Abstract: A process for producing and recovering light alcohols, particularly ethanol, alcohol mixtures containing ethanol, and ABE mixtures (alcohol mixtures containing acetone, butanol and ethanol), using a combination of steps including fermentation, first membrane separation, dephlegmation and dehydration by second membrane separation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 28, 2006
Publication date:
February 8, 2007
Applicant:
Membrane Technololgy and Research, Inc.
Inventors:
Anurag Mairal, Alvin Ng, Richard Baker, Ivy Huang, Jennifer Ly