申请人:——
公开号:US20020026077A1
公开(公告)日:2002-02-28
A process for recovering a desired organic acid from a solution includes the steps of: providing an aqueous solution including at least one desired organic acid or its acid anion; adjusting the proton concentration in the aqueous solution to a desired level, with the desired proton concentration being selected, at least in part, by the amount of available protons needed to associate with the acid anions of the desired organic acid(s) to be recovered and/or acid anions that are weaker than the desired organic acids; and recovering at least a portion of the at least one desired organic acid from the aqueous phase. The desired proton concentration can be based on the amount of available protons being greater than, less than or substantially equal, to the amount of protons needed to associate with the anion of the desired organic acid(s) and acid anions that are weaker than the desired organic acid(s).
Specific examples of suitable organic acids include, but are not limited to, ascorbic, succinic, tartaric, glyconic, gulonic, citric, lactic, malic, maleic, acetic, formic, gluconic pyruvic, propionic, butyric, itaconic acids and mixtures thereof. One embodiment of the present invention relates to the recovery of 2-keto-L-gulonic acid (KLG) from aqueous solutions such as fermentation baths.
从溶液中回收所需有机酸的工艺包括以下步骤:提供包括至少一种所需有机酸或其酸阴离子的水溶液;将水溶液中的质子浓度调节至所需水平,所需质子浓度至少部分由与待回收的所需有机酸的酸阴离子和/或比所需有机酸弱的酸阴离子结合所需的可用质子量选择;以及从水相中回收至少一部分所需有机酸。所需质子浓度可基于可用质子量大于、小于或基本等于与所需有机酸阴离子和弱于所需有机酸的酸阴离子结合所需的质子量。
适合的有机酸的具体例子包括但不限于抗坏血酸、琥珀酸、酒石酸、甘油酸、古乐酸、柠檬酸、乳酸、苹果酸、马来酸、乙酸、甲酸、葡萄糖丙酮酸、丙酸、丁酸、衣康酸及其混合物。本发明的一个实施方案涉及从水溶液(如发酵浴)中回收 2-酮-L-古洛酸(KLG)。