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Method for simultaneously producing lactic acid and alcohol or biogas from cereals

US11306332B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Futerro S.A. · BE

Inventors

Frederic Van Gansberghe · Brussels, BE
Philippe Coszach · Escanaffles, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2018
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E50/30
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the continuous production of lactic acid (a first fermentation product) and of a second fermentation product selected from the group consisting of alcohols and biogas, may include starting from the milling, necessarily carried out under dry conditions, of cereals and more particularly of corn. In the context of this process, a main flow and a flow of wastes which are difficult to ferment are recovered from the milling. These two flows are treated separately but simultaneously so as to produce, by fermentation, on the one hand, lactic acid and, on the other hand, an alcohol and/or biogas.

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