Patents by Inventor Scott KOHL

Scott KOHL 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).

  • Patent number: 11746312
    Abstract: A stillage clarification process and related system include using hydrocyclones and high recovery disc centrifuges for fractionation of stillage from a grain ethanol plant and splitting the stillage into fractions with mass and compositional assays per bushel of grain processed. The fractions include a first fraction comprising 45% to 70% protein and 3% to 8% fat, a second fraction comprising distillers corn oil, a third fraction comprising a fiber having made up of approximately 22% to 28% protein and less than 8% fat, and a fourth fraction comprising at least 30% soluble protein and less than 3% fat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ashley Whittington, Scott Kohl
  • Patent number: 11015156
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for fractionating whole stillage using one or more hydrocyclones and optional screening device. Aspects of the present disclosure include a stillage fractionation and/or clarification system for carrying out the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: FRANZENBURG
    Inventors: Scott Kohl, Craig Tracy
  • Patent number: 8986551
    Abstract: A method that includes clarifying a thin stillage product in a mechanical processor to produce a fine suspended solids stream and a clarified thin stillage is provided. The method further includes providing the thin stillage product and the clarified thin stillage, separately or in a combined stream, to one or more evaporators to produce one or more reduced suspended solids streams, each stream having a reduced amount of suspended solids and a lower viscosity as compared to process streams having a comparable total solids content but containing a higher amount of suspended solids. The method can further included further processing of one or more of the reduced suspended solids streams to produce a bio-oil product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: ICM, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Kohl, Charles C. Gallop, Kurt A. Dieker
  • Publication number: 20130165678
    Abstract: A method that includes clarifying a thin stillage product in a mechanical processor to produce a fine suspended solids stream and a clarified thin stillage is provided. The method further includes providing the thin stillage product and the clarified thin stillage, separately or in a combined stream, to one or more evaporators to produce one or more reduced suspended solids streams, each stream having a reduced amount of suspended solids and a lower viscosity as compared to process streams having a comparable total solids content but containing a higher amount of suspended solids. The method can further included further processing of one or more of the reduced suspended solids streams to produce a bio-oil product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Scott Kohl, Charles C. Gallop, Kurt A. Dieker
  • Publication number: 20100170644
    Abstract: A decorative valance structure for a vertical blind assembly is disclosed. The longitudinally extending portion and the return portions of the valance structure are cut to the desired length from a PVC extrusion. Corner members are utilized to join the opposite ends of the longitudinally extending portions to the return portions. A flexible extrusion is attached to the top edge and the bottom edge of the valance structure and a section of vertical blind material is received between the flexible extrusions so as to cover the valance structure. The vertical blind material utilized to cover the valance structure “matches” the material for the vertical blind assembly providing a decorative appearance to the valance structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Scott Kohl
  • Publication number: 20080009048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method of liquefying starch-containing material, wherein starch-containing material is subjected to a bacterial alpha-amylase at (a) a temperature around 50-80° C. for 10-180 minutes, followed by (b) treatment at a higher temperature than used in step (a) for 1-60 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicants: Novozymes North America, Inc., ICM Inc.
    Inventors: Swapnil BHARGAVA, Scott KOHL