MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517048761 A) filed by Neste Oyj, Espoo, Finland, on May 20, for 'a liquid-liquid-solid extraction process for recovering products from a feed stream containing biomass.'
Inventor(s) include Kanel, Jeffrey; Still, Cecilia; Koskinen, Aliisa; Salonen, Henri Eemil Petteri; and Bryant, David.
The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A liquid-liquid-solid extraction process is disclosed for recovering products from a feed stream containing biomass. The process includes receiving the feed stream from a source; contacting the feed stream with a first solvent in a first contacting unit to form a first dispersion; allowing the first dispersion to phase separate into a first separated liquid phase and a first remaining dispersion; removing at least a portion of the first separated liquid phase; contacting the first remaining dispersion with a second solvent in a second contacting unit to form a second dispersion; allowing the second dispersion to phase separate into a biomass-rich phase, a heavy separated liquid phase and a light separated liquid phase; and recovering at least one or more of the biomass-rich phase, the heavy separated liquid phase, and/or the light separated liquid phase for output as products. Systems for performing this process and methods for designing this process are also disclosed."
The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 22, 2023, under International application No.PCT/FI2023/050734.
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