Systems and methods for enriching an organic acid from a fermentation broth containing residual color, salts, and carbohydrates using simulated moving bed ("SMB") chromatography to produce a high purity organic acid extract is disclosed. One embodiment of the method purifies citric acid from a fermentation broth into two product streams: a first product stream rich in salt, color, and carbohydrate impurities, and a second product stream comprising an extract enriched in organic acid.
B01D 15/18 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by constructional or operational features relating to flow patterns
B01D 15/36 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by the separation mechanism involving ionic interaction, e.g. ion-exchange, ion-pair, ion-suppression or ion-exclusion
C07C 51/47 - Separation; Purification; Stabilisation; Use of additives by chemisorption
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SMB SEPARATOR FOR ORGANIC ACID PURIFICATION USING A STRONG ACID CATION RESIN
Systems and methods for enriching an organic acid from a fermentation broth containing residual color, salts, and carbohydrates using simulated moving bed (“SMB”) chromatography to produce a high purity organic acid extract is disclosed. One embodiment of the method purifies citric acid from a fermentation broth into two product streams: a first product stream rich in salt, color, and carbohydrate impurities, and a second product stream comprising an extract enriched in organic acid.
C07C 51/47 - Separation; Purification; Stabilisation; Use of additives by chemisorption
B01D 15/18 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by constructional or operational features relating to flow patterns
B01D 15/36 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by the separation mechanism involving ionic interaction, e.g. ion-exchange, ion-pair, ion-suppression or ion-exclusion
B01J 39/05 - Processes using organic exchangers in the strongly acidic form
Systems and methods for mixing at least two mixing components, including a first mixing component independent fractal for transporting the first mixing component, a second mixing component independent fractal for transporting the second mixing component, wherein each of the first mixing component independent fractal and the second mixing component independent fractal comprise at least a first iteration of a fractal shape and a last iteration of the fractal shape, a contact channel in fluid communication with each of the last iterations for the first mixing component independent fractal and the second mixing component independent fractal, and a passive mixing structure located in at least a portion of the contact channel.
A method of enriching a material comprising glucose, fructose, and one or more components inert to isomerization using chromatography to produce a high purity fructose product. An embodiment of the method purifies high fructose corn syrup from a feedstock into three product streams: a first fraction rich in glucose, a second fructose product comprising an extract of fructose purity exceeding about 95%, and a third less pure fructose fraction comprising fructose ranging from about 55% to about 90% fructose purity. The third less pure fructose fraction may be combined with 42% fructose syrup to produce saleable mid-purity fructose product, such as having 55% fructose purity. An SMB system is also disclosed and comprises a first SMB separator, a second SMB separator, and an isomerization chamber.
A method of enriching a material comprising glucose, fructose, and one or more components inert to isomerization using chromatography to produce a high purity fructose product. An embodiment of the method purifies high fructose corn syrup from a feedstock into three product streams: a first fraction rich in glucose, a second fructose product comprising an extract of fructose purity exceeding about 95%, and a third less pure fructose fraction comprising fructose ranging from about 55% to about 90% fructose purity. The third less pure fructose fraction may be combined with 42% fructose syrup to produce saleable mid-purity fructose product, such as having 55% fructose purity. An SMB system is also disclosed and comprises a first SMB separator, a second SMB separator, and an isomerization chamber.
Methods of regenerating a strong base anion resin are described. The method comprises collecting a salt-containing product from a chromatographic system configured to process a biomass derived material. The salt-containing product is processed through a nanofiltration membrane to collect a salt-containing permeate, which is utilized to regenerate a spent strong base anion resin. The biomass may be a plant-based material, such as sugar beets or sugar cane. A system for regenerating a strong base anion resin is also described.
B01D 15/08 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography
B01D 15/12 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by constructional or operational features relating to the preparation of the feed
B01D 15/36 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by the separation mechanism involving ionic interaction, e.g. ion-exchange, ion-pair, ion-suppression or ion-exclusion
Methods of regenerating a strong base anion resin are described. The method comprises collecting a salt-containing product from a chromatographic system configured to process a biomass derived material. The salt-containing product is processed through a nanofiltration membrane to collect a salt-containing permeate, which is used to regenerate a spent strong base anion resin. The biomass may be a plant-based material, such as sugar beets or sugar cane. A system for regenerating a strong base anion resin is also described.
A fractal flow device comprising at least one fractal pack. The at least one fractal pack comprises at least two fractal cells, where each fractal cell comprises a fractal distributor, a chamber adjacent the fractal distributor, and a fractal collector adjacent the chamber. Methods of using the fractal flow device are also disclosed.
B01D 15/36 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by the separation mechanism involving ionic interaction, e.g. ion-exchange, ion-pair, ion-suppression or ion-exclusion
C02F 1/28 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by sorption
C02F 1/00 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
B01D 15/18 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by constructional or operational features relating to flow patterns
C02F 1/42 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by ion-exchange
C02F 1/72 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by oxidation
A fractal flow device comprising at least one fractal pack. The at least one fractal pack comprises at least two fractal cells, where each fractal cell comprises a fractal distributor, a chamber adjacent the fractal distributor, and a fractal collector adjacent the chamber. Methods of using the fractal flow device are also disclosed.
B01D 25/02 - Filters formed by clamping together several filtering elements or parts of such elements in which the elements are pre-formed independent filtering units, e.g. modular systems
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METHODS OF SEPARATING COMPONENTS USING MULTI-SCALE SIMULATED MOVING BED CHROMATOGRAPHY
Described is a method of separating a product from a feed stream. The method comprises introducing a feed stream comprising a product and at least one other component to a simulated moving bed system. At least two scaling factors are applied to at least one of an inlet flow and an outlet flow to determine a temporal pattern for control of the flow(s). The product is separated from the at least one other component of the feed stream.
B01D 15/26 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by the separation mechanism
B01D 15/36 - Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography characterised by the separation mechanism involving ionic interaction, e.g. ion-exchange, ion-pair, ion-suppression or ion-exclusion
A system and process for refining raw sugar, comprising a melting unit configured to receive the raw sugar and an eluent to produce a melt liquor, a decolorization unit configured to receive the melt liquor and to produce a fine liquor, a crystallization unit configured to fractionate high-purity crystalline sucrose from the fine liquor and to provide a run-off syrup, a softening unit configured to receive the run-off syrup to produce a softened syrup, at least one separation unit configured to receive the softened syrup to produce a low-invert sucrose product, and a recycle line configured to relay the low-invert sucrose product from the at least one separation unit to the melting unit.
A system (10, 110) and process for refining raw sugar, comprising a melting unit (16, 116) configured to receive the raw sugar and an eluent to produce a melt liquor, a decolorization unit (24, 124) configured to receive the melt liquor and to produce a fine liquor, a crystallization unit (36, 136) configured to fractionate high-purity crystalline sucrose from the fine liquor and to provide a run-off syrup, a softening unit (46, 146) configured to receive the run-off syrup to produce a softened syrup, at least one separation unit (48, 148) configured to receive the softened syrup to produce a low-invert sucrose product, and a recycle line (52, 152) configured to relay the low-invert sucrose product from the at least one separation unit (48, 148) to the melting unit (16, 116).
A method for the recovery of acids and other materials from hydrometallurgic process solutions comprising processing said solutions utilizing a simulated moving bed chromatographic method to produce at least two product streams.
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Industrial process equipment, namely chromatographic separators, ion exchange columns, distributors, collectors, PLC process control systems, thin film evaporation systems and filtration systems. Process design services and analytical services, including wet chemistry, microbiology, gas chromatography, HPLC, ion chromatography, AA spectrophotometry, infrared spectrometry, particle size analysis, fairer transform infrared spectrometry, polarimetry, and refractometry.
