Patents by Inventor Hernant P. Pendse

Hernant P. Pendse has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and Method for Conditioning a Hardwood Pulp Liquid Hydrolysate
    Publication number: 20130220815
    Abstract: A system and method for hardwood pulp liquid hydrolysate conditioning is provided. The system includes a first evaporator, a hydrolysis unit, at least one lignin separation device, a neutralization device, a precipitate removal device, a solvent extraction unit, a lignin removal and recovery unit, an acid and furfural separation and conditioning unit, and an electrodialysis device, which process a quantity of hardwood mix to produce a desalinated solution containing sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Darrell M. Waite, Richard Arnold, James St. Pierre, Hernant P. Pendse, William H. Ceckler, Amy Elizabeth Luce, Rino P. Dumont