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Patent US6896811 - Chromatographic separation method - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA method for fractionating a solution into two or more fractions. More particularly the invention relates to a method for fractionating a solution by a chromatographic simulated moving bed (SMB) process in which the dissolved substances present in the feedstock are separated in the partial packed beds,...http://www.google.com/patents/US6896811?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6896811 - Chromatographic separation methodAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6896811 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/143,188Publication dateMay 24, 2005Filing dateMay 9, 2002Priority dateMay 9, 2001Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2445072A1, CA2445072C, DE60239605D1, EP1392411A1, EP1392411B1, US7229558, US20030006191, US20050115904, WO2002089946A1Publication number10143188, 143188, US 6896811 B2, US 6896811B2, US-B2-6896811, US6896811 B2, US6896811B2InventorsHeikki Heikkil�, Jari Lewandowski, Jarmo KuismaOriginal AssigneeDanisco Sweeteners OyExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (101), Non-Patent Citations (81), Referenced by (20), Classifications (20), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetChromatographic separation method
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Lowe, Western Regional Research Laboratory, Western Utilization Research And Development Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, 94710 U.S.A., published in the International Sugar Journal, Feb., 1967.39Publication: "High Purity Fructose Via Continuous Adsorptive Separation" by D.B. Broughton, H.J. Bieser, R.C. Berg, E.D. Connell, D.J. Korous, and R.W. Neuzil of UOP, Inc., published La Sucrerie Belge, vol. 96-May 1977, pp. 155-162.40Publication: "Ion Exchange For Desugaring Of Molasses And Byproduct Sugarbeet and Sugarcane", by L.H. Ramm-Schmidt, published by B.V. Amaterdam, 1988, printed in Netherlands, pp. 111-126.41Publication: "Ion Exclusion . . . an overlooked ally", by James F. Zievers, C. J. Novotny, and E. A. Selvick of Industrial Filter and Pump Mfg. Co., Cicero, Illinois, published in The Sugar Journal, Feb., 1972, pp. 7-10.42Publication: "Ion Exclusion Purification Of Sugar Juices", by Lloyd Norman, Guy Rorabaugh, and Harold Keller, Research Laboratory Manger and General Chemist, Director of Research, Holly Sugar Corporation and Assistant Director, Illinois Water Treatment Company, published by Journal of A. S. S. B. T., vol. 12, No. 5, Apr., 1963, pp. 362-370.43Publication: "Ion-Exchange Chromatography of Aldehydes, Ketones, Ethers, Alcohols, Polyols and Saccharids" published in Journal of Chromatographprinted by Chromatographic Reviews, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam-Printed in The Netherlands, 98 pp. 55-104 (1974).44Publication: "Large-Scale Chromatography: New Separation Tool" by R.S. Timmins, L Mir, and J.M. 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Sauer of Applications Development, Duolite International, Inc., a subsidiary of Diamond Shamrock Corporation, Apr. 23, 1981.47Publication: "Molasses Exhaustion Session", Keynote Speech Summary, by Mike Kearney, Director, New Technology, Amalgamated Research Inc., published by British Sugar EuroTechLink 97, England, undated.48Publication: "Molassesdesugarization with Liquid Distribution Chromatography", by Dr. Mohammad Munir, Zentral-Laboratorium dor Suddautschen Zucker-Aktiengesollschaft, presented at 15th General Assembly of Commission Internationale Technique de Sucrerie, Vienna, Austria, May 12-16, 1975.49Publication: "Multicomponent Separation Using Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography", by V. Kochergin and M. 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Gross of Tate & Lyle, Ltd., Research Centre, Keston, Kent, England; presented to the 14th General Assembly, C.I.T.S, Brussels, 1971.58Publication: "Recovery Of Sugar From Beet Molasses By The P. & L. Exclusion Process", by H.G. Schneider and J. Mikule of Pfeifer & Langen, Euskirchen, Germany, published in the International Sugar Journal, Part I, pp. 259-264, Sep. 1975.59Publication: "Recovery of Sugar From Beet Molasses by The P. & L. Exclusion Process", by H.G. Schneider and J. Mikulse of Pfeifer & Langen, Euskirchen, Germany, published in the International Sugar Journal, Part II, pp. 294-298, Oct., 1975.60Publication: "Separation Processes In The Sugar Industry", by Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, presented at Proceedings of S.P.R.I. Workshop on Separation Processes In the Sugar Industry, Workshop and Panel Discussion-Day 1, Oct. 1996, pp. 151-153.61Publication: "Simulated Moving Bed Technology Applied To The Chromatographic Recovery Of Sucrose From Sucrose Syrups", by Mike Kearney of The Amalgamated Sugar Company, Twin Falls, Idaho, presented at Conference on Sugar Processing Research, Fiftieth Anniversary Conference, San Francisco, California, May 29-Jun. 1, 1990.62Publication: "Simulated Moving-Bed Technology In The Sweetener Industry", by D. Eugene Rearick, Michael Kearney, and Dennis D. Costesso of Amalgamated Research, Inc., published in Chemtech, vol. 27, No. 9, pp. 36-40, undated.63Publication: "Simultaneously Continuous Separation of Glucose, Maltose, and Maltotriose Using a Simulated Moving-Bed Adsorber" by Kyu Beom Kim, Shiro Kishihara, and Satoshi Fujii of The Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, I, Rokkadai, Nada-ku, Kobe 657, Japan Received Sep. 2, 1991.64Publication: "The Amalgamated Sugar Company Raw Juice Chromatographic Separation Process" by Mike Kearney and D. Eugene Rearick of The Amalgamated Sugar Company Research Laboratory, Twin Falls, Idaho, presented at 1995 C.I.T.S. 20th General Assembly, Munich, Germany, Jun. 1995.65Publication: "The History of Sugar in a Swedish Perspective" by Danisco Sugar, in Dictionary of Sweeteners, pp. 1-5 (at least as early as Feb. 2001).66Publication: "The Recovery Of Sugar From Beet Molasses By the P. & L. Exclusion-Process", by H. G. Schneider and J. Mikule of Pfeifen & Lange, Euskirchen, Germany, undated.67Publication: "The Removal Of Color From Sugar Solutions By Adsorbent Resins", by R. I. M. Abrams, Technical manager of Duplite Ion Exchange Resins, Diamond Shamrock Chemical Company, Redwood City, California, published in Sugar y Azuca, 1971, pp. 31-34.68Publication: "The Tasco Chromatographic Separator At Twin Falls Factory" by K. P. Chertudi of The Amalgamated Sugar Company, published by International Sugar Journal, 1991, vol. 93, No. 1106.69Publication: "Trends In The Chromatographic Separation Of Molasses", by Hannu A. Paananen of Cultor Ltd., Finnsugar Bioproducts, Helsinki, Finland, Proceedings of the Workshop on Separation Process in the Sugar Industry, New Orleans, Apr., 1996, pp. 100-119.70Publication: "Trends In The Chromatographic Separation Of Molasses", by Hannu A. Paananen Zuckerind 122 (1997) Nr. 1, pp. 28-33.71Publication: ARi: "Coupled Loop Chromatography" by Mike Kearney of Amalgamated Research, Inc., presented at the 29th General Meeting, American Society of Beet Sugar Technologists, Mar. 1977.72Publication: Chromatographic Separation of Sugar Solutions: "The Finnsugar Molasses Desugarization Process", Part II, by H. J. Hongisto, Technical Department, Finnish Sugar Company, Ltd., Kantvik, Finland, published by the International Sugar Journal, May 1977, pp. 132-134.73Publication: Ion Exclusion-An Overlooked Ally: "Ion Exclusion Ion Exclusion Experiments", by James F. Zievers, C. J. Novotny, and E. A. Selvick of Industrial Filter and Pump Mfg. 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