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| 127 | Sugar, starch, and carbohydrates | 88 |
| 127000000 | APPARATUS | 29 |
| 127001000 | Hydrolyzing | 15 |
| 20110100359 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FRACTIONATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS - Methods and systems for fractionating lignocellulosic biomass including hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin, including exploding the biomass cells to devolatilize the biomass, hydrolyzing the hemicellulose to produce a liquid component including hemicellulosic sugars and a solid component including less than 10% hemicellulose, separating the liquid and solid components, vaporizing the cellulose in the solid component, and condensing the cellulosic sugar vapors. The methods and systems may vaporize the cellulose in a continuous steam reactor at a temperature of about 400-550° C. and a pressure of about 1-3 bara. Electromagnetic and/or electroaccoustic treatment such as ultrasound and/or microwave treatment may be applied to the biomass immediately before or during cellulose hydrolysis. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20100186736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK - A method and apparatus for conveying a cellulosic feedstock are disclosed. The apparatus, such as a holding tank, has a passage. At the outlet to the passage, a conveyance member is provided to convey the cellulosic feedstock laterally across the outlet. The conveyance member, e.g., at least one screw conveyor, may have a variable pitch along its length. The method comprises passing the cellulosic feedstock through an impregnation chamber to an outlet of the impregnation chamber; passing the cellulosic feedstock from the outlet of the impregnation chamber to an inlet of a holding tank; passing the cellulosic feedstock downwardly through the holding tank; maintaining a generally constant residence time in the holding tank; and subsequently subjecting the cellulosic feedstock to a hydrolysis process. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100186735 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK - A method and apparatus for preparing a cellulosic feedstock are disclosed. Embodiments of the method comprise passing the cellulosic feedstock out of at least one outlet of a vessel (such as a holding tank) and obtaining at least two streams of cellulosic feedstock wherein each stream may be fed different hydrolysis reactors. Embodiments of the apparatus comprise passing the cellulosic feedstock downwardly through the vessel and withdrawing the feedstock from the vessel in two different lateral directions. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110011391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE HEAT TREATMENT OF A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK UPSTREAM OF HYDROLYSIS - An apparatus for heating a cellulosic feedstock prior to hydrolysis is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pressurizable treatment chamber, a mixing and conveyance member configured to deaggregate the cellulosic feedstock and mix the cellulosic feedstock with gas in the upper portion of the chamber, and a heating member. The treatment chamber is at a pressure comparable to the pressure of a downstream hydrolyzer. Additionally, a method is disclosed. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110079219 | BIOMASS PRETREATMENT - A system for pre-treating biomass for the production of ethanol is provided. The system comprises a method for pre-treating biomass. The method comprises supplying biomass to a steaming bin, wherein the biomass is mixed with water, and inputting the steamed biomass to a first pretreatment reactor, wherein the steamed biomass comprises liquids and solids. The method also comprises removing a bulk of liquids from the solids and feeding the solids into a second pretreatment reactor. The method further comprises applying a pressure drop to the solids in the second pretreatment reactor, wherein the pressure drop opens up a structure of the solids, and sending the solids to a fermentation process for ethanol processing. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110247608 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATING BIOGENIC MATERIAL - A method of subjecting a flowable suspension comprising a biogenic material to a temperature hydrolysis includes passing the flowable suspension through a first downward conduit section. The flowable suspension is passed through a first connecting conduit section and a first upward part. The first connecting conduit section is configured to connect an outlet of the first downward conduit section with an inlet of a second downward conduit section. The flowable suspension is passed through the second downward conduit section. A first flow velocity in the first upward part exceeds a second flow velocity in each of the first downward conduit section and the second downward conduit section. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20100116267 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING, PRESSING AND WASHING BIOMASS - A biomass cooking device including: a treatment vessel having an biomass inlet adapted to receive biomass material to a processing chamber of the vessel, a biomass outlet adapted to discharge from the processing chamber the biomass material processed in the vessel, an extraction region of the vessel and a liquids outlet to the extraction region to discharge dissolved hemi-cellulosic material extracted from the biomass material in the processing chamber; a piston press in the cooking vessel defining a moveable wall of the processing chamber, wherein the piston press moves to reduce the processing chamber and thereby compress the biomass material; and a screen plate in the vessel forming a barrier between the processing chamber and an extraction region of the vessel, the screen plate having apertures to pass the dissolved hemi-cellulosic material through the screen plate from the processing chamber to the extraction region. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110180061 | METHOD AND PROCESS FOR DRY DISCHARGE IN A PRESSURIZED PRETREATMENT REACTOR - A reactor for the treatment of lignocellulosic material and related methods. The reactor includes a vessel having an upper portion and a lower portion. A pressure envelope is formed between an outer wall of the vessel and at least one lower wall of the lower portion of the vessel, and the upper portion of the vessel and the pressure envelope are operatively connected with a pressurization line, such that a pressure of the pressure envelope and a pressure of the upper portion may be equalized. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20100024809 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK - A method and apparatus for preparing a cellulosic feedstock are disclosed. Embodiments of the method comprise passing the cellulosic feedstock through an optional impregnation chamber to an outlet of the impregnation chamber, passing the cellulosic feedstock from the outlet of the impregnation chamber to a holding tank having an inlet and an outlet, and conveying the cellulosic feedstock downwardly and laterally as it travels through the holding tank. Embodiments of the apparatus comprise at least one sidewall defining a passage. The passage has an upper portion and a lower portion, and the lower portion has a greater cross-sectional area than the upper portion. At least one inlet is provided adjacent the upper portion, and at least one outlet is provided adjacent the lower portion, at an elevation below the inlet. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100024808 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK - A method and apparatus for pre-treating a cellulosic feedstock are disclosed. Embodiments of the method comprise conveying the cellulosic feedstock through an enclosed volume, adding moisture to the cellulosic feedstock simultaneously at multiple spaced-apart moisture injection points as the cellulosic feedstock travels through the volume, and heating the cellulosic feedstock as it travels through the volume to obtain a heated moistened feedstock. Embodiments of the apparatus comprise a shell defining a treatment chamber having a lower inner surface. The treatment chamber has an inlet and an outlet spaced longitudinally apart from the inlet to define an axial length. A conveyance member is housed within the shell and is configured to sweep the lower inner surface. A plurality of injection ports are provided in at least one of the shell and the conveyance member. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100024807 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK - A method and apparatus for treating a cellulosic feedstock, such as for subsequent ethanol production, are disclosed. The method comprises determining an initial moisture content of the cellulosic feedstock and adding an amount of moisture to the cellulosic feedstock to obtain a predetermined moisture content of the cellulosic feedstock, wherein the cellulosic feedstock may subsequently be subjected to hydrolysis. The apparatus comprises a moisture sensor that provides an initial moisture content reading of the cellulosic feedstock, and a weight sensor providing the weight of the cellulosic feedstock. A processor is configured to determine an amount of moisture to be added to the cellulosic feedstock based on the weight and the initial moisture content of the cellulosic feedstock to obtain treated cellulosic feedstock having a predetermined moisture content. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100024806 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK - A method and apparatus for preparing a cellulosic feedstock are disclosed. Embodiments of the method comprise obtaining a cellulosic feedstock having a moisture content of 30 wt % to 60 wt %; passing the cellulosic feedstock through a heated holding tank; withdrawing the cellulosic feedstock from the holding tank; and, subsequently subjecting the cellulosic feedstock to hydrolysis. Embodiments of the apparatus comprise at least one sidewall defining a volume having an upper portion and a lower portion. At least one inlet is provided adjacent the upper portion, and the inlet is in fluid communication with an impregnation chamber provided upstream from the holding tank. At least one outlet is provided adjacent the lower portion, and the outlet is in fluid communication with hydrolysis reactor positioned downstream from the holding tank. At least one conveyor is positioned adjacent the at least one outlet. A heating jacket provided on at least a portion of the apparatus. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100043782 | SOLVO-THERMAL FRACTIONATION OF BIOMASS - The invention relates to a process for producing xylose and cellulose from a biomass comprising: (a) mixing a biomass with a reactive fluid comprising water and a supercritical C | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100006091 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR PRODUCING FRUIT SUGAR SYRUPS HAVING HIGH FRUCTOSE CONTENT - A method for preparing a sugar syrup having high fructose content, is implemented using at least one fruit containing sorbitol, particularly apples, pears, plums, prunes, peaches, nectarines, apricots and grapes, from which a first juice is extracted. The first juice is processed in order to obtain a clarified and demineralised sweet juice having a colour lower than 45 ICUMSA and having a conductometric ash content lower than 0.4%. The clarified and demineralised sweet juice is then processed in order to hydrolyse the saccharose into fructose and glucose. The method further includes an isomerisation of the glucose in fructose, and removing the sorbitol naturally occurring in the starting material. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20120017891 | System and Method for Conditioning a Hardwood Pulp Liquid Hydrolysate - A system and method for hardwood pulp liquid hydrolysate conditioning includes a first evaporator receives a hardwood mix extract and outputting a quantity of vapor and extract. A hydrolysis unit receives the extract, hydrolyzes and outputs to a lignin separation device, which separates and recovers a quantity of lignin. A neutralization device receives extract from the lignin separation device and a neutralizing agent, producing a mixture of solid precipitate and a fifth extract. The solid precipitate is removed from the fifth extract. A second evaporator removes a quantity of acid from the fifth extract in a vapor form. This vapor may be recycled to improve total acid recovery or discarded. A desalination device receives the diluted extract, separates out some of the acid and salt and outputs a desalinated solution. | 01-26-2012 |
| 127002000 | Treating sacchariferous material | 13 |
| 20090183732 | Split-cane apparatus and method of use - A compact, self-contained, energy-efficient split-cane apparatus and method of use for separating pith, rind, and epidermis components of a sugarcane stalk, wherein sugarcane billets are driven over a splitter blade, dividing them longitudinally into two billet portions. The billet portions are processed individually by symmetrical processing paths. The pith is milled away from the rind while simultaneously flattening the rind. A deflector is adapted and positioned for directing the pith along a pith processing path, and further directing the rind along a rind processing path. The epidermis is removed from the rind, and each are subsequently shredded by at least one shredder disc, at which point an at least one perforated tumbling drum separates the shredded epidermis from the shredded rind. In addition, the apparatus is adjustable, enabling it to accommodate a wide range of sugarcane stalk thicknesses while maintaining its ability to efficiently separate each sugarcane component. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090241944 | Biomass Processor - A process ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100307483 | Cane juice extractor - The cane juice extractor includes a wagon that may be hitched to or towed alongside a harvesting machine or combine for application in-field. The wagon includes a frame having an upper deck and a lower deck. The upper deck includes an inlet side where harvested cane may be fed for juice extraction and an outlet side for disposing the pulp. Rotating feeders feed the cane to a cutting station on the upper deck. The cutting station comminutes the cane into billets that are carried by an endless belt through a series of compression roller sets. Each set of rollers compress the cut cane down to smaller dimensions to extract the juice. A chute disposed between the upper and lower decks collects the juices and funnels them into a juice storage tank on the lower deck. The pulp is expelled from the outlet side to the field. | 12-09-2010 |
| 127009000 | Treating sacchariferous solutions | 7 |
| 20110290238 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSIC MATERIAL IN A TWO-STEP PROCESS - A system and method for extracting pentose from a slurry of cellulosic material comprising cellulose, water, and optionally acid in a two-stage process. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20090308383 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSIC MATERIAL IN A MULTI-STEP PROCESS TO PRODUCE C5 AND C6 SUGARS USING A SINGLE VESSEL - A system and method for extracting C | 12-17-2009 |
| 20080314379 | Process and plant for producting sugar products from grapes - A process for producing sugar products from grapes includes treating a solution of liquid rectified concentrated must by chromatography, to separate at least one sugar contained in it. A plant for producing sugar products from grapes comprises a plurality of columns connected together in series, each column implementing in succession all steps of the chromatographic process, but implementing steps of the process which are different from the other columns. A recirculation step is provided in passing from one step to the next. | 12-25-2008 |
| 127011000 | Defecating apparatus | 4 |
| 20110214669 | PROCESS FOR REDUCING THE LIME CONSUMPTION IN SUGAR BEET JUICE PURIFICATION - The present invention relates to an improved process for extract purification of sugar beet raw juice, especially for reduction of lime consumption during the purification of sugar beet raw juice, to a process for producing a nutrient-rich non-sucrose concentrate from sugar beet raw juice, to the non-sucrose substance concentrate thus produced, to uses of the non-sucrose substance concentrate and to an apparatus for preliming sugar beet raw juice and/or for obtaining the non-sucrose substance concentrate. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20100043783 | RAW JUICE ALKALINIZATION - The invention concerns an improved method for purification of raw sugar beet juice, which is obtained by extraction from sugar beets, and to devices for purification of raw sugar beet juice. The invention further concerns a method for producing sucrose syrup or sucrose from raw sugar beet raw. | 02-25-2010 |
| 127012000 | Gas and liquid contact | 1 |
| 20100186737 | Sugar Aeration Clarifier - Device for clarifying sugar syrup from a sugared juice, such as raw juice from sugar cane or from sugar beet, containing sugar and impurities. The device includes the sub-systems for facilitating coagulation and flocculation of the sugar syrup in order to obtain a clarified syrup, aeration filtration of the sugar syrup in order to obtain a retentate (mud) and a filtrate (clarified syrup), concentration of the retentate at the surface of the sugar syrup, further concentration of retentate during its removal from the sugar syrup surface, steps and device in order to obtain clarified syrup and mud in order that they are both subjected to further sugar mill refining operations. | 07-29-2010 |
| 127013000 | Separating tanks | 1 |
| 20090007902 | PURIFICATION OF RAW JUICE FEATURING REDUCED LIME CONSUMPTION - The present invention relates to an improved method for the purification of crude sugar beet juice. The present invention relates moreover to methods for the manufacture of non-sucrose substance combinations from crude sugar beet juice, as well as two devices for the purification of crude sugar beet juice. The measures according to the invention allow a reduction of lime consumption during the purification. | 01-08-2009 |
| 127015000 | Forming crystals | 3 |
| 127016000 | Concentrating and crystallizing | 3 |
| 20110220100 | CONTINUOUS VACUUM PAN AND INTERNAL INSULATION ARRANGEMENT THEREOF - This invention relates to a continuous vacuum pan (also sometimes referred to as an evaporative crystallizer) for use in the sugar processing industry, and to a heat exchanger used inside the continuous vacuum pan. The invention also relaters to the heat exchanger as used in other applications in the sugar processing industry. The heat exchanger includes a massecuite flow path for conveying massecuite therethrough, and a heat transfer medium flow path for receiving a heat transfer medium to enable heat transfer to the massecuite flow path. The heat exchanger is characterized therein that a periphery thereof is surrounded by an insulated zone in order to prevent heat transfer from the heat transfer medium flow path to the environment. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20100275907 | PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SUGAR CRYSTALLIZATION BY CONTROLLED COOLING - A process is proposed for crystallizing, by progressively cooling, in multiple stages arranged in series in a crystallization vessel ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20090056706 | Vertical Continuous Vacuum Pan - The present invention consists of an improved vertical continuous vacuum pan apparatus consisting of eight chambers ( | 03-05-2009 |
| 127023000 | Treating amylaceous material | 1 |
| 127028000 | Cookers | 1 |
| 20100307484 | Process for Steeping Corn and Steeping System Therefore - The present invention is directed to improvements in the steeping process of corn wet milling and a steeping system therefore. The process for steeping corn includes subjecting corn situated in a battery of no less than four steeping tanks to a countercurrent flow of steep water. The first steeping tank defines a new corn receiving tank and the last steeping tank defines a discharge tank. The countercurrent flow of steep water includes sulfur dioxide and flows in a direction from the discharge tank to the new corn receiving tank. The sulfur dioxide concentration in the steep water of the first steeping tank is greater than the sulfur dioxide concentrations in a plurality of the remainder of the steeping tanks, which maintain sulfur dioxide levels that are substantially equivalent. | 12-09-2010 |
| 127000000 | PRODUCTS | 6 |
| 127029000 | Miscellaneous | 2 |
| 20090050134 | Biomass Treatment Method - A method for treating biomass was developed that uses an apparatus which moves a biomass and dilute aqueous ammonia mixture through reaction chambers without compaction. The apparatus moves the biomass using a non-compressing piston. The resulting treated biomass is saccharified to produce fermentable sugars. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090007903 | Method for Producing a Powder Containing Xylitol Crystal Particles with Another Polyol - A method for producing a powder containing xylitol crystal particles and another polyol including a mixture containing a xylitol syrup and another polyol, whose dry material content is equal to or greater than 95% by weight, xylitol content ranges from 85 to 97.5% by weight and the other polyol content ranges at least from 15 to 2.5% by weight with respects to the dry material. The method includes: obtaining the mixture by simultaneously dispersing the xylitol and the other polyol syrup and xylitol-containing germs in an open rotating vessel containing xylitol-based granules, mixing the xylitol and the other polyol syrup and xylitol-containing germs on the surface of the xylitol-containing germs contained in the vessel, removing the xylitol-based granules and the other polyol from the vessel and crystallizing the xylitol and other polyol contained in the granules. | 01-08-2009 |
| 127030000 | Sugars only | 2 |
| 20110061645 | LOW-VISCOSITY REDUCED-SUGAR SYRUP, METHODS OF MAKING, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - The invention provides a low-viscosity reduced-sugar syrup, methods of making such a low-viscosity reduced-sugar syrup, and uses of such syrup. | 03-17-2011 |
| 127031000 | Lactose | 1 |
| 20080202503 | Crystalline Lactosucrose or Syrup Containing Crystalline Lactosucrose and Use Thereof - The present invention establishes a crystalline lactosucrose and provides a process for producing the crystalline lactosucrose or a syrup containing crystalline lactosucrose. Further, the present invention has its object to provide a composition, for example, a food or drink, a cosmetic, a drug or the like containing the crystalline lactosucrose. | 08-28-2008 |
| 127032000 | Modified starches | 2 |
| 20080230050 | Method for the physical treatment of starch (derivatives) - The present invention relates to a method for the physical treatment of starch (derivatives) using densified gases, in which essentially the starting material is treated at process temperatures between 20 and 200° C. and at process pressures between 50 and 800° C. for at least one minute, the density of the densified gas (mixture) being >180 kg/m | 09-25-2008 |
| 127033000 | Added chemical | 1 |
| 20080223360 | Production of Modified Lignocellulosic Materials - The invention relates to a method for producing modified lignocellulosic materials. Said method consists of the following steps a) the lignocellulosic material is impregnated with an aqueous composition which contains i) at least one cross-linkable nitrogen compound and ii) at least one substance which catalyses the cross-linking, b) the impregnated lignocellulosic materials are treated at higher temperatures in order to remove the water and to cross-link the cross-linkable nitrogen compound. In step b) the impregnated lignocellulosic material is treated with overheated steam. The invention also relates to lignocellulosic materials which are obtained according to said method. | 09-18-2008 |
| 127000000 | PROCESSES | 53 |
| 127034000 | Carbohydrate manufacture and refining | 53 |
| 20120006320 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL AND CO-PRODUCTS FROM CELLULOSIC BIOMASS - The present invention generally relates to processes for production of ethanol from cellulosic biomass. The present invention also relates to production of various co-products of preparation of ethanol from cellulosic biomass. The present invention further relates to improvements in one or more aspects of preparation of ethanol from cellulosic biomass including, for example, improved methods for cleaning biomass feedstocks, improved acid impregnation, and improved steam treatment, or “steam explosion.” | 01-12-2012 |
| 127036000 | Hydrolysis of carbohydrates | 21 |
| 127037000 | Cellulose material | 20 |
| 20100163018 | FRACTIONATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL USING IONIC LIQUIDS - Lignocellulosic biomass materials are fractionated by dissolving at least a portion of the lignocellulosic material in an ionic liquid and separating the resulting mixture into a cellulose-enriched fraction and/or a lignin-enriched fraction. The cellulose-enriched fraction contains about 10 percentage points more glucose than the weight percent glucose contained in the original lignocellulosic biomass material. In certain embodiments, the lignin-enriched fraction includes a lignin content that is 5 percentage points greater than the weight percent lignin present in the original lignocellulosic material. The techniques used to isolate the cellulose-enriched fractions and/or the lignin-enriched fractions from the ionic liquid mixture do not employ environmentally unfriendly solvents. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100170504 | CELLULOSE-SOLVENT-BASED LIGNOCELLULOSE FRACTIONATION WITH MODEST REACTION CONDITIONS AND REAGENT CYCLING - Embodiments of the present invention overcome the well-known recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass in an economically viable manner. A process and system are provided for the efficient fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass into cellulose, hemicellulose sugars, lignin, and acetic acid. The cellulose thus obtained is highly amorphous and can be readily converted into glucose using known methods. Fermentable hemicellulose sugars, low-molecular—weight lignin, and purified acetic acid are also major products of the process and system. The modest process conditions and low solvent/solid ratios of some embodiments of the invention imply relatively low capital and processing costs. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20080202504 | Process for Rapid Acid Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Material and in a Hydrolysis Reactor - Improvements in a process for rapid acid hydrolysis of lignocellulosic material and in a hydrolysis reactor, said lignocellulosic material being fed in different levels of a reactor and contacted with flows of lignin organic solvent, water and an extremely dilute solution of a strong inorganic acid, for obtaining a liquid phase of hydrolysis extract and a solid phase of non-reacted and non-dissolved material. A controlled steam flow is injected into the different levels of the reactor, so as to provide adequate temperatures of organic solvent and strong inorganic acid and forming the desired products (sugars). A flow of the liquid phase is recirculated in different levels of the reactor, the remainder thereof being withdrawn from the reactor, abruptly cooled with the solvent submitted to evaporation to obtain a concentrate. The lignin is transferred by decantation and the concentrate is transferred to subsequent process steps. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090020112 | METHOD FOR BREAKING DOWN CELLULOSE - The present invention describes a process for the degradation of cellulose by dissolving the cellulose in an ionic liquid and treating it at elevated temperature, if appropriate in the presence of water. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090217922 | Catalyst for Cellulose Hydrolysis and/or Reduction of Cellulose Hydrolysis Products and Method of Producing Sugar Alcohols From Cellulose - A catalyst for cellulose hydrolysis and/or the reduction of hydrolysis products, in which a transition metal of group 8 to 11 is supported on a solid support. A method of producing sugar alcohols comprising: hydrolyzing cellulose in the presence of the catalyst in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere with pressurization; and reducing the hydrolysis product of cellulose. Provided are a catalyst for use in the production of sugar alcohols by the hydrolysis and hydrogenation of cellulose that affords easy separation of catalyst and product, and that does not require pH adjustment, acid or alkali neutralization, or activation of the catalyst during reuse, and a method of producing sugar alcohols from cellulose employing this catalyst. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100126501 | PLANT-FIBER-MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION METHOD - Cellulose contained in plant fiber material is hydrolyzed with the use of a pseudo-molten cluster acid as a hydrolysis catalyst to produce saccharide, most of which is glucose. After the glucose is produced, the saccharide is precipitated with the use of an organic solvent, and the saccharide including a solidified saccharide during the hydrolysis and the precipitated saccharide is separated from residues and the cluster acid. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20090320831 | SELF PROCESSING PLANTS AND PLANT PARTS - The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activated under suitable activating conditions to act upon the desired substrate. Also provided are “self-processing” transgenic plants, and plant parts, e.g., grain, which express one or more of these enzymes and have an altered composition that facilitates plant and grain processing. Methods for making and using these plants, e.g., to produce food products having improved taste and to produce fermentable substrates for the production of ethanol and fermented beverages are also provided. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100175690 | Method and System for Hydrolytic Saccharification of a Cellulosic Biomass - A method and system for hydrolyzing cellulose and/or hemicellulose contained in a biomass into monosaccharides and oligosaccharides by using high-temperature and high-pressure water in a subcritical condition is provided. In hydrolyzing cellulose or hemicellulose into saccharides by using high-temperature and high-pressure water in a subcritical condition, a large amount of slurry is cooled into a condition below the subcritical condition by subjecting the slurry contained in a pressure vessel under a high-temperature and high-pressure condition to flash evaporation in a pressure vessel charged with a slurry of a cellulosic biomass and heated halfway. It is possible to prevent saccharides from degrading into organic acids and to save energy by recovery of thermal energy. The cellulosic biomass is charged into a water-permeable vessel and then the water-permeable vessel is encapsulated into the pressure vessel together with water. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100175691 | PROCESS FOR RECYCLING CELLULOSE ACETATE ESTER WASTE - A process for recycling cellulose acetate ester waste comprising the steps of: providing a reactor, adding cellulose acetate ester waste and a hydrolyzing agent to the reactor to create an agent/waste mixture followed by hydrolyzing the cellulose acetate ester waste by agitating and heating the agent/waste mixture for a period of time to create a hydrolyzed mixture. The hydrolyzing agent is then distilled and/or separated from the hydrolyzed mixture followed by separating and removing solid material from the hydrolyzed mixture to create a water soluble product stream which includes monosaccharides, polysaccharides, partially hydrolyzed cellulose, acetic acid, or combinations thereof. The water soluble product stream is then collected. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100163019 | Conversion of cellulosic biomass to sugar - A process for converting wet cellulosic biomass to at least one sugar, such as glucose. The process comprises treating the wet cellulosic biomass with a strong acid at a temperature no greater than 40° C., wherein the acid is present in an amount of at least 10 moles per mole of monomeric sugar present in the wet cellulosic biomass. The acid then is neutralized partially, and the cellulose is hydrolyzed to the at least one sugar at a temperature of at least 60° C. Such process provides improved yields of sugar from cellulose. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100275908 | METHOD FOR PREPARING MAIN HYDROLYSATE BY HYDROLYZING PLANT CELLULOSE MATERIALS WITH CONCENTRATED SULFURIC ACID - The present invention relates to a method to dispose plant cellulose materials, in particular to a method for preparing a main hydrolysate by hydrolyzing the plant cellulose materials with concentrated sulfuric acid. The plant cellulose materials are mixed with sulfuric acid in batches, and the main hydrolysate is obtained after hydrolysis. The batch mixing includes the following procedures: (1)sulfuric acid solution is used to dissolve part of the plant cellulose materials thereby forming a hydrolysate; (2)when the plant cellulose materials can not be dissolved any more, concentrated sulfuric acid with the concentration more than 80 wt % is successively added into the hydrolysate, and another part of the plant cellulose materials are added; (3)and then the procedure as step (2) is repeated until all the plant cellulose materials are completely hydrolyzed. The method utilizing concentrated sulfuric acid to prepare the main hydrolysate can hydrolyze the maximum cellulose with the least sulfuric acid, thereby decreasing the acid recovery cost proportioned by per kilogram sugar obtained by hydrolysis. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100313882 | FRACTIONATION OF BIOMASS FOR CELLULOSIC ETHANOL AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTION - A process is defined for the continuous steam pretreatment and fractionation of corn cobs and low lignin lignocellulosic biomass to produce a concentrated cellulose solid stream that is sensitive to enzymatic hydrolysis. Valuable chemicals are recovered by fractionating the liquid and vapor stream composed of hydrolysis and degradation products of the hemicellulose. Cellulosic derived glucose is produced for fermentation to biofuels. A hemicellulose concentrate is recovered that can be converted to value added products including ethanol. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110120454 | METHOD FOR GLYCOSYLATING AND SEPARATING PLANT FIBER MATERIAL - The invention relates to a method for hydrolyzing the plant fiber material to produce and separate a saccharide including glucose. The method includes a hydrolysis process of hydrolyzing cellulose contained in the plant fiber material and producing glucose in a first organic solvent having a cluster acid catalyst dissolved therein. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110247609 | METHODS OF TREATING A BIOMASS FOR ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS - The present invention is a process for treating a feedstock comprising holocellulose. The process comprises mixing the feedstock with a solution comprising cellulose binding domains to form a mixture. The mixture is then subjected to conditions sufficient to reduce the crystallinity of holocellulose. Subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis may show an improved rate and/or fermentable sugar yield as compared to processes which do not employ the process. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110180062 | METHOD OF SACCHARIFICATION AND SEPARATION FOR PLANT FIBER MATERIALS - The present invention is to provide a high-purity aqueous saccharide solution by increasing the collection rate of cluster acid which is a hydrolysis catalyst for cellulose in saccharification and separation for cellulose using a cluster acid catalyst. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20100024810 | DECRYSTALLIZATION OF CELLULOSIC BIOMASS WITH AN ACID MIXTURE COMPRISING PHOSPHORIC AND SULFURIC ACIDS - The present invention provides a process for treating biomass to produce sugars. The process is directed to decrystallizing cellulose by contacting biomass with an acid mixture comprising sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid at particular molar ratios. Following decrystallization, the biomass may be hydrolyzed with the acid mixture to produce a saccharification product comprising sugars. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110303217 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSIC MATERIAL IN A MULTI-STEP PROCESS TO PRODUCE C5 AND C6 SUGARS USING A SINGLE VESSEL - A system and method for extracting C | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110094505 | Acid hydrolysis process of cellulosic and lignocellulosic materials - The present invention relates to an enhanced process for sugar production through the acid hydrolysis of cellulosic and lignocellulosic materials characterized by the treatment of these materials in three steps. In the first step, it is made a digestion of the lignocellulosic material using a solvent capable of partially dissolving the lignin, which constitutes part of the lignocellulosic material. In the second step, the cellulosic material resulting from the treatment with the solvent is subjected to an acid treatment in such conditions that mainly hemicellulose is hydrolyzed to form a sugar solution rich with pentose monomers and oligomers. In the third step, the cellulosic material from the second step is subjected to an acid treatment in such conditions that the major part of the cellulose is hydrolyzed to form a sugar solution rich with hexose monomers and oligomers. This invention also relates to a Digestion Vessel and a Reactor, with this set being constituted by a single vessel or a set of vessels where it's possible to identify three areas where the three process steps are conducted. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110315138 | PRETREATMENT METHOD FOR SACCHARIFICATION OF PLANT FIBER MATERIAL AND SACCHARIFICATION METHOD - A pretreatment method for saccharification of plant fiber materials includes: immersing the plant fiber material in a solution that contains an organic solvent, in which a cluster acid is dissolved, prior to saccharifying cellulose contained in the plant fiber material; and distilling off the organic solvent from the immersed plant fiber material to obtain a pretreated mixture that contains the cluster acid and the pretreated plant fiber material. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120006321 | ARUNDO DONAX HEMICELLULOSE RECOVERY PROCESS - The present invention relates generally to a process for recovering hemicellulose from | 01-12-2012 |
| 127038000 | Amylaceous material | 1 |
| 20090314286 | Geobacillus Stearothermophilus Alpha-Amylase (AmyS) Variants with Improved Properties - Described are variants of a parent α-amylase that exhibits an alteration in at least one of the following properties relative to said parent α-amylase: specific activity, substrate specificity, substrate binding, substrate cleavage, thermal stability, pH-dependent activity, pH-dependent stability, oxidative stability, Ca2+ dependency, pI, and wash performance. The variants are suitable for starch conversion, ethanol production, laundry washing, dish washing, hard surface cleaning, textile desizing, and/or sweetener production. | 12-24-2009 |
| 127042000 | Sugar manufacture and refining | 23 |
| 20100212662 | SEPARATION PROCESS - The present invention relates to a chromatographic separation process for fractionating betaine-containing solutions by utilizing fractions comprising parts of the separation profile as a substituent of the eluent in a novel and inventive manner. The process provides improved separation capacity and separation efficiency without affecting the yield or purity of betaine or other products. The process can especially be applied to sequential SMB separation systems. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20080302358 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING ALKALI AND HEAT STABLE POLYOLS - The current invention relates to a continuous process for preparing heat an alkali stable polyol composition. Alkali is added to the feed of the anion exchange resin and is allowing running the resin battery in full service mode. | 12-11-2008 |
| 127043000 | Extracting from solid material | 2 |
| 20110041838 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTION OF SUGAR - A method for extraction of sugar from a sugar containing biomass is disclosed, wherein the sugar containing biomass a) is introduced in an extraction device ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 127044000 | Chemical treatment | 1 |
| 20110048413 | PROCESS AND PLANT FOR PRODUCING SUGAR PRODUCTS FROM GRAPES - The process according to the invention, for producing sugar products from fruits, comprising the steps of:
| 03-03-2011 |
| 127460100 | Treatment of sacchariferous solutions | 19 |
| 20090283093 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING FRUCTOSE AND GLUCOSE - A process for separating fructose and glucose from mixtures of fructose and glucose from a liquid phase feed solution or a solid mixture containing the fructose and glucose is disclosed. The process implements ionic liquids as selective solvents that dissolve fructose and glucose in large quantities, but at different proportions which are then separated by filtration into a precipitate and a solution of ionic liquid enriched with the other sugar. The process also involves separation of the sugars from the ionic liquid enriched with the other sugar which is accomplished by one of various processes such as extraction with water in a centrifuge or cooling to reduce the solubility of sugar and then filtration. The ionic liquid is then recycled. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20110174303 | COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR CLARIFICATION OF SUGAR JUICES AND SYRUPS IN SUGAR MILLS - This invention relates to compositions and processes for improving the clarification of sugar juices and syrups in sugar mills. The process involves adding compositions directly to the juice and or syrup. The compositions provided in this invention are mixed intimately into the sugar juices or syrups, and allowed sufficient time to react with the sugar juices or syrups as well as with the any other chemicals added in the clarification processes so as to impart an improvement in the purity of the clarified juice or syrup obtained therefrom. Compositions include at least one particulate sulfur reagent containing at least one sulfur atom and at least three oxygen atoms, and one or more particulate solids selected from the group consisting of (A) a silica reagent, (B) a particulate phosphorous reagent containing at least one phosphorous atom and at least three oxygen atoms in the chemical formula, (C) a particulate carbonaceous reagent, (D) a particulate aluminum reagent containing at least one aluminum atom and at least three oxygen atoms in the chemical formula, (E) a particulate filter aid, (F) a polymer decolorant, (G) a particulate ammonium reagent having at least one ammonium group (NH | 07-21-2011 |
| 20080210222 | RUTHENIUM CATALYSTS - Sugar alcohols are prepared by catalytically hydrogenating the corresponding monosaccharides and oligosaccharides in the liquid phase over a heterogeneous ruthenium catalyst, with the exception of the preparation of sorbitol, wherein the heterogeneous ruthenium catalyst is prepared by:
| 09-04-2008 |
| 127460200 | Involving ion manipulation, e.g., ion exchange, etc. | 7 |
| 20090145426 | REFINED SUGAR MANUFACTURING PROCESS - “PROCESS OF DIRECT REFINED SUGAR PRODUCTION”, being a process that uses the sugar syrup as raw material to produce granulated refined sugar, characterized by changing the conventional process of non-refinated sugar production by the addition of three modules designated as clarification, decoloration and new cooking process that, together with the conventional plant, allow the production of refined sugar, and there is not necessity of crystallized sugar dissolution, followed by its recrystallization. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090151715 | METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF HIGH PURITY SUCROSE MATERIAL - A method for purifying a sucrose material already in a high purity liquid, crystalline or other form of sucrose, such as raw sugar, utilizing chromatography, or utilizing chromatography in connection with other methods of purification. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20080276931 | Sucrose Inversion Process - We disclose a method of inverting sucrose, including (i) determining an initial solids concentration of an aqueous sucrose solution (solids | 11-13-2008 |
| 20100043784 | TREATMENT OF SUGAR JUICE - A process for treating clarified sugar cane juice includes subjecting, in a first treatment stage, the juice to purification to remove particles larger than about 0.1 micron. The clarified sugar juice then passes through a primary ion exchange stage in which it is sequentially brought into contact with at least one strong acid cation ion exchange resin in the hydrogen form and thereafter with at least one weak base anion ion exchange resin in the hydroxide form, to effect primary demineralization of the sugar juice. Thereafter the sugar juice is passed through a secondary ion exchange stage in which it is sequentially brought into contact with at least one strong base anion ion exchange resin in the hydroxide form and thereafter with at least one acid cation ion exchange resin, to effect secondary demineralization of the sugar juice. Sugar products are recovered from the resultant purified sugar solution. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20090050135 | ADSORBENT AND METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF CRUDE SUGAR JUICES - The invention is directed to a process for obtaining white sugar from sugar cane by treating the crude sugar juice with acid activated bentonite selected from the group of smectites, whereby the acid activated bentonite mixture replaces the traditional environmental unfriendly sulfitation process, wherein the mineral bentonite together with aluminium and iron sulfates, phosphoric and sulfuric acid and acid salt solutions allows to obtain a high quality white sugar. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100307485 | LIQUID SUGAR FROM RAW GRANULATED CANE SUGAR PURIFYING PROCESS - This invention refers to a process for purifying sugar syrup, usually called liquid sugar, prepared with raw granulated cane sugar, in order to obtain a product called purified liquid sugar, with a degree of purity, referred to the content of ashes and color, similar or greater that the purity of a syrup prepared from refined granulated cane sugar, which is equivalent to a content of ICUMSA conductimetric ashes below 0.04% and a color of less than 45 ICUMSA units. The increase in direct reducing sugars content in the product is less than 0.2% with respect to the content of reducing sugars present in raw granulated cane sugar used as raw material for this process, and the pH is kept in the range of 6.0 to 7.5. The process consists of dissolving raw granulated sugar in order to obtain a syrup, filtering, primary bleaching by ion exchange with strong base anionic type resins, demineralizing and complementary bleaching by ion exchange with cationic- and anionic-type resins packed in a mixed bed column, polishing of the syrup by contact with an adsorbent powder material and filtering, and treatment with ultra violet rays. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20090056707 | PROCESS OF REMOVING CALCIUM AND OBTAINING SULFATE SALTS FROM AN AQUEOUS SUGAR SOLUTION - The present invention provides a process for obtaining a product stream comprising one or more sulfate salts of potassium, sodium or ammonium from a sugar stream resulting from [processing a lignocellulosic feedstock, said sugar stream which includes calcium sulfate and one or more of these sulfate salts. The process comprises (i) treating the sugar stream to remove calcium, thereby producing a sugar stream containing substantially no calcium, and obtaining a salt stream comprising a calcium salt;(ii) choosing a feed stream that is either (a) a clarified salt stream derived from the salt stream of step (i) after removal of calcium therefrom; or (b) the sugar stream containing substantially no calcium that is produced in step (i); (iii) introducing the feed stream chosen in step (ii) to an ion exchange bed; and (iv) regenerating the ion exchange resin bed of step (iii) with sulfuric acid to produce the product stream. | 03-05-2009 |
| 127048000 | Chemical precipitation of impurities | 1 |
| 20110277751 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUGAR FROM SUGARCANE - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing sugar, which short-circuits at least one sulfitation step and utilizes means for minimizing microbe/microorganism activity and reducing the impurities in the sugar. | 11-17-2011 |
| 127053000 | Physical separation of impurities | 5 |
| 127055000 | Filtering or sorption | 3 |
| 20110108021 | COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR SUGAR TREATMENT - A composition and process for treating sugar solutions that includes one or more sources of ammonium that obtain a pH in water solution above pH 7.0, such as ammonium bicarbonate (NH | 05-12-2011 |
| 20090126719 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUGAR CANE FILTER CAKE MUD AND EXTRACTING COMPONENT PRODUCTS - A process for the treatment of sugar cane filter cake mud separates and extracts the mud's components into useful materials. The materials include fiber, lignin, beta-carotene, oil containing a high content of phytosterols, and refined wax. The fiber can be used as an animal feed or a source of energy, the refined wax is a resource of policosanol and other established purposes, and resin can be used an additive in asphalt mixtures and tire manufacturing or can be recycled back into the sugar milling process. The process is self contained, requiring the input only of fresh water and chemical additives to adjust pH and coloration. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090173339 | SEPARATION PROCESS - The invention relates to an improved nanofiltration process of recovering xylose from a solution of a plant-based biomass hydrolysate. The process of the present invention is based on the regulation of the xylose flux in the nanofiltration process. | 07-09-2009 |
| 127056000 | Centrifuging | 1 |
| 20090120430 | Continuous process for the preparation of crystalline lactulose - The present invention concerns a process that can be realised continuously for the preparation of anhydrous crystalline lactulose from commercial aqueous syrups that contain it, characterised in that the crystallisation and consequent separation of the high-purity lactulose with high yields from the syrup is triggered by mixing the ore pulp (or recycled ore pulp), obtained from a previous lactulose crystallisation phase, with the syrup itself. | 05-14-2009 |
| 127057000 | Settling or flotation | 1 |
| 20090126720 | SUGAR CANE JUICE CLARIFICATION PROCESS - A process to clarify raw sugar cane juice, which comprises adding a source of lime, adding an anionic inorganic colloid, and separating of the resulting sugar cane juice, is disclosed. | 05-21-2009 |
| 127058000 | Crystallizing or solidifying | 3 |
| 20100288269 | PROCESS FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF CONCENTRATED SUGARY SYRUP WITH LOW ENERGY REQUIREMENT - The invention provides a process for the commercial production of sugar, particularly maple, syrup including the steps of exposure of collected raw sugar solutions and maple sap on-site to a predominantly or relatively naturally occurring cold surface, gradually cooling the sap to a temperature sufficient to commence freezing, continuing the cooling and freezing to form a solids body of sap ice and a component separate from the solids body containing first sugars, continuing the cooling and freezing until the first sugars containing component reaches a substantially thickened or solid consistency, and thirdly, separation of the first sugars containing component from the said solids body. | 11-18-2010 |
| 127060000 | Seeding | 1 |
| 20090114214 | PROCESS FOR THE EVAPOCRYSTALLIZATION OF MALTITOL - A process for preparing maltitol crystals by evapocrystallization, includes preparing a maltitol solution with a maltitol richness of at least 85% based on dry matter, preferably a maltitol richness of between 89% and 99% based on dry matter, and even more preferably a maltitol richness of between 93% and 95% based on dry matter; concentrating under vacuum maltitol solution in the evapocrystallizer so as to obtain a maltitol syrup whose degree of maltitol supersaturation is within the metastable zone of maltitol; seeding the supersaturated maltitol solution with a maltitol seed crystal in dispersed form; performing the crystallization while keeping constant the degree of maltitol supersaturation within the metastable zone of maltitol by controlling the conditions of temperature, the conditions of vigorous stirring by pumping of the evaporation vapors, and the conditions of feeding in of the maltitol syrup to be crystallized; and recovering the crystals thus obtained. | 05-07-2009 |
| 127061000 | Evaporating to crystallization | 1 |
| 20080230051 | Apparatus And A Process For Drying High Carbohydrate Content Liquids - The invention relates to an apparatus for drying a liquid predominately containing solid matter of carbohydrates to a non-sticky powder. The apparatus comprises a spray drying chamber ( | 09-25-2008 |
| 127065000 | Starch manufacture and refining | 8 |
| 127066000 | Tubers | 1 |
| 20080251067 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR STARCH EXTRACTION AND MODIFICATION - A method of starch extraction, starch modification, and/or malting comprising (a) steeping a starch source in the presence of an aqueous anolyte product, (b) adding an aqueous anolyte product to an intermediate product extraction slurry comprising starch and gluten, (c) adding an aqueous anolyte product to a starch product slurry produced by separating the starch and gluten, (d) contacting an extracted starch product with a type and amount of an aqueous anolyte product effective for modifying the starch product and/or (e) steeping the starch source in the presence of an aqueous catholyte product. | 10-16-2008 |
| 127067000 | Treatment of starch-bearing material | 3 |
| 20090050136 | TRANSGENIC PLANT CELLS AND PLANTS HAVING MODIFIED ACTIVITY OF THE GBSSI AND OF THE BE PROTEIN - Transgenic plant cells and plants are described which synthesize a starch which is modified in comparison to wild-type plant cells and plants and show a decrease in the activity of GBSSI and BE proteins. Furthermore, the modified starches obtainable from these plant cells and plants are described, and processes for their preparation. | 02-26-2009 |
| 127068000 | Steeping | 1 |
| 20090095286 | Cereal Refining Process - A process including steeping cereal kernels in an aqueous liquid, producing softened cereal; milling the softened cereal, producing a milled cereal comprising germ, protein, starch, and fiber; separating at least some of at least one material selected from the group consisting of germ, starch, and protein from the milled cereal, producing at least one of germ, starch, and a first protein portion, and also producing a first fiber portion that comprises fiber and starch, and a light steep water that comprises protein; separating at least some protein from the light steep water, producing a second protein portion and a process water that comprises protein; converting at least some of the starch in the first fiber portion to saccharides; separating at least some of the saccharides from the first fiber portion, producing saccharides and a second fiber portion that comprises fiber; and burning at least some of the fiber from the second fiber portion, producing a flue gas and a first quantity of energy; wherein the process further comprises at least one step selected from the group consisting of least partially powering at least one previous step with the first quantity of energy; and drying at least one separated material selected from the group consisting of the germ, the starch, the first protein portion, the second protein portion, and the saccharides with the flue gas, producing a dried separated material and a dryer exhaust. In one further embodiment, the process further includes digesting anaerobically the biologically available organic residues from the process water, producing a biogas and a final waste water. In a still further embodiment, the process further includes burning the biogas to produce a second quantity of energy and at least partially powering at least one previous step with the second quantity of energy. | 04-16-2009 |
| 127069000 | Treatment of amylaceous liquids | 1 |
| 20090211570 | PROCESS FOR MAKING ENZYME-RESISTANT STARCH FOR REDUCED-CALORIE FLOUR REPLACER - An enzyme resistant starch type III having a melting point or endothermic peak of at least about 140° C. as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is produced in yields of at least about 25% by weight, based upon the weight of the original starch ingredient. A gelatinization stage, nucleation/propagation stage, and preferably a heat-treatment stage are used to produce reduced calorie starch-based compositions which contain the enzyme resistant starch type III. The high melting point of the enzyme resistant starch permits its use in baked good formulations without substantial loss of enzyme resistance upon baking. A gelatinized, starch-based bulking agent having at least 30% by weight of the enzyme-resistant starch may be used in bar-type, extruded, sheeted, or rotary molded food products. The melting enthalpy of the bulking agent may be from about 0.5 to about 4 Joules/g and its water-holding capacity may be less than 3 grams. | 08-27-2009 |
| 127071000 | Treating starch | 4 |
| 20090032015 | DEPOLYMERIZATION METHOD - The invention relates to a method for depolymerizing starch comprising mixing a starch material with an ionic liquid solvent to dissolve the starch, and then treating the dissolved starch by agitating at a temperature and for a period for time to effect depolymerization of the starch into desired depolymerization products. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100252031 | Enzyme-Resistant Starch and Method for Its Production - A process for producing an enzyme-resistant starch uses an aqueous feed composition that comprises (i) starch that contains at least about 50% by weight amylose, (ii) water, and (iii) alcohol. The concentration of starch in the feed composition is between about 5% and about 50% by weight, and the pH of the feed composition is between about 3.5 and about 6.5. In a first heating step, the feed composition is heated to a temperature between about 130-170° C. for about 0.1-3.0 hours. The feed composition is cooled to a temperature between about 4-70° C. for about 0.1-6.0 hours. In a second heating step, the feed composition is heated to a temperature between about 110-150° C. for about 0.1-10.0 hours. The starch is separated from the majority of the water and alcohol and is dried. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110240010 | PROCESS USING HYDROCYCLONES - The present invention concerns a process for preparing of slurries containing suspended and dissolved particles and a solution as well as a slurry are provided onto a hydrocyclone equipment, disk centrifuge or nozzle centrifuge equipment. The dry matter concentration in the collected slurry is higher than the concentration of the mixture of the slurry and the solution as such. The use of a hydrocyclone stage for this specific purpose is disclosed as well. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20090126721 | Continuous Fluid Bed Reactor - The present invention is concerned with an apparatus and method for continuous fluidization which comprises at least two cells connected by an aperture permitting the solid material to be introduced into the next downstream cell by fluidized horizontal flow, an isolated freeboard within each cell, at least two filter sticks contained within the isolated freeboard of each cell, and at least one blow back valve contained within each filter stick. The apparatus allows processing of materials that are typically difficult to fluidize by maintaining a substantially constant pressure difference between each isolated freeboard. | 05-21-2009 |
