Patents Assigned to Lincolnway Energy, LLC
  • Publication number: 20180134985
    Abstract: An ethanol production process and system for recovering high value oil products. The invention includes adding a heated lipid (oil) stream to a thin stillage stream to break the water/oil emulsion and free bound oil then recovering the oil. The lipid stream may be heated by use of existing process steam or other process energy source, or may be heated by the introduction of energy from an external source. The process uses oil as the heat transfer mechanism to increase both the volume and quality of the oil recovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Lincolnway Energy, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Hakmiller
  • Patent number: 9914898
    Abstract: An ethanol production process and system for recovering high value oil products. The invention includes adding a heated lipid (oil) stream to a thin stillage stream to break the water/oil emulsion and free bound oil then recovering the oil. The process uses oil as the heat transfer mechanism to increase both the volume and quality of the oil recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Lincolnway Energy, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Hakmiller
  • Publication number: 20160257907
    Abstract: An ethanol production process and system for recovering high value oil products. The invention includes adding a heated lipid (oil) stream to a thin stillage stream to break the water/oil emulsion and free bound oil then recovering the oil. The process uses oil as the heat transfer mechanism to increase both the volume and quality of the oil recovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Lincolnway Energy, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Hakmiller