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8168840 |
Biomass pretreatment process
A process is described for pretreating lignocellulosic biomass. The process comprises swelling the lignocellulosic biomass with an aqueous liquid. The pretreated lignocellulosic biomass may be used...
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7981220 |
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...
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7959736 |
Biomass processor
A process (10) and apparatus (2) for extracting juice from a fibrous material. The process (10) comprises a step of feeding the fibrous material (13) into a receiving chamber (30) having a fluid...
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7815876 |
Reactor pump for catalyzed hydrolytic splitting of cellulose
The reactor pump for hydrolytic splitting of cellulose is configured to pump cellulose, under high pressure, with low availability of sugar into a reactor. The reactor has an upstream transition...
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7815741 |
Reactor pump for catalyzed hydrolytic splitting of cellulose
A reactor for hydrolytic splitting of cellulose under high pressure and heat has an inlet and outlet each with a cross-sectional area smaller than the cross-sectional area of the reactor. The...
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7794547 |
Flue pan washer for maple sugar evaporator
The present invention is directed to an automatic washer system mounted within a maple sugar evaporator above the rear flue pan for removing niter and sediment built up during the boiling of sap....
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7160394 |
Sugar juice clarifier apparatus
An apparatus for the continuous process of raw mixed sugar juice clarification by means of the settlement of insoluble particles and juice precipitate in a cylindrical clarifier tank that permits...
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7078003 |
Device for the transfer of energy and/or matter between a soluble solid and a liquid
The invention relates to a device for the transfer between a solid matter and a liquid, comprising an outer drum and a perforated inner drum, means for commonly rotating the drums, and means...
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7067013 |
Method and plant for the production of refined sugar from a sugared juice
Method for producing refined sugar from sugared juice, such as raw juice from sugar cane or from sugar beet, containing sugar and impurities, which comprises the operations of: tangential...
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6928800 |
Biocide applicator for sugar cane
Apparatus for applying a biocide liquid composition to billets formed from sugar cane stalks. In one embodiment of the invention, the apparatus is comprised of a container for containing the liquid...
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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...
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6074489 |
Process for recrystallizing sugar and product thereof
The invention is a process for recrystallizing sugar. The invention involves admixing a first quantity of a powdered sugar and a second quantity of an adjuvant, such as an invert sugar, to provide...
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6019851 |
Producing tastands including food and beverage additives
Described is a process for producing one or more tastands including food and beverage additives from Saccharum officinarum leaves (sugarcane leaves) by means of carrying out one or more physical...
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5772775 |
Method of extraction of juice from sugar cane
A continuous countercurrent process is provided of extracting juice from a bed of fibrous material such as sugar cane, the process comprising a plurality of stages, preferably three, with each...
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5772774 |
Evaporator for producing maple syrup
An evaporator includes a maple sap evaporating pan in fluid communication with a maple syrup forming pan, a fire box in gas communication with gas circulating adjuncts, a flue stack and chimney and...
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5653815 |
Process for solid-liquid extraction and extraction tower for carrying out the process
In a process for solid-liquid extraction, in particular of sucrose from beet cossettes, countercurrent extraction in an extraction tower is employed. The tower juice is drawn off together with the...
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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...
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5618352 |
Continuously operating centrifuge for spinning sugar massecuite
A continuously operating centrifuge for spinning sugar massecuite has a perforated basket which widens conically and rotates about a vertical axis. The perforated basket has a throwing-off edge...
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5476550 |
Method and apparatus for extracting soluble and dispersible materials from products using a slotted scroll extractor
A counterflow single-screw extractor includes a screw conveyor having a helical scroll formed from arcuate flight sections each having a plurality of elongated slots extending away from the...
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5411594 |
Bei hydrolysis process system an improved process for the continuous hydrolysis saccharification of ligno-cellulosics in a two-stage plug-flow-reactor system
An improved two-stage dilute-acid hydrolysis process and apparatus the continuous saccharification of ligno-cellulosic biomass, or other cellulosic material feedstocks, with higher efficiency and...
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5374316 |
Method and apparatus for separation of sugarcane pith from rind
An improved apparatus and method for separating milled sugarcane pith from flattened rind upon discharge from a depithing station. The method includes dividing the discharge by a fixed deflector,...
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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...
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5338365 |
Apparatus for conditioning confectioners' sugar and the like
Apparatus for conditioning freshly ground confectioners' sugar employs a closed vessel with an inlet for unconditioned sugar, an outlet for conditioned sugar, and an agitating unit which is...
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5320035 |
Sugar cane juice extractor
An improved sugar cane juice extractor has removable crushing rollers. The juice extractor preferably includes a housing with a juice extracting compartment and a closure for accessing the...
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5286298 |
Device and method for reducing crystal impact damage and lump formation in a sugar centrifugal
An apparatus and method for reducing sugar, crystal impact damage and lump formation in a centrifugal provides a resilient barrier ring which absorbs most of the impact energy of the crystals and...
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5281275 |
Apparatus and method for enhancing sugar crystal/molasses separation efficiency in a sugar centrifugal
A sugar centrifugal operates at decreased speed to reduce crystal damage but suffers no loss of sugar crystal/molasses separation rate. This is accomplished by superposing a partial vacuum on the...
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5269849 |
Apparatus and method for reducing lump formation and crystal impact damage in a sugar centrifugal
An apparatus and method for reducing sugar, crystal impact damage and lump formation in a sugar centrifugal includes a resilient deflector ring which absorbs most of the impact energy of the...
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5266161 |
Bagasse depither
A method and apparatus for depithing bagasse fibers wherein a horizontal perforate surface such as a screen is provided with means for delivering bagasse onto a delivery end and the screen is given...
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5232510 |
Slitting apparatus for sugarcane rind
A sugarcane rind-slitting apparatus having a pair of counter-rotatable cylindrical assemblies each with a multiplicity of axially-adjustable intermeshing disks and flexible spacers, and fixed comb...
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5196069 |
Apparatus and method for cellulose processing using microwave pretreatment
A method for pretreating a cellulosic waste product with microwaves is disclosed as well as a method and apparatus for converting cellulosic wastes into soluble saccharides. The invention greatly...
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5196068 |
Means for producing a high brix lump-free magma
A water-conducting lance, fitted with a spray nozzle at an end thereof, is fixed to the top of a massecuite-separating centrifuge which has a rotating basket, to dispose the nozzle in adjacency to...
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5173122 |
Apparatus for washing sugarcane billets
A sugarcane billet washing apparatus tumbles and thorougly washes billets moving through a container in a continuous stream. Washing is by sprayers extending along the container. Preferred...
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5118353 |
Moving screen apparatus and method for separation of sugarcane pith from rind
An improved apparatus and method for separating milled sugarcane pith from flattened rind upon discharge from a depithing station. The method includes dividing the discharge using an endless moving...
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5116422 |
Sugarcane separator configuration
Improved sugarcane separation equipment having movable carriages adjacent to the tower-like central unit, such carriages being movable toward and away from such central unit and having dermax...
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5114490 |
Apparatus for control of sugarcane half-billets
An improved half-billet control device in apparatus for separating sugarcane (or the like) into constituent parts and an improved method for half-billet control. The device has a rotatable gide...
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5114489 |
Means for producing a high brix sugar liquid
An annular compartment is disposed below the mixing ring of a rotating-basket, massecuite-separating centrifuge, to receive the magma therein. Eductors arrayed in the compartment receive hot water,...
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5096499 |
Slitting apparatus for sugarcane rind
A sugarcane rind-slitting apparatus of the type having a pair of counter-rotatable cylindrical members with a multiplicity of intermeshing annular projections. The apparatus includes disks on each...
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5073200 |
Low pressure system for extraction of soluble matter from fibrous material
An improved system for extracting soluble substances from fibrous material by using a plurality of maceration and compression steps thereby excerting moderate pressure on the fibrous material up to...
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4989305 |
Sugar cane mill roller
The invention is an improved sugar can mill roller. The roller body is generally cylindrical and has peripheral V-grooves formed circumferentially on the roller body. An axial bore is formed...
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4875940 |
Massecuite supersaturation monitor
The invention provides an apparatus for controlling both the supersaturation of the mother liquor and the crystal content of massecuite by measuring di-electric constant and electrical conductivity...
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4840678 |
Pipe coil cooker
A sugar-cooking apparatus of the type having a standing pipe coil surrounded by a heating jacket. The coiled pipe is of flattened cross-section for improved heat transfer. During use, a mixture of...
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4818296 |
Scraper for sugar centrifuge
A scraper for a sugar centrifuge comprises a scraper blade mounted on an arm which is moved down into and pivoted within the centrifugal bowl, such that the edge of the scraper blade is moved...
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4816075 |
Apparatus for comminuting plant material for further treatment
An apparatus for preparing plant material, such as sugar cane, comminutes the material for further processing, for example, by cane mills or a diffuser. An upfront cutter (2) and a shredder (8) are...
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4804419 |
Continuously operable sugar centrifuge
A continuously operable sugar centrifugal is equipped with an upwardly opening conical centrifugal drum surrounded by a sugar collecting housing (3). The upper edge of the drum (1) is equipped with...
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4804418 |
Process and outfit for the extraction of sugar from sugar cane
Processing and outfit for the extraction of cane sugar by pressing canes and magma between several pairs of fluted rollers, wherein each pair of rollers is completely submerged in a tank (C) and...
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4802925 |
Continuously operable centrifuge for mashing and centrifuging of sugar massecuite
A continuously operating centrifugal for mashing and centrifuging of sugar massecuite is equipped with an upwardly, conically opening screen drum (2) which is rotating about a vertical axis (1)....
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4743307 |
Apparatus for processing sugar cane
Sugar cane is processed using an apparatus, which includes an input end with a comb back conveyor for controlling the quantity of cane passing to the remainder of the apparatus; an aligning; first...
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4718945 |
Sugar centrifuge
A continuously operating sugar centrifugal is equipped with the following components, a massecuite supply device, a frustum-shaped screen drum which is rotatably drivable, a housing surrounding the...
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4543129 |
Apparatus for reducing the liquid content of sugar cane bagasse
The liquid content of sugar cane bagasse is reduced by a low pressure process having a substantially longer duration than the duration of prior art high pressure liquid removal processes. For this...
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4526621 |
Portable facility for processing granulated sugar into liquid sucrose and invert sugar
A sugar processing facility, including a boiler, a mixing tank, and an interconnecting assemblage of pumps, motors, control valves and liquid conduits, for commercially processing granulated sugar...
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