Method and system for extraction of oil from corn
First Claim
1. A process of extracting oil from raw corn, including the steps of:
- providing a reagent solution including ethanol having a concentration between 90-100%;
mixing said reagent solution with the raw corn at a temperature between 50°
C. and 90°
C. to form an extraction solution comprising ethanol and compounds from the raw corn, said compounds including extracted oil, extracted protein mixture and corn solids;
separating said extraction solution into corn solids and a filtrate, said filtrate comprising extracted oil and extracted protein compound mixture;
membrane filtering the filtrate to pass an ethanol mixture through the membrane, said ethanol mixture containing ethanol and extracted oil to thereby separate a substantial amount of said extracted protein compound mixture;
membrane filtering the ethanol mixture to restrain a substantial amount of said extracted oil for oil collection.
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Abstract
A process for removing oil from an agricultural substrate, including a dry grind corn. An ethanol solution with a concentration in the range of from about 90% to about 100% ethanol is mixed with the dry grind corn in a ratio of from about 10:1 to about 1:1 to form an extraction solution including the ethanol solution, oil, and corn solids. The extraction solution is separated into the corn solids and a filtrate, the filtrate including the ethanol solution and oil. The filtrate is membrane filtered, including nanofiltration, to restrain an oil concentrate from the filtrate and pass a permeate of the ethanol solution. The oil contained within the oil concentrate is purified.
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28 Claims
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1. A process of extracting oil from raw corn, including the steps of:
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providing a reagent solution including ethanol having a concentration between 90-100%; mixing said reagent solution with the raw corn at a temperature between 50°
C. and 90°
C. to form an extraction solution comprising ethanol and compounds from the raw corn, said compounds including extracted oil, extracted protein mixture and corn solids;separating said extraction solution into corn solids and a filtrate, said filtrate comprising extracted oil and extracted protein compound mixture; membrane filtering the filtrate to pass an ethanol mixture through the membrane, said ethanol mixture containing ethanol and extracted oil to thereby separate a substantial amount of said extracted protein compound mixture; membrane filtering the ethanol mixture to restrain a substantial amount of said extracted oil for oil collection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An oil product extracted from raw corn, by a process comprising the steps of:
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providing the raw corn and conditioning the raw corn; extracting oil from said raw corn by mixing an ethanol solution with the conditioned raw corn to form an extraction solution containing extracted oil and ethanol; separating a filtrate from said extraction solution, and membrane filtering said extracted oil product from the filtrate to restrain a substantial amount of said oil by the membrane. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A process of extracting oil from raw corn, comprising the steps of:
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providing raw corn and ethanol produced from corn product; mixing a solution containing said ethanol with the raw corn to form an extraction solution including ethanol, extracted oil and suspended corn solids; deriving a filtrate from said extraction solution to separate substantially all of the suspended corn solids; membrane filtering the filtrate to restrain an extracted oil concentrate from the filtrate and passing a permeate of the ethanol solution through said membrane; and
,purifying the extracted oil contained with the oil concentrate. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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