Patent ID: 9670511
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A23K,B01D,C07C,C11B,C12F,C12M,C12N,C12P,Y02E,Y02W

Claim:
1. A system for producing a product alcohol comprising: a liquefaction vessel configured to liquefy a feedstock to create a feedstock slurry, the liquefaction vessel comprising: one or more three-phase centrifuges configured to separate the feedstock slurry to form separate streams: (i) an aqueous solution comprising the sugar, (ii) a wet cake comprising the undissolved solids, and (iii) an oil stream, wherein the three-phase centrifuge comprises: one or more fermentors configured to ferment the aqueous solution to produce the product alcohol, the fermentor comprising: a distillation column and a hydrolyzer, wherein the bottoms of the distillation column are added to a feed of the hydrolyzer.