MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621110649 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Bhilai on September 15, 2026, for Portable Ethanol Production Unit With Gravity-Assisted Segregation For Decentralized Biomass Processing And Method Thereof.
Inventors include Sahu, Vikas Kumar; Rathore, Dr. Surendra Singh; Patel, Dr. Chetankumar Pratapbhai; and Shukla, Dr. Pravesh Chandra.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable ethanol production unit (100) for converting sugar-rich biomass into ethanol, comprising a grinding unit (102) for reducing dried biomass into fine powder, a mixing container (104) for homogenizing biomass powder with water to produce a sugar-rich slurry, a gravity-assisted segregation tank (106) configured as a tall narrow cylindrical vessel for separating sugar-rich liquid supernatant from fibrous biomass pulp through natural sedimentation without requiring external filtration or centrifugation equipment, a dead-weight-based filtration tool (108) for extracting residual sugar-rich liquid from settled pulp, fermentation tanks (110) with manually operable impellers for converting sugars into ethanol, and a distillation unit (112) for separating purified ethanol. The entire assembly is mounted on a wheeled frame enabling transport and deployment in decentralized locations. (Fig.1)
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