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20080299632 December 4, 2008 Winsness; David James; (Alpharetta, GA) ; Barlage; Greg; (Sandston, VA) Methods for Recovering Oil from a Fractionated Dry Milling Process #
[Looks like this is pretreatment patent for the COES]
Processes for recovering oil from thin stillage produced during a fractionation-based dry milling process. The thin stillage can be heated or heated in combination with centrifuging to separate and recover oil from the thin stillage. Optionally, the thin stillage may be concentrated prior to recovering the oil.
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20080190567 August 14, 2008 Winsness; David J.; (Alpharetta, GA)
Method of Recovering Oil from Corn Byproducts and Related Subsystems (II)
[Withdrawal of CO2 from the air. NOT from exhaust. From the AIR!]
The present invention is directed to methods for removing CO.sub.2 from air, which comprises exposing sorbent covered surfaces to the air. The invention also provides for an apparatus for exposing air to a CO.sub.2 sorbent. In another aspect, the invention provides a method and apparatus for separating carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) bound in a sorbent.
Extracting carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2) from ambient air would make it possible to use carbon-based fuels and deal with the associated greenhouse gas emissions after the fact. Since CO.sub.2 is neither poisonous nor harmful in parts per million quantities but creates environmental problems simply by accumulating in the atmosphere, it is desirable to remove CO.sub.2 from air in order to compensate for emissions elsewhere and at different times.
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20080110577 May 15, 2008 Winsness; David J.; (Alpharetta, GA)
METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING OIL RECOVERY FROM ETHANOL PRODUCTION BYPRODUCTS
[COES patent]
In one aspect of the invention, a method and related system efficiently and effectively recover a significant amount of valuable, usable oil from byproducts formed during a dry milling process used for producing ethanol. The method may include forming a concentrate from the byproduct and recovering oil from the concentrate. The step of forming the concentrate may comprise evaporating the byproduct using a multi-stage evaporator, as well as recovering the oil before the final stage of the evaporator. Further, the step of recovering oil from the concentrate may comprise using a centrifuge and, in particular, a disk stack centrifuge. Other aspects of the invention include related methods and subsystems for recovering oil.
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20070238891 October 11, 2007 Winsness; David J.; (Alpharetta, GA) ; Davis; John W.; (Chesapeake Beach, MD) ; Barlage; Gregory Paul; (Sandstron, VA) ; Cantrell; David Fred; (Lakemont, GA)
METHOD OF FREEING THE BOUND OIL PRESENT IN WHOLE STILLAGE AND THIN STILLAGE *
Filed:
March 20, 2007
[Pre-Treatment for the COES]
A method is provided for recovering oil from stillage including oil resulting from a process used for producing ethanol. In one embodiment, the method includes heating the stillage to a temperature sufficient to at least partially separate, or unbind, the oil therefrom The method further includes recovering the oil from the stillage.
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20070196892 August 23, 2007 Winsness; David J.; (Alpharetta, GA) ; Krablin; Richard; (Stewartsville, NJ) ; Kreisler; Kevin E.; (Mt. Arlington, NJ)
METHOD OF CONVERTING A FERMENTATION BYPRODUCT INTO OXYGEN AND BIOMASS AND RELATED SYSTEMS *
Filed:
March 20, 2007
[Patent for the Algae Bioreactor]
In one aspect, the invention relates to a method of converting byproducts of a fermentation process into oxygen and biomass. Related methods, systems, and other aspects are also described.
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20060041153 February 23, 2006 Cantrell; David Fred; (Lakemont, GA) ; Winsness; David J.; (Alpharetta, GA)
Method of processing ethanol byproducts and related subsystems
Filed:
September 30, 2005
[COES Patent Steps 31-50]
In one aspect of the invention, a method recovers oil from a concentrated byproduct, such as evaporated thin stillage formed during a dry milling process used for producing ethanol. The method includes forming a concentrate from the byproduct and recovering oil from the concentrate. The step of forming the concentrate may comprise evaporating the byproduct. Further, the step of separating the oil from the concentrate may comprise using a centrifuge and, in particular, a disk stack centrifuge. Other aspects of the invention include related methods and subsystems for recovering oil from thin stillage.
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20060041152 February 23, 2006 Cantrell; David Fred; (Lakemont, GA) ; Winsness; David J.; (Alpharetta, GA)
Method of processing ethanol byproducts and related subsystems
Filed:
May 5, 2005
[Central COES Patent, filed in 2005 Steps 1-30]
In one aspect of the invention, a method recovers oil from a concentrated byproduct, such as evaporated thin stillage formed during a dry milling process used for producing ethanol. The method includes forming a concentrate from the byproduct and recovering oil from the concentrate. The step of forming the concentrate may comprise evaporating the byproduct. Further, the step of separating the oil from the concentrate may comprise using a centrifuge and, in particular, a disk stack centrifuge. Other aspects of the invention include related methods and subsystems for recovering oil from thin stillage.
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20090005903 January 1, 2009 Winsness; David; (Alpharetta, GA)
Method Of Blending Fuels And Related System *
[Beauty of this is blender's credit could happen at the pump, placing the incentive where it should be to drive consumption, with the consumer/retailer]
A method and related system blend fuels and dispense a blended fuel to a vehicle at a fueling station. In one aspect, the method comprises selecting the desired proportion of at least one of the fuels available at the service station, blending that fuel with another one available, and delivering the blended fuel to the vehicle. Preferably, the first fuel is a non-renewable, petroleum based one, while the second fuel is a non-petroleum based, renewable one (such as ethanol or biodiesel).
*GS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, INC.
#GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION
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