Spent grain fuel product and process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9447354
APP PUB NO 20130055622A1
SERIAL NO

13199505

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A process of making a fuel product from spent grain from a beer brewing process. In the brewing process, the grain is pulverized to a particle size whose mean particle size is generally in the range of 0.25 mm to 0.6 mm with less than 1% greater than 2 mm. After the brewing sugars are extracted from the grain, the spent grain is pressed against a filter to reduce moisture below sixty-five percent (65%), and then the grain is dried to further reduce its moisture to less than ten percent (10%). The dried spent grain, after the aforementioned processing, is fed into a combustion chamber for a steam boiler that is used for beer brewing, and the spent grain is advanced downward through the combustion chamber with agitation to aid combustion.

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AKBEV GROUP LLC5429 SHAUNE DRIVE JUNEAU AK 99801

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Holmes, Curtis Juneau, US 9 11
Larson, Geoffrey Juneau, US 1 8
Smith, Brandon Juneau, US 73 868
Wilson, David D Juneau, US 12 43

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