Patent SG-11201804167U-A (SG)
Title: Applying measurement, control and automation to a dry corn milling ethanol production process to maximize the recovery of ethanol and co-products
Inventor: TURNBULL JAMES T
IPC: G05D21/02
Filed: 2016-07-20
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -' Organization International Bureau ires.. 00) (43) International Publication Date .... ..1.r„1 26 January 2017 (26.01.2017) WIPO I PCT (10) WO International 111111111111311111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 2017/015361 Publication Number Al (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless C12P 7/08 (2006.01) G05D 21/02 (2006.01) kind of national protection G01N 33/22 (2006.01) GO5B 21/02 (2006.01) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, GO5D 11/08 (2006.01) BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, (21) International Application Number: HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, PCT/US2016/043122 KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, (22) International Filing Date: MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, 20 July 2016 (20.07.2016) PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, (25) Filing Language: English TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, (26) Publication Language: English (84) Designated States (unless (30) Priority Data: kind of regional protection 62/194,539 20 July 2015 (20.07.2015) US GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (71) Applicant: CIDRA CORPORATE SERVICES INC. TJ, TM), European (AL, [US/US]; 50 Barnes Park North, Wallingford, Connecticut DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, 06492 (US). LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, (72) Inventors: TURNBULL, James T.; 100 Catherine Cover, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, Madison, Mississippi 39110 (US). MAGNESS, Bret H.; GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, 1288 Braywind Drive, Collierville, Tennessee 38017 (US). Published: SN, TD, TG). otherwise indicated, for every available): AE, AG, AL, AM, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. otherwise indicated, for every available): ARIPO (BW, GH, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, (74) Agent: BARBER, William, J.; Ware, Fressola, Maguire & — with international search report (Art 21(3)) Barber LLP, 755 Main Street, P.O. Box 224, Monroe, Connecticut 06468 (US). (54) Title: APPLYING MEASUREMENT, CONTROL AND AUTOMATION TO A DRY CORN MILLING ETHANOL PRO- - DUCTION PROCESS TO MAXIMIZE THE RECOVERY OF ETHANOL AND CO-PRODUCTS Apparatus 10 Signal processor or processing module 10a configured at least to: receive signaling containing information about a measurement of one or more constituents of an output stream from a centrifuge in a dry corn milling process, including to produce Ethanol; determine corresponding signaling containing information about a real time feedback control of the dry corn milling process; and/or provide the corresponding signaling containing information about the time feedback the dry real control of corn milling process, e.g., as control signaling to control one or more sub-process of the dry corn milling process. 11 .4t Il Other signal processor circuits or components 10b that do not form part of the underlying invention, e.g., including input/output modules, one or more memory modules, data, address and control busing architecture, etc. M In Il o Figure 1 --..„ IN 11 C (57) : Apparatus features a signal processor or signal processing module configured to: receive signaling containing inform - el ation about about a measurement of one or more constituents of an output stream from a centrifuge in a dry corn milling process, in- cluding to produce Ethanol; and determine corresponding signaling containing information about a real time feedback control of the 0 dry corn milling process, based upon the signaling received. The signal processor or signal processing module is configured to provide the corresponding signaling as control signaling to provide the real time feedback control of the dry corn milling process.