ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,752, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Synata Bio Inc. (Warrenville, Ill.).
"Method of dewatering" was invented by Rubindra Bariya (Plainfield, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods of dewatering solid byproduct. In some embodiments, the solid byproduct contains particles and is produced from a fermentation process for making an oxygenated compound such as ethanol. The method comprises a chemical sequence for conditioning (pre-treating) the solid byproduct to be dewatered. The solid byproduct (in water) is treated with alkaline material to increase its pH to about 7-8.5. Coagulant is added to the alkaline-treated...