Patents by Inventor Keith GERFEN

Keith GERFEN 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).

  • METHOD OF PROCESSING THIN STILLAGE
    Publication number: 20200255307
    Abstract: A method of processing thin stillage in an ethanol manufacturing operation that involves treating thin stillage upstream of an evaporator with a treatment system that includes a chitosan flocculant, thereby forming a mixture of water and flocculated solids, and separating the water from the flocculated solids with a solid-liquid separation device to form clarified thin stillage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keith GERFEN, Nick MUSSELMAN