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US 7,118,891 B2Granted
Crystal harvest from fermentation broth
AssigneeNovozymes A/S
InventorsBenny Nielsen, Anders Rancke-Madsen, Martin Troen Jorgensen
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Abstract
A method for producing a crystalline and/or amorphous metabolite suspension from a fermentation broth comprising treating the fermentation broth with one or more coagulants and/or one or more flocculants; and separating the biomass of the fermentation broth from the coagulated and/or flocculated fermentation broth by use of a separation equipment, whereby a crystalline and/or amorphous metabolite suspension is obtained.
Claims8
A method for producing a crystalline and/or amorphous metabolite suspension from a fermentation broth comprising
- (a) treating the fermentation broth with one or more salts and one or more polymers;
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- (b) separating the fermentation broth, by use of a separation equipment, into a biomass fraction, a crystalline and/or amorphous metabolite fraction, and a supernatant fraction, wherein the separation equipment is selected from the group consisting of a continuous sludge decharging centrifuge.
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