous treatment of sugar cane filter cane mud separates and extracts components including fiber which can be used as an animal feed or a source of energy generation, lignin, beta-carotene, oil containing a high content of phytosterol, refined ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182818 | System to produce sugar from plant materials A process system that uses a reduced amount of lime or other base to clarify or purify juice or other process liquid (1) obtained from plant material (2) such as sugar cane, sugar beets, or sweet sorghum. Specifically, apparatus and methods to reduce v... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7150793 | Method of reducing materials contained in juice A process system that uses a reduced amount of lime or other base to clarify or purify juice obtained from plant material such as sugar cane, sugar beets, or sweet sorghum. Specifically, apparatus and methods to reduce volatile materials in juice providing a product... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6936173 | Carbohydrate purification using ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis and nanofiltration The invention provides methods for purifying carbohydrates, including oligosaccharides, nucleotide sugars, and related compounds, by use of ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and/or reverse osmosis. The carbohydrates are purified away from undesired contaminants such a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6736903 | Method and apparatus for producing a work product A method for producing a work product including the steps of receiving a first fluid composed of a liquid, a target substance and at least one residual substance; passing the first fluid through a first work station for separating the residual substance from the fir... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6692577 | Process for purifying maltose The invention relates to a process for purifying a maltose-containing liquor from a undesired impurities, such as maltotriose. The process of the invention is characterized by nanofiltering said liquor and recovering a purified maltose solution as the per... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6656287 | System to produce sugar from plant materials A process system that uses a reduced amount of lime or other base to clarify or purify juice obtained from plant material such as sugar cane, sugar beets, or sweet sorghum. Specifically, apparatus and methods to reduce volatile materials in juice providin... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6648978 | Membrane filtration for thickening and starch washing in corn wet milling An improved corn wet milling process is disclosed in which a first stream comprising water, starch, and protein (e.g., gluten) is generated by separating fiber from wet milled de-germed corn particles (e.g. fiber separation step). Membrane filtration (e.g... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6508939 | Mixed bed type sugar solution refining system and regeneration method for such apparatus By passing an alkali regenerating agent A through a basic anion exchange resin (3), and through a strongly acidic cation exchange resin (4), the basic anion exchange resin can be regenerated while amphoteric organic materials such as the amino acids captu... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6454946 | Carbohydrate purification using ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis and nanofiltration The invention provides methods for purifying carbohydrates, including oligosaccharides, nucleotide sugars, and related compounds, by use of ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and/or reverse osmosis. The carbohydrates are purified away from undesired contamin... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6238486 | Detectable cationic flocculant and method of using same in industrial food processes The invention provides novel cationic flocculant dispersion polymers that can be utilized in the methods disclosed herein. This invention also provides methods for detecting cationic flocculants wherein said flocculants may be made via a dispersion proces... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6217664 | Process for treating a sucrose syrup The present invention provides a fractionation process for treating an aqueous sucrose syrup having, on a dry basis, an initial sucrose content of at least 30 w/w % comprising combining the syrup with a solvent selected from the group consisting of alkano... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6187842 | Sugar compounds, gelling agents, gelling agent compositions processes for the preparation of them, and gel compositions The invention provides a gelling agent comprising at least one sugar compound selected from the group consisting of sugar compounds represented by the formula (1) and sugar compounds represented by the formula (2). ##STR1## wherein R1 and R | 02/13/2001 |
| 6051075 | Process for sugar beet juice clarification Diffusion juice of a sugar plant is heated under stable sucrose conditions, notably alkaline pH, and held above 70° C. for sufficient duration to effect significant agglomeration. The agglomerated particulates are removed by phase separation procedures, ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6022394 | Process for fractioning vinasse The invention relates to a process for fractioning vinasse, in which process the pH value of the vinasse is lowered by adding acid, and the formed precipitate is separated in order to obtain an inorganic fraction, whereupon an organic fraction remains. Th... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5868851 | Process for production of solid glucose A process to produce solid glucose from a hydrolyzate consisting of a mixture of glucose, water, and an acid used in the hydrolysis of a biomass material is covered herein. In the process, the hydrolyzate is concentrated, as required, to form two phases: ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5831082 | Process for obtaining, by separation, highly pure water-soluble polydextrose A process for obtaining, by separation, highly pure, water soluble polydextrose using a continuous simulated moving bed system. The process involves separation from a crude polydextrose mixture containing 75-95 wt % polyglucose, 2-10 wt % glucose, 1-5 wt ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5800624 | Membrane process for separating carbohydrates Plasticized liquid membranes and processes for separating monosaccharides from disaccharides and from other monosaccharides employing the membranes are provided. Fructose is separated from glucose via the membrane process to provide fructose in concentrat... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5674322 | Process for the centrifugal treatment of a suspension containing starch In the process, a starch-containing suspension 1 is divided at admixture of washing liquid 5 in a centrifuge "A" into starch-containing concentrate 2, a first liquid phase 3 with primarily dissolved substances and a second liquid phase 4 with primarily un... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5635614 | Sugar/sugar alcohol esters The invention disclosed relates to a process for the preparation of sugar and sugar alcohol esters of general formula I (R--COO--)n --R1 (I) wherein R is an alkyl group, R1 is derived from a sugar or ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5624500 | Syrup of natural carob sugars and a process for its production A syrup of natural carob sugars having 55-75% sucrose, 7-15% fructose, 7-16% glucose, 0.5-3% other sugars, 4-14% cyclitols and 0.5-2% organic and inorganic impurities. Sugars are extracted from carob pulp and the juice thus obtained is subjected to chroma... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5504196 | Removal of color, polysaccharides, phenolics and turbidity from sugar-containing solutions and derivated fibrous residues therefore Unwanted color and turbidity are removed from sugar solutions during the processing of raw sugar by the use of bagasse treated with a dialkylaminoalkyl compound in a basic aqueous medium, and with regenerated treated bagasse, including sugarcane bagasse, ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5480490 | Method for purifying beet juice using recycled materials A beet juice treatment method in which reaction products are recycled. Beet juice is first prelimed with lime and CaCO3 to produce first and second juice fractions. The second fraction contains flocculated materials, and is combined with CO | 01/02/1996 |
| 5468300 | Process for producing refined sugar directly from sugarcane Refined sugar is produced directly from sugarcane without using conventional refining processes. Clarification of extracted cane juice is obtained either by ultra-centrifugation or ultra-filtration, and removal of certain compounds responsible for adverse... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5468301 | Process for producing refined sugar Refined sugar is produced without using conventional refining processes. Clarification of melted raw cane sugar is obtained either by ultra-centrifugation or ultra-filtration, and removal of certain compounds responsible for adverse color quality and visc... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5454875 | Softening and purification of molasses or syrup A method is disclosed for softening and purifying molasses or syrup to obtain a clarified syrup that can then easily be handled by conventional ion-exclusion or other techniques for recovery of sugar. The process comprises steps that can be performed at a... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5451262 | Syrup of natural carob sugars and a process for its production A syrup of natural carob sugars having 55-75% sucrose, 7-15% fructose, 7-16% glucose, 0.5-3% other sugars, 4-14% cyclitols and 0.5-2% organic and inorganic impurities. Sugars are extracted from carob pulp and the juice thus obtained is subjected to chroma... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5358571 | Enhanced sugar recovery Extraction processes for the recovery of sugar from sugar cane can be improved by the incorporation of a fiber depither between one or more of the extraction mills. The cane fiber from an extraction mill is fed to a fiber depither where the cane fibers ar... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5320681 | Method of producing sugar with reclaiming and recycling of carbonation scum A method of producing sugar through the recycling of a carbonation scum produced after a first carbonation of a sugar juice treated with a lime milk comprises separating the scum after the first carbonation. The scum-free sugar juice is then filtered for ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5254174 | Method for preparing a mixture of saccharides A method for preparing a mixture of fructose, glucose and compounds of the general formula GFn, wherein G is glucose and F is fructose and n is an integer. The mixture is recovered from plant tubers or roots by means of a method which does not ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5213832 | Process for the recovery of sugar from sugar fines produced during the sugar-coating of cereal In a process for applying a sugar solution to the surface of a cereal product, drying the sugar-coated cereal, collecting the fines produced therefrom and recycling the collected fines back into the original sugar solution the improvement that the fines c... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5128323 | Composition having anti-endotoxic activity The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions having antiendotoxic activity, comprising as the active component a fraction which can be isolated from lactulase syrup by means of absorption at a sulphonated polystyrene cation resin in the Ca2+ | 07/07/1992 |
| 5110363 | Composition, and method for the clarification of sugar-bearing juices, and related products A non-toxic composition, and method, for the clarification of raw sugar-containing juices, especially sugar cane juice, and related products, for analysis. A composition constituted of A) aluminum chloride hydroxide, B) lime and C) activated bentonite, be... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4995911 | Process for recovering unreacted sucrose from reaction mixture in synthesis of sucrose fatty acid esters A process for recovering unreacted sucrose from a reaction mixture of sucrose and a fatty acid alkyl ester in an organic solvent as reaction medium in the presence of a catalyst in the production of a sucrose fatty acid ester which comprises adjusting the... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4816079 | Process for continuous crystallization of dextrose monohydrate A process for continuous dextrose-monohydrate crystallization whereby an evaporated concentrated liquor is mixed with a recirculated dilute phase to form a feeding liquor. At least a portion of this feeding liquor is fed through the shearing zone of a hom... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4816078 | Process for production of crystalline L-arabinose The invention concerns a process for production of L-arabionose in crystalline form. Starting material are extracted sugar beet pulp or other L-araban containing plant materials. These are heated in an autoclave as an aqueous suspension in the presence of... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4788145 | Process for preparing 1-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosido-D-fructose A process for preparing 1-O--glucopyranoside-D-fructose by enzymatically converting sucrose is described, wherein a sucrose solution is brought into contact with free or immobilized, living or dead whole cells or with microorganisms forming the fre... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4758283 | Process for preparing L-rhamnose This invention relates to a process for readily and efficiently preparing L-rhamnose with the use of a marine alga belonging to the family Monostromaceae, Ulvales. According to the process of the present invention, rhamnan sulfate is extracted from a mari... | 07/19/1988 |
