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US 2007/0131533 A1Published application
Distillation method
Assignees2S-Sophisticated Systems Limited, Buss-Sms-Canzler GmbH
InventorsStephan Blum, Bernhard Kaiser
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for distilling, e.g. ethanol from a mash or must. According to said method, a fluid (1) that is fed to a first distillation column (stripper, 13) and a distillate (4) of the first distillation column (13) are delivered to a second distillation column (rectification column, 14). The fed fluid (1) and/or a distillate (7) of the second distillation column (14) is/are purified in a first and/or last step of the inventive method by means of a membrane separation process.
Claims22
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A method of distillation of ethanol from a mash, comprising the steps of:
- feeding the mash into a first distillation column;
- feeding a distillate of the first distillation column to a second distillation column;
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- at least one of purifying the mash before the mash is fed into the first distillation column and purifying a distillate from the second distillation column, the purifying being performed by a membrane separation process.
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