63540 results about "Fermentation" patented technology

A process for producing ethanol including a combination of biochemical and synthetic conversions results in high yield ethanol production with concurrent production of high value coproducts. An acetic acid intermediate is produced from carbohydrates, such as corn, using enzymatic milling and fermentation steps, followed by conversion of the acetic acid into ethanol using esterification and hydrogenation reactions. Coproducts can include corn oil, and high protein animal feed containing the biomass produced in the fermentation.

The invention discloses a preparation method of plant enzyme food, belonging to the field of food processing technology. The method comprises the following steps of: performing twice fermentation and compounding on the natural plant raw materials of fresh fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, medicines, grains and flowers to obtain the secondary-fermentation stock solution or raw sauce, and storing; filling and sealing the secondary-fermentation stock solution or raw sauce to obtain liquid or sauce-type plant enzyme food or compound plant enzyme food; or performing low-temperature concentration and freeze drying to obtain solid plant enzyme food or compound plant enzyme food. Due the adoption of the preparation method, the obtained natural plant enzyme food has the functions of improving the immunity of human body, activating cells, promoting metabolism and the like.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing a biomass, such as from a microbial fermentation, for an extraction process to separate desired chemicals, nutritional products, bioactive components, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, from the biomass. Particularly preferred substances to extract include docosahexaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, and arachidonic acid. The present invention also includes extracting the prepared biomass. Biomasses to be treated in accordance with the methods of the invention include plant, animal, and microbial biomass, particularly a microorganism such as Crypthecodinium cohnii and a fungus such as Mortierella alpina.

A method of making butanol from at least one fermentable carbon source that overcomes the issues of toxicity resulting in an increase in the effective titer, the effective rate, and the effective yield of butanol production by fermentation utilizing a recombinant microbial host wherein the butanol is extracted into specific organic extractants during fermentation

The invention provides methods of manufacturing biodiesel and other oil-based compounds using glycerol and combinations of glycerol and other feedstocks as an energy source in fermentation of oil-bearing microorganisms. Methods disclosed herein include processes for manufacturing high nutrition edible oils from non-food feedstock materials such as waste products from industrial waste transesterification processes. Also included are methods of increasing oil yields by temporally separating glycerol and other feedstocks during cultivation processes. Also provided herein are oil-bearing microbes containing exogenous oil production genes and methods of cultivating such microbes on glycerol and other feedstocks.

A method for lignocellulose conversion to sugar with improvements in yield and rate of sugar production has been developed by using ionic liquid pretreatment. This new pretreatment strategy substantially improves the efficiency (in terms of yield and reaction rates) of saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass. Cellulose and hemicellulose, when hydrolyzed into their sugars, can be converted into ethanol fuel through well established fermentation technologies. These sugars also form the feedstocks for production of variety of chemicals and polymers. The complex structure of biomass requires proper pretreatment to enable efficient saccharification of cellulose and hemicellulose components to their constituent sugars. Current pretreatment approaches suffer from slow reaction rates of cellulose hydrolysis (by using the enzyme cellulase) and low yields.

A process for producing and recovering light alcohols, particularly ethanol, alcohol mixtures containing ethanol, and ABE mixtures (alcohol mixtures containing acetone, butanol and ethanol), using a combination of steps including fermentation, first membrane separation, dephlegmation and dehydration by second membrane separation.

Reducing the digestion of digestible carbohydrates in a digestible carbohydrate-based material, and reducing the absorption of the digestion product(s) of digestible carbohydrates (that is, simple sugars) within the small intestine. The undigested digestible carbohydrate and the unabsorbed digestion products pass through the small intestines and into the colon, where they are fermented. In effect, the food materials made by practicing the present invention cause a controlled amount of digestible carbohydrate to by-pass the small intestine, resulting in the fermentation of digestible carbohydrates in the colon. The invention also provides for processing of a digestible carbohydrate-based ingredient with a non-digestible food film material, to form a reduced digestible carbohydrate food having a protective food film network, which can inhibit or prevent digestion of the digestible carbohydrate. The present invention also provides for processing of a digestible carbohydrate-based ingredient with a non-digestible food film material, to provide a resulting reduced digestible carbohydrate food containing a viscosity-building component that contributes to the formation of a viscous intestinal chyme that can inhibit or prevent digestion of the digestible carbohydrate and can inhibit adsorption of digestion products of digestible carbohydrates in the small intestine.

Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, methods are described that can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and / or lignocellulosic materials, to produce an intermediate or product, e.g., by fermentation.

The present invention provides biological oils and methods and uses thereof. The biological oils are preferably produced by heterotrophic fermentation of one or more microorganisms using cellulose-containing feedstock as a main source of carbon. The present invention also provides methods of producing lipid-based biofuels and food, nutritional, and pharmaceutical products using the biological oils.

The disclosed inventions include microalgal biomass high in protein and fiber, wherein the biomass has been manufactured through heterotrophic fermentation. The materials provided herein are useful for the manufacture of meat substitutes and meat enhancers, as well as other food products that benefit from the addition of digestible protein and dietary fiber. Structural properties of foods are enhanced through the use of such materials, including texture and water retention properties. High in protein and fiber food materials of the invention can be manufactured from edible and inedible heterotrophic fermentation feedstocks, including corn starch, sugar cane, glycerol, and depolymerized cellulose.

The invention relates to a preparation method of a biological detergent. The biological detergent is prepared by mixing APG (C8-16), maltose, ethanol, composite amino acid, aloe, chitin, salt, probiotics, lactic acid, spice and water. According to the method, the maltose serving as a main raw material, the APG biosurfactant and the probiotics are subjected to biochemical reaction to form various biological resolvase under the auxiliary edge action of the chitin. The process comprises the following steps of: preparing the maltose, the APG and the water according to the percentage; adding the probiotics and the chitin and mixing; stirring uniformly; performing sealed fermentation for 48 to 72 hours; adding the ethanol, the composite amino acid, the aloe, the lactic acid and the spice, and mixing and stirring uniformly; adding the salt and mixing; and standing for 24 hours. The biological detergent has a good pollutant-removing effect and a wide using range, does not damage a human body, protects objects, prolongs the service life of the objects, and is safe and environment-friendly.

Foods containing microalgae biomass with high levels of lipid are disclosed. Examples of foods include sauces, dressings, spreads, mayonnaise, and other edible materials that contain microalgae, where the edible materials are traditionally associated with delivery of saturated fats and oils. Further provided by the invention are such microalgae-containing foods with reduced caloric load compared to traditional foods of the same type, and in various embodiments the novel foods have similar or identical organoleptic properties as full-fat versions of the foods. Also provided are methods of formulating and manufacturing the novel foods and for manufacturing microalgae-based intermediates for manufacturing the same. The novel foods and intermediates can be manufactured using existing fermentation and food processing equipment, and can replace existing food products with healthier microalgae-derived food that have desirable structural and organoleptic properties.

A method and plant for the treatment of an organic waste material in liquid form, e.g. liquid manure from livestock, the method comprising filtering fibres and particles from the liquid, subjecting the liquid to anaerobic fermentation in a biogas reactor, separating a substantially sterile and particle-free permeate stream from the biogas reactor, e.g. using ultrafiltration, subjecting the permeate stream to treatment with an ammonia stripper at an elevated temperature and preferably at reduced pressure to remove substantially all ammonia and carbon dioxide and to result in an ammonia fraction and a nutrient salt fraction, and separating the nutrient salt fraction into a fertiliser concentrate fraction and a water fraction, e.g. using reverse osmosis. The end products of the method are clean water, ammonia concentrate, fertiliser concentrate containing salts of P and K, compost and high-quality biogas with a high methane content.

The invention describes a health product additive and preparation for sots or hepatitis B pathogen carriers By adding medicinal fungus fermentation liquor as additive and using effective components and fine powder extracted from plants and herbal medicines by solvent as adjuvant, the health product can be made into forms of effervescent tablet, buccal tablet, chewable tablet, oral taken tablet, candy, chocolate, chewing gum, oral liquid, particle, soluble granules, capsule, aerosol, liquid beverage and solid beverage. The product can relieve alcohol effect, nourish stomach, protect liver, and help to remit hepatitis B virus and hepatitis liver cancer patient condition, achieves a quite important effect for protecting the health of the sots or hepatitis B pathogen carriers in daily or social occasions. The invention provides a good idea to the utilization of the large amount of active fermentation liquid generated with the thallus pharmacy in the medicinal fungus fermentation industries, and also provides a effective approach for increasing the utilization value of the large amount of wild plant resources such as wild jujube and haw widely distributed in the north areas.

The invention discloses a flower organic-inorganic slow-release fertilizer as well as the preparation method thereof. The slow-release fertilizer contains the following materials by weight: primary fermentation products of 45 to 70 percent, chemical fertilizers of 2 to 35 percent, a conditioner of 5 to 30 percent, coating materials of 3 to 25 percent, an agglutinant of 1 to 10 percent, active materials of 0 to 15 percent and a sealant of 0 to 12 percent; the primary fermentation products, the chemical fertilizers and the conditioner are mixed for carrying out the secondary fermentation of composting, and then the products of the second fermentation are crushed for press molding; finally, compound fertilizer particles formed by the press molding are evenly sprayed with the coating materials and the agglutinant, thereby obtaining the flower organic-inorganic slow-release fertilizer; the flower organic-inorganic slow-release fertilizer of the invention has the advantages that the nutrition is rich, the composting process is fast, the rotten degree is good, the fertilizer is prone to be absorbed by flowers, the manufacturing process is simple, and the use is convenient.

The present invention is directed to renewable compositions derived from fermentation of biomass, and integrated methods of preparing such compositions.

The invention discloses a special biological fish fertilizer and a preparation method for the fertilizer used in aquiculture; wherein, the biological fish fertilizer mainly comprises raw materials as follows: microbiological preparation, inorganic fertilizers, fermentation organics, micro-mineral amino acid chelate, mineral composites, and water quality improver. The preparation method for the special biological fish fertilizer in aquiculture comprises steps as follows: microbiological preparation is produced; fermentation organics is then produced, and the micro-mineral amino acid chelate is produced, eventually the finished products are made. The special biological fish fertilizer has the advantages of limiting the growth and reproduction of the harmful algae, promoting the large-scale growth and reproduction of the suitable food for fish, effectively improving the water quality and purifying the water environment, strengthening the fish immunity, reducing the diseases, reducing cost due to the small use level, convenient use, mild odor, no pollution to the water, and environment protection. By combining the modern bioengineering technique, low-temperature drying technique, spray-drying technique, and super-fine crushing techniques, the preparation method has the advantages of stable quality for the fish fertilizers and lower overall cost.

A compound ferment production process and a product thereof are applicable to the technical field of foods. The formulation of the product comprises fruit vegetable ferment raw juice, plant ferment raw juice, corn ferment, peas ferment and multielement alditol. The production process comprises the following: a step of preparing fruit vegetable ferment liquid, during which, selecting and cutting fresh fruits and vegetables into slices or pieces, blending the slices or pieces, adding apple vinegar on the slices or the pieces, and storing the fruits and vegetables hermetically at room temperature to prepare the fruit vegetable ferment raw juice through natural fermentation; a step of preparing the plant ferment liquid, during which, selecting, chipping and blending herbal plants, adding common salt into the sliced herbal plants, and storing the sliced herbal plants hermetically at room temperature to prepare the plant ferment raw juice through natural fermentation; and a step of fermentation and product processing, during which, taking the fruit vegetable ferment raw juice, the plant ferment raw juice, the corn ferment and the peas ferment, carrying out the second fermentation at room temperature, adding the multielement alditol during the second fermentation, using a sealed jar during the fermentation, preparing the compound ferment product after a postmaturation process, and preparing the liquid, powdery and solid particle ferment through mechanical processing and forming. The process and the product thereof which have a novel and scientific design and long-term maturation through the natural fermentation can increase the vitality of the ferment, facilitate the demand of a human body and improve the health of the human body through frequent edibility.

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from which pyrogen has been removed are provided for use in numerous biomedical applications. PHAs which have been chemically modified to enhance physical and / or chemical properties, for targeting or to modify biodegradability or clearance by the reticuloendothelial system (RES), are described. Methods for depyrogenating PHA polymers prepared by bacterial fermentation processes are also provided, wherein pyrogens are removed from the polymers without adversely impacting the polymers' inherent chemical structures and physical properties. PHAs with advantageous processing characteristics, including low melting points and / or solubility in non-toxic solvents, are also described. PHAs are provided which are suitable for use in in vivo applications such as in tissue coatings, stents, sutures, tubing, bone and other prostheses, bone or tissue cements, tissue regeneration devices, wound dressings, drug delivery, and for diagnostic and prophylactic uses. Properties which are selected for include degradability, elasticity, inclusion of functional groups or derivatized groups, which can in turn be used to attach targeting agents, and bioadhesion.

A continuous process for production of solvents, particularly acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) using fermentation of solventogenic microorganisms and gas stripping is provided. The solventogenic microorganisms are inoculated in a nutrient medium containing assimilable carbohydrates (substrate) and optional other additives. Control of the solventogenic microorganism concentration in the fermentor (cell concentration) and the assimilable carbohydrate concentration in the fermentor, along with removal of solvents formed results in a continuous process for production of solvents.

The present invention provides a method for converting lignocellulosic material into biofuel. In particular embodiments, the method comprises pre-treating lignocellulosic material by dissolving the material in ionic liquids. The pretreated lignocellulosic material can be isolated, such as by precipitation with a regenerating solvent (e.g., water), and be used directly in the formation of biofuel, including undergoing hydrolysis to form sugar and fermentation to form fuel, such as bioethanol. The ionic liquid can be recycled for further use, such as by evaporation of the water introduced during precipitation, and the recycling provides a route to a hemicellulose rich fraction and an ionic liquid of consistent quality and wood dissolution characteristics. The recovered hemicelluloses are of significant utilization potential toward commodity and specialty applications.

A process for producing and recovering light alcohols, particularly ethanol, alcohol mixtures containing ethanol, and ABE mixtures (alcohol mixtures containing acetone, butanol and ethanol), using a combination of steps including fermentation, first membrane separation, dephlegmation and dehydration by second membrane separation.

The invention provides continuous methods for preparing a fermented dairy product, the methods including steps of fermenting a dairy base with agitation while measuring the viscosity change of the fermentation mixture until an initial fermented dairy base having a target viscosity is achieved. The initial fermented dairy base is then preferably further fermented to a final fermented dairy base without agitation.

The invention relates to the technical field of cosmetics, and particularly discloses a preparation method of multifunctional beauty concentrated liquor. Transparent, clear and golden yellow beauty concentrated liquor is obtained through the technological steps of fermentation of fructus hippophae juice and traditional Chinese medicine concentrated liquid raw materials, sedimentation of fermentation liquor, after-sedimentation extraction of liquor and the like. The beauty concentrated liquor can be applied in skincare products, has functions of being free of irritation, resisting allergy, whitening skin and fading freckles, resisting ageing and the like, and is stable in product property and outstanding in effect.

A method for the production of isobutanol by fermentation using a microbial production host is disclosed. The method employs a reduction in temperature during the fermentation process that results in a more robust tolerance of the production host to the butanol product.