Introduction
Succinic 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 Technology
MSU’s invention simplifies the process for the recovery of succinic acid from fermentation broths in the form of ethyl esters, which enables separation of succinate by distillation. The novel aspect of this invention is the extraction of the acids from the fermentation broth into ethanol, eliminating several purification steps required to separate carboxylic acids without needing to purify succinic acid as an intermediate.
Key Benefits
Applications
Patent Status
Patent pending
Inventors
Alvaro Orjuela, Abraham Yanez-McKay, Carl Lira, Dennis Miller
Tech ID
TEC2009-0062