Patent ID: 11944109
Assignee: ICM, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B  C  Y | IPC A  B  C

Claim 0:
1. A method for separating components in a process stream, the method comprising:
receiving the process stream having a mixture of components of liquids and solids;
adding a non-condensable media to the mixture of components to change a density differential between the components;
separating the solids from the liquids in the mixture of components with a first separation device, to provide a separated solids stream and a separated liquids stream, wherein the separated solids stream is approximately 10% to approximately 40% total solids;
producing at least a portion of the separated solids stream as a feed product; and
processing the separated liquids stream with a membrane-based second separation device to recover suspended solids as a stream comprising protein.