Search Results - carl+lira

3 Results Sort By:

A Continuous Reactive Distillation Process for Citric Acid Esterification

IntroductionDepletion of fossil fuel resources, coupled with heightened awareness of environmental and health concerns, is providing impetus to search for alternative materials that are biocompatible, biodegradable, and based on renewable resources. Organic acids produced by fermentation of carbohydrate feedstocks constitute an important class of biorenewable...
Published: 8/20/2022   |   Inventor(s): Navinchandra Asthana, Dennis Miller, Aspi Kolah, Carl Lira, Dung Vu
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Chemicals, Food Science and Nutrition, Materials, Packaging

Making Dihydroxyacetone (DHA) from Glycerol

IntroductionDihydroxyacetone (DHA) is used as an ingredient in sunless tanning products and in the food preparation industry. DHA’s skin coloring effect has also been examined to determine if it may benefit vitiligo patients (an uneven pigmentation of the skin); several DHA-containing products for this condition are now on the market. In recent...
Published: 2/17/2023   |   Inventor(s): Dennis Miller, Xi Hong, Carl Lira, Omar Mcgiveron
Keywords(s): DHA, Dihydroxyacetone, Glycerol Fermentation Category(s): Chemicals

Improved Method for Succinic Acid Recovery

IntroductionSuccinic acid and other carboxylic acids have commercial relevance in the pharmaceutical, food, and polymer production industries, as well as in the manufacture of other industrial chemicals.Description of TechnologyMSU’s invention simplifies the process for the recovery of succinic acid from fermentation broths in the form of ethyl...
Published: 5/31/2023   |   Inventor(s): Alvaro Orjuela, Abraham Yanez-Mckay, Carl Lira, Dennis Miller
Keywords(s): Bio-based Succinic Acid, Carboxylic Acids, Diethyl Succinate, Esterfication, Ethanol Extraction, Fermentation, Succinic Acid Category(s): Biotechnology, Chemicals, Materials