Description:FORM-2
THE PATENT ACT,1970
(39 OF 1970)
AND
THE PATENT RULES, 2003
(As Amended)

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION

“A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEGREGATING SUGAR FROM WASTE BEVERAGES”

ENVIROSUN ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED, H. No. 1144, SECTOR 33-C CHANDIGARH-160033, INDIA

The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is
to be performed:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention is related to a method and system for sugar extraction from waste beverages. Specifically, the present invention is related to a method and system for sugar extraction from the waste beverages by employing special blend of chemicals and woven/non-woven polypropylene fabric for filtration and storage of the sugar extracted from the waste beverages.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:

The beverages industry is heavily dependent on the sugar for producing the beverages. Without Sugar, the beverages cannot be produced. Further, the production of the sugar is heavily dependent on the sugarcanes. However, with the increasing population, the consumption of sugar is also increasing and therefore the demand for sugar resulted into increased prices of sugar.
Additionally, the beverages have a shelf life and after which the expired beverages are required to treated before thrown out from the production plant. The cost of procuring sugar for preparing the beverages and then treating the same beverage after expiration results in loss of profit for the production unit.
Also, the stricter norms for the pollution control makes it mandatory to treat any effluent water before draining out from the production to safeguard the environment. However, the treatment of the expired beverages requires lot of infrastructure and time, yet the output of the treatment plant cannot be monetized for the betterment of the production unit.
Therefore, there is a need to control wastage and efficient mechanism for treatment of the waste material. There exist many mechanisms for treatment of the waste material arising out of such production units. But there is no mechanism to effectively reuse the core ingredient of the waste beverages i.e. Sugar.
The present invention provides an inventive solution not only to treat the waste beverages but also to extract sugar from the expired beverages. The sugar then can be reused and the consumption can be drastically reduced in such production units which results in increased revenue and profits of the production units. Furthermore, once the sugar is extracted, the residual material can then be easily treated in the treatment plant.
The present invention therefore provides a technical solution to a technical problem of treatment of the beverage which is rich in sugar by not impacting the environment and effectively using the sugar present in such beverage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:

The following presents a simplified summary of the subject matter in order to provide a basic understanding of some of the aspects of subject matter embodiments. This summary is not an extensive overview of the subject matter. It is not intended to identify key/critical elements of the embodiments or to delineate the scope of the subject matter. Its sole purpose to present some concepts of the subject matter in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

An aspect of the present invention provides a method of segregating sugar from waster beverages. The method may include storing waste beverages in a storage container. The waste beverage is then shifted to a decarbonization tank, wherein the waste beverage is being processed in the decarbonization tank for producing a decarbonized waste beverage. The decarbonized waste beverage is then transferred to a chemical conditioning tank, wherein the chemical conditioning tank is producing a conditioned waste beverage by conditioning the decarbonized waste beverage with a blend of chemicals without disturbing the sugar molecule present in the decarbonized waste beverage. The method may further includes collecting the conditioned waste beverage, in a filtration unit; wherein the filtration unit is separating and filtering the conditioned waste beverage by using woven and non-woven geosynthetics or by any filtration media used for solid -liquid separation, wherein a sugar content from the conditioned waste beverage is being trapped within the woven and non-woven geosynthetics or by any filtration media used for solid -liquid separation and the rest conditioned waste beverage is being filtered out from the woven and non-woven geosynthetics. The present invention is further collecting the sugar content trapped inside the woven and non-woven geosynthetics then treating the rest conditioned waste beverage in an effluent treatment plant. It is to be noted that the rest conditioned waste beverage is comprises of less than 10% of total sugar content present in the waste beverage.

In another aspect of the invention, the decarbonization tank may remove carbon dioxide from the waste beverage by rigorous agitation caused by high rpm agitators.

In another aspect of the invention the chemical conditioning of the decarbonized waste beverage by the blend of chemicals separating the sugar content present in the waste beverage.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the woven and non-woven geosynthetics having a very small pore size.

In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides a system for segregating sugar from waster beverages. The system of the present invention may include a storage container for storing waste beverages. The system further includes a decarbonization tank, connected to the storage tank, wherein the waste beverage is being processed in the decarbonization tank for producing a decarbonized waste beverage. The system of the present invention further include chemical conditioning tank, connected decarbonization tank, wherein the chemical conditioning tank is producing a conditioned waste beverage by conditioning the decarbonized waste beverage with a blend of chemicals without disturbing the sugar molecule present in the decarbonized waste beverage. The system of the present invention may include a filtration unit, connected to the chemical conditioning unit for collecting the conditioned waste beverage. The filtration unit is separating and filtering the conditioned waste beverage by using woven and non-woven geosynthetics or by any filtration media used for solid -liquid separation, wherein a sugar content from the conditioned waste beverage is being trapped within the woven and non-woven geosynthetics or by any filtration media used for solid -liquid separation and the rest conditioned waste beverage is being filtered out from the woven and non-woven geosynthetics. The woven and non-woven geosynthetics collecting the sugar content trapped inside the geosynthetics. The waste beverage is then treated in an effluent treatment plant.

In another aspect of the present invention the decarbonization tank removing carbon dioxide from the waste beverage by rigorous agitation caused by high rpm agitators.

In another aspect of the invention the chemical conditioning of the decarbonized waste beverage by the blend of chemicals separating the sugar content present in the waste beverage.

In another aspect of the present invention, the woven and non-woven geosynthetics having a very small pore size.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS:
The figures as flowcharts are the block diagrams of the preferred embodiment of the current submitted invention. The following drawings are illustrative of particular examples for enabling systems and methods of the present disclosure, are descriptive of some of the methods and mechanism, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The drawings are not to scale (unless so stated) and are intended for use in conjunction with the explanations in the following detailed description.

Figure 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for extracting sugar in accordance with the present invention.
Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating a block diagram in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
Exemplary embodiments now will be described with reference to the accompanying figures.
The exposure may, however, be embodied in numerous different forms and shouldn't be illustrated as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these figures are provided so that this description will be thorough and complete, and will thoroughly convey its scope to those proficient in the art. The terminology used in the detailed description of the particular exemplary figures illustrated in the accompanying delineations isn't intended to be limiting.
It's to be noted, still, that the reference numerals in claims illustrate only typical embodiments of the present subject matter, and are thus, not to be considered for limiting of its scope, for the subject matter may admit to other correspondingly effective embodiments.
The specification may relate to “an”, “one “or “some” embodiment(s) in several places. This doesn't inevitably indicate that each cognate reference is to the same embodiment(s), or that the feature only applies to a single embodiment.
As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless expressly stated else. It'll be further understood that the terms “includes”, “comprises”, “including” and/ or “comprising” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, way, operations, elements, and/ or components, but don't obviate the presence or addition of one or additional other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, constituents, and/ or groups thereof.
It'll be understood that when an element is appertained to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intermediating elements may be present. likewise, “connected” or “coupled” as used herein may include operatively connected or coupled. As used herein, the term “and/ or” includes any and all combinations and arrangements of one or further of the associated listed particulars.
Unless else defined, all terms (including specialized and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as generally understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this exposure pertains. It'll be further understood that terms, similar as those defined in generally used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure pertains.
The functions described herein may be enforced in hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. However, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or additional instructions or code on a computer- readable medium, if implemented in software executed by a processor. Other exemplifications and executions are within the scope of the description and adjoined claims. For illustration, due to the nature of software, functions described herein may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or combinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may also be physically located at multi positions, including being distributed such that portions of functions are implemented at different physical locations.
It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein. The figures depict a simplified structure only showing some elements and functional entities, all being logical units whose implementation may differ from what is shown. The connections shown are logical connections; the actual physical connections may be different. It is apparent to a person skilled in the art that the structure may also comprise other functions and structures.
As used herein, including in the claims, "or" as used in a list of items (e.g., a list of items prefaced by a phrase such as "at least one of or "one or more of) indicates an inclusive list such that, for example, a list of at least one of X, Y, or Z means X or Y or Z or XY or XZ or YZ or XYZ (i.e., X and Y and Z). Also, as used herein, the phrase "based on" shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step that is described as "based on condition X" may be based on both a condition X and a condition Y without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase "based on" shall be construed in the same manner as the phrase "based at least in part on." In the appended figures, similar components or features may have the same reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label by a dash and a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If just the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label, or other subsequent reference label. The description set forth herein, in connection with the appended figures, describes exemplar configurations and doesn't represent all the illustrations that may be executed or that are within the scope of the claims. The term" example" used herein means" serving as an example, case, or illustration," and not" preferred" or" beneficial over other examples." The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques. These techniques, still, may be exercised without these specific details. In some cases, known structures and devices are shown in block figure form in order to avoid obscuring the conceptions of the described examples. The description herein is provided to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make or use the description. Various variations to the disclosure will be apparent to a person having ordinary skill in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of the description. Accordingly, the description isn't limited to the illustrations and designs described herein, but is to be accorded the broadest scope consistent with the principles and new features disclosed herein.
Figure 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the method steps of segregating sugar from waste beverages is shown. At step 110, the waste beverages are stored in a storage container. The storage container could be of any material, and it could be on ground or an underground tank. The tank may be installed in an open area such as rooftop of any unit. Preferably, the storage container is kept at an ample space from where the waste beverage could be easily filled up in the storage container. Further, the storage container could be of any material. Preferably, the storage container is made of material which is suitable to handle the waste beverage without altering the properties of the waste beverages. At step 120, the waste beverage is then transferred to a decarbonization tank. The purpose of the carbonization tank is to remove carbon from the waste beverage. Here, high rpm agitators are being used wherein the waste beverage is removing carbon dioxide, if available. The rigorous agitation is performed by the high rpm agitators. A person skilled in the art would appreciate that the purpose of the decarbonization tank is to remove the carbon dioxide present in the waste beverage. Further, mechanical means may be used for removing the carbon dioxide. Once the carbon dioxide is removed from the waste beverage, the waste beverage is then shifted to a chemical conditioning unit. At step 130, chemical conditioning tank is producing a conditioned waste beverage by conditioning the decarbonized waste beverage with a blend of chemicals without disturbing the sugar molecule present in the decarbonized waste beverage. A person skilled in the art would appreciate that the chemical conditioning is applied in a way that the sugar content including but not limited to structure of sugar molecules are not altered in a way which prevents or hampers the activity of segregation of the sugar from the waste beverage. At step 140, the chemical conditioned waste beverage is collected and filtered by a filtration unit. A person skilled in the art would appreciate the filtration unit is specially designed unit wherein both woven and non-woven geosynthetics can be employed for segregating the sugar from the conditioned waste beverage. The woven and non-woven geosynthetics may be made up of polypropylene fabric which have very small pore size. The filtration unit is separating and filtering the conditioned waste beverage by using woven and non-woven geosynthetics, wherein a sugar content from the conditioned waste beverage is being trapped within the woven and non-woven geosynthetics and the rest conditioned waste beverage is being filtered out from the woven and non-woven geosynthetics. A person skilled in the art would appreciate that any filtration media used for solid -liquid separation may also be employed in the present invention. At step 150, the sugar content is being collected which is trapped inside the woven and non-woven geosynthetics, while sending the rest conditioned waste beverage in an effluent treatment plant. It is to be noted that the rest conditioned waste beverage is comprises of less than 10% of total sugar recovered from the beverage for further use.

This recovered sugar can be re-used further in molasses-based distilleries or ethanol plants as the chemical structure of sugar is not altered.

Also, it saves the process of pre-treatment and hydrolysis and can directly be taken for fermentation, saving processing cost.

This process eliminates the load of disposal of waste beverage comprising of sugar and water, brings the waste beverage to re-use and filtrate back in the system, hence creating a circular economy and sustainability. Furthermore, with the present invention the efficiency of removal of sugar from waste beverage is above 90%.

Figure 2 illustrates a block diagram of system 200 for segregating sugar from the waste beverage.

The system comprises of a storage tank 210. The storage container could be of any material and it could be on ground or an underground tank. The tank may be installed in an open area such as rooftop of any unit. Preferably, the storage container is kept at an ample space from where the waste beverage could be easily filled up in the storage container. Further, the storage container could be of any material. Preferably, the storage container is made of material which is suitable to handle the waste beverage without altering the properties of the waste beverages. The system further comprises of a De-carbonization tank 220 which is connected to the storage tank with piping means. A person skilled in the art would appreciate that the input to the De-carbonization tank may be applied manually or automatically. The storage tank and the De-carbonization tank may be connected in a way that as soon as the storage tank is about to reach the threshold level, the entire waste beverage is shifted to the De-carbonization tank 220. The purpose of the carbonization tank is to remove carbon from the waste beverage. Here, high rpm agitators are being used wherein the waste beverage is removing carbon dioxide, if available. The rigorous agitation is performed by the high rpm agitators. A person skilled in the art would appreciate that the purpose of the decarbonization tank is to remove the carbon dioxide present in the waste beverage. Further, mechanical means may be used for removing the carbon dioxide. A person skilled in the art would appreciate that there could be multiple storage tanks connected to the multiple de-carbonization tanks as per the requirement. The storage tank 210 and De-carbonization tank 220 may be coupled in an open area or in a closed area. The system 200 may have a chemical conditioning unit 230. The purpose of the chemical conditioning unit 230 is to produce a conditioned waste beverage by conditioning the decarbonized waste beverage with a blend of chemicals without disturbing the sugar molecule present in the decarbonized waste beverage. A person skilled in the art would appreciate that the chemical conditioning is applied in a way that the sugar content including but not limited to the structure of sugar molecules are not altered in a way which prevents or hampers the activity of segregation of the sugar from the waste beverage. The chemical conditioning unit 230 is producing a conditioned waste beverage which is then provided to a filtration unit 240. The filtration unit 240 is collecting and filtering the chemical conditioned waste beverage. A person skilled in the art would appreciate the filtration unit 240 is specially designed unit wherein both woven and non-woven geosynthetics or any filtration media used for solid -liquid separation may be employed for segregating the sugar from the conditioned waste beverage. The woven and non-woven geosynthetics may be made up of polypropylene fabric which have very small pore size. The filtration unit is separating and filtering the conditioned waste beverage by using woven and non-woven geosynthetics, wherein a sugar content 250 from the conditioned waste beverage is being trapped within the woven and non-woven geosynthetics and the rest conditioned waste beverage 260 is being filtered out from the woven and non-woven geosynthetics. A person skilled in the art would appreciate that the sugar trapped inside woven and non-woven geosynthetics is left to dry and then only collected from the geosynthetics. A person skilled in the art may also appreciate that the geosynthetics may be polypropylene fabric which are having very small pore size such that the sugar content is trapped inside and the rest of the residue liquid is sent back for reuse or may be sent to treatment plant for further treatment.

This recovered sugar can be re-used further in molasses-based distilleries or ethanol plants as the chemical structure of sugar is not altered.

Also, it saves the process of pre-treatment and hydrolysis and can directly be taken for fermentation, saving processing cost.

Therefore, the present invention provides technical advantage as it eliminates the load of disposal of waste beverage comprising of sugar and water, brings the waste beverage to re-use and filtrate back in the system, hence creating a circular economy and sustainability.

A person skilled in the art would appreciate the system 200 of the present invention can be operated manually or through automation or semiautomatically. Additionally, the different units/tanks of the system 200 are connected with each other through piping means or through manual means. Preferably, the different units/tanks are connected with each other through pipes. The pipes may be of different dimensions and can be adjusted in accordance with the requirement.

It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. Instructions may also be stored in a computer- readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. Instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus like a scanner/check scanner to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

It should also be noted that in other implementations, the function(s) noted in the blocks may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending on the functionality involved. In the drawings and specification, there have been disclosed exemplary embodiments of the invention. Although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.
, Claims:We Claim:

1. A method of segregating sugar from waster beverages comprising:
storing waste beverages in a storage container;
shifting, the waste beverage stored in the storage container, to a decarbonization tank, wherein the waste beverage is being processed in the decarbonization tank for producing a decarbonized waste beverage;
transferring, the decarbonized waste beverage, to a chemical conditioning tank, wherein the chemical conditioning tank is producing a conditioned waste beverage by conditioning the decarbonized waste beverage with a blend of chemicals without disturbing the sugar molecule present in the decarbonized waste beverage;
collecting, the conditioned waste beverage, in a filtration unit; wherein the filtration unit is separating and Filtering the conditioned waste beverage by using woven and non-woven geosynthetics, wherein a sugar content from the conditioned waste beverage is being trapped within the woven and non-woven geosynthetics and the rest conditioned waste beverage is being filtered out from the woven and non-woven geosynthetics,
collecting the sugar content trapped inside the woven and non-woven geosynthetics; and
treating the rest conditioned waste beverage in an effluent treatment plant.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the decarbonization tank removing carbon dioxide from the waste beverage by rigorous agitation caused by high rpm agitators.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the chemical conditioning of the decarbonized waste beverage by the blend of chemicals separating the sugar content present in the waste beverage.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the woven and non-woven geosynthetics having a very small pore size.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rest conditioned waste beverage is comprises of less than 1% of total sugar content present in the waste beverage.

6. A system for segregating sugar from waster beverages comprising:
a storage container for storing waste beverages;
a decarbonization tank, connected to the storage tank, wherein the waste beverage is being processed in the decarbonization tank for producing a decarbonized waste beverage;
a chemical conditioning tank, connected decarbonization tank, wherein the chemical conditioning tank is producing a conditioned waste beverage by conditioning the decarbonized waste beverage with a blend of chemicals without disturbing the sugar molecule present in the decarbonized waste beverage;
a filtration unit, connected to the chemical conditioning unit for collecting the conditioned waste beverage; wherein the filtration unit is separating and Filtering the conditioned waste beverage by using woven and non-woven geosynthetics, wherein a sugar content from the conditioned waste beverage is being trapped within the woven and non-woven geosynthetics and the rest conditioned waste beverage is being filtered out from the woven and non-woven geosynthetics,
the woven and non-woven geosynthetics collecting the sugar content trapped inside the geosynthetics; and
treating the rest conditioned waste beverage in an effluent treatment plant.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the decarbonization tank removing carbon dioxide from the waste beverage by rigorous agitation caused by high rpm agitators.

8. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the chemical conditioning of the decarbonized waste beverage by the blend of chemicals separating the sugar content present in the waste beverage.

9. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the woven and non-woven geosynthetics having a very small pore size.