RECOVERY OF BIOBUTANOL FROM FERMENTATION BROTHS

• Main Authors: UGUINA ZAMORANO, MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES, ÁGUEDA MATÉ, VICENTE ISMAEL, SOTELO SANCHO, JOSÉ LUIS, DELGADO DOBLÁDEZ, JOSÉ ANTONIO, GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ, ÁLVARO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Spanish
• Published: 03.12.2015
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; DENATURING OF, OR DENATURED, ALCOHOL; DISTILLATION OR RECTIFICATION OF FERMENTED SOLUTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; RECOVERY OF BY-PRODUCTS; SEPARATION; SPIRITS; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

The concentration of butanol in fermentation broths is low and, consequently, butanol recovery with traditional techniques requires a large amount of energy. The invention relates to a low-energy-consumption method for the recovery of butanol. The method consists of an adsorption/desorption process...