Patents Assigned to Fermentation Engineering, Inc.
  • Whey treatment apparatus
    Patent number: 4617861
    Abstract: Cheese whey is treated to recover protein, convert the lactose to ethanol and recover the ethanol, and to provide a concentrated yeast with fermentation solubles concentrate. A sequence of treating whey by reverse osmosis, protein precipitation and separation, fermentation of concentrated lactose solution, distillation of the fermented product, dehydration of the hydrous ethanol product and evaporation of yeast fermentation solubles is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Fermentation Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Gordon M. Armstrong