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US8227220: Process for the preparation of ethanol from starch

The invention provides a process for the preparation of ethanol from starch. Specifically, the invention provides a process for the preparation of ethanol from starch such as tapioca, potato, sweet sorghum, rice by liquification and saccharification of starch and subsequent fermentation of mono saccharides to ethanol in presence of thermophilic micro-organisms.

Filing Date: 30-09-2009

Issue Date: 24-07-2012

Applicant: CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP), Dehradun

Patent No: US8227220

Application No: 12/593920

Inventor(s): Adhikari, Dilip (Uttranchal, In); Stobdan, Tsering (Uttranchal, In); Singh, Ravindra Pal (Uttranchal, In); Gupta, Ashok Kumar (Uttranchal, In)

IPC Classification: C12P7/06, C12P39/00, C12P 1/02, C12P7/14, C12P 1/04, C12P 1/00

Country: United States of America

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