ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,304, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to CHEMTOR LP (Lockhart, Texas).
"Integrated ethanol and pretreatment facility" was invented by Scott D. Kohl (Maize, Kan.), Rana K. Mohamed (Austin, Texas) and Wade Gossett (Buda, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated facility for the co-production of ethanol and the pretreatment of impure vegetable oils, waxes and (animal) fats is provided. A by-product from the ethanol plant, such as distillers corn oil or distillers sorghum oil, can be directly refined on site to remove contaminants such as metals, phospholipids and inorganic anions, to enable use as ready feedstocks for a renewable...