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US 12,404,482 B2Granted
Process for separating a fermented malt beverage
AssigneeABV Technology, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin M. Jordan, Chris Huelsnitz, Kyle Sogard, Grant A. Williamson
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Abstract
A process that produces a non-alcohol cereal beverage (NACB) includes separating an input fermented malt beverage (FMB) into an output FMB and the NACB, wherein the separating includes multiple stages; and adding water during the separating so that the output FMB has the same alcohol by volume (ABV) as the input FMB during each stage of the separating.
Claims7
An apparatus comprising:
- a first separator stage to separate an input fermented malt beverage (FMB) into a first separated FMB and a first portion of a non-alcohol cereal beverage (NACB), the first separator stage comprising:
- a first packed column including:
- at least one input port to receive the input FMB and to receive water;
- a first output port to provide the first NACB portion;
- and
- a second output port to provide the first separated FMB;
- a second separator stage to separate the first separated FMB into an output FMB and a second portion of the NACB, the second separator stage comprising:
- a second packed column including:
- at least one input port to receive the first separated FMB and to receive water;
- a first output port to provide the second NACB portion;
- and
- a second output port to provide the output FMB;
- at least one vacuum pump coupled to the first and second packed columns;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- provide water to the first and second separator stages to maintain the separated FMB and the output FMB at the same alcohol by volume (ABV) as the input FMB;
- and
- control input of carbon dioxide and vacuum pressure to produce a flow rate that maintains the output FMB at the same ABV as the input FMB.
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