US Patent Issued to POET Research on Dec. 2 for "Systems and methods for stillage fractionation" (South Dakota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,481, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to POET Research Inc. (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

"Systems and methods for stillage fractionation" was invented by Jason Alan Bootsma (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for fractionating whole stillage from an ethanol production facility are provided. Whole stillage undergoes a separation of its liquid portion (thin stillage) from the solid portion (fiber cake). In some embodiments, the solids and liquids in whole stillage may be separated utilizing a screening centrifuge. The fiber cake may be dried to generate a high fiber animal feed. The thin stillage may be provided ...