ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,142, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to POET Grain (Octane) LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.).
"Processes for separating whole stillage" was invented by Jason Bootsma (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved processes and systems for recovering products from a corn fermentation mash. In some examples, a process recovers an oil product, a protein meal product, and a fiber product from a slurry. A process includes the following steps: introducing the slurry into a device with a flexible screen and mechanical agitation to produce a filtrate and a fibrous solid stream; and introducing the filtrate into a three-phase centrifuge to pro...