Patents by Inventor Reiné Van Eldik

Reiné Van Eldik 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 and plant for purifying a carbohydrate rich liquid
    Patent number: 8877920
    Abstract: Described is a method for preparing a purified liquid containing carbohydrates. The method comprises the steps of: hydrolysing starch to a dextrose equivalent (DE) of 10 or above, thus obtaining a liquid of carbohydrates; removing a heavy weight sludge fraction from the light weight liquid of carbohydrates using centrifugation; filtering the remaining liquid of carbohydrates, the filter being capable of retaining coarser particles while allowing particles with a diameter less than 2 ?m to pass; performing membrane separation on the filtered liquid of carbohydrates using a membrane having a pore size at 2 ?m or below; and recovering a permeate stream of purified liquid containing carbohydrates. Also disclosed in a plant for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate AB
    Inventors: Frank Lipnizki, Wim Van Der Ham, Reiné Van Eldik
  • METHOD AND PLANT FOR PURIFYING A CARBOHYDRATE RICH LIQUID
    Publication number: 20120226032
    Abstract: Described is a method for preparing a purified liquid containing carbohydrates. The method comprises the steps of: hydrolysing starch to a dextrose equivalent (DE) of 10 or above, thus obtaining a liquid of carbohydrates; removing a heavy weight sludge fraction from the light weight liquid of carbohydrates using centrifugation; filtering the remaining liquid of carbohydrates, the filter being capable of retaining coarser particles while allowing particles with a diameter less than 2 ?m to pass; performing membrane separation on the filtered liquid of carbohydrates using a membrane having a pore size at 2 ?m or below; and recovering a permeate stream of purified liquid containing carbohydrates. Also disclosed in a plant for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventors: Frank Lipnizki, Wim Van Der Ham, Reiné Van Eldik