PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT RECOVERY AND CELL RECYCLE

• Main Authors: Mihalcea, Christophe Daniel, Palou-Rivera, Ignasi, Bourdakos, Nicholas, Gao, Allan Haiming, Martin, Michael Emerson, Conrado, Robert John, Bromley, Jason Carl, Tizard, Joseph Henry, Sechrist, Paul Alvin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.05.2024
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SEPARATION; SPIRITS; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention is directed to a method for recovering at least one product from a fermentation broth. The invention relates to the use of a vacuum distillation vessel to recover products, such as ethanol, from a fermentation broth, where the fermentation broth comprises viable microbial biomass, and where the recovery of the product is completed in such a manner to ensure the viability of the microbial biomass. The invention provides for product recovery at an effective rate so as to prevent the accumulation of product in the fermentation broth. To ensure the viability of the microbial biomass, the invention is designed to reduce the amount of stress on the microbial biomass. By ensuring the viability of the microbial biomass, the microbial biomass may be recycled and reused in the fermentation process, which may result in an increased efficiency of the fermentation process.