Patents by Inventor Rino P. Dumont

Rino P. Dumont 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
    Patent number: 9228243
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignees: Red Shield Acquistion, LLC, University of Maine System of Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Darrell M. Waite, Richard Arnold, James St. Pierre, Hemant P. Pendse, William H. Ceckler, Amy Elizabeth Luce, Rino P. Dumont
  • System and Method for Converting Cellulosic Biomass into a Sugar Solution
    Publication number: 20130224805
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for converting cellulosic biomass pulp into a sugar solution is provided. The process includes combining a quantity of cellulosic biomass pulp with a quantity of acid and a quantity of enzyme. The combined quantity of cellulosic biomass pulp, enzyme, and acid are placed in an enzymatic hydrolysis reactor having a predetermined temperature range and predetermined pH level, thereby producing a quantity of monomeric sugar solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Darrell M. Waite, Richard Arnold, James St. Pierre, Rino P. Dumont, James Alan Hargreaves, William H. Ceckler
  • 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