Method and system for processing unfermented grain solids and utilizing the products thereof
AssigneeLaurel Biocomposite, LLC
InventorRaymond Lyle Schenk, III
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Abstract
A system and method of producing a filler material for combining with a polymer in a product may comprise providing an initial mixture including wetted unfermented grain solids, oxidizing the initial mixture to form a treated mixture, removing moisture from the treated mixture, and combining the treated material with a polymer into a composition.
Claims28
A method of producing a filler material for combining with a polymer in a product, comprising:
- providing an initial mixture including wet distillers grains with an unfermented grain solids content;
- oxidizing the initial mixture to form a treated mixture;
- removing moisture from the treated mixture;
- and
- combining the treated material with a polymer into a composition.
A method of producing a filler material for combining with a polymer in a product, comprising:
- providing an initial mixture including wetted unfermented grain solids;
- oxidizing the initial mixture to form a treated mixture;
- removing moisture from the treated mixture;
- and
- combining the treated material with a polymer into a composition;
- wherein the composition comprises a preliminary composition;
- and additionally comprising:
- forming the preliminary composition with a first treated mixture content;
- moving the preliminary composition to another geographic location;
- and
- forming a final composition by adding additional polymer to the preliminary composition to provide the final composition with a second treated mixture content that is lesser than the first treated mixture content.
A method of producing a filler material for combining with a polymer in a product, comprising:
- obtaining a quantity of wet distillers grains from an ethanol production facility, the wet distillers grain including an unfermented grain solids content and residual moisture from an ethanol production process;
- removing the residual moisture from the wet distillers grains as necessary to provide an initial mixture with an unfermented grain solids content of approximately 12 percent to approximately 50 percent;
- oxidizing the initial mixture by mixing hydrogen peroxide with the initial mixture to form a treated mixture and heating the initial mixture while mixing;
- removing further residual moisture from the treated mixture;
- and
- combining the treated material with a polymer into a composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.