Syrup purification by capacitive deionization
AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorsJoost KETSMAN, Luigi NATALONI, Ronny Leontina Marcel VERCAUTEREN
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for purifying syrups. The process comprises removing charged components from the syrup by passing said syrup through a capacitive deionization cell. The present invention further relates to the use of capacitive deionization to recover charged components from syrups. In particular the syrups are mannose, fructose and sorbitol containing syrups.
Claims7
A process to remove charged components from a syrup comprising passing the syrup through a capacitive deionization cell.
The process of claim l wherein the syrup is a carbohydrate containing syrup and/or a polyol containing syrup.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.