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Title: Impact of Fractionation Process on the Technical and Economic Viability of Corn Dry Grind Ethanol Process

Abstract

Use of corn fractionation techniques in dry grind process increases the number of coproducts, enhances their quality and value, generates feedstock for cellulosic ethanol production and potentially increases profitability of the dry grind process. The aim of this study is to develop process simulation models for eight different wet and dry corn fractionation techniques recovering germ, pericarp fiber and/or endosperm fiber, and evaluate their techno-economic feasibility at the commercial scale. Ethanol yields for plants processing 1113.11 MT corn/day were 37.2 to 40 million gal for wet fractionation and 37.3 to 31.3 million gal for dry fractionation, compared to 40.2 million gal for conventional dry grind process.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, Urbana, IL (United States)
  2. State Univ. of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), Urbana, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1562291
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0018420
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Processes
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2227-9717
Publisher:
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; ethanol; dry grind; wet fractionation; dry fractionation; corn fiber; techno-economic analysis; corn processing

Citation Formats

Kurambhatti, Chinmay, Kumar, Deepak, and Singh, Vijay. Impact of Fractionation Process on the Technical and Economic Viability of Corn Dry Grind Ethanol Process. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.3390/pr7090578.
Kurambhatti, Chinmay, Kumar, Deepak, & Singh, Vijay. Impact of Fractionation Process on the Technical and Economic Viability of Corn Dry Grind Ethanol Process. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr7090578
Kurambhatti, Chinmay, Kumar, Deepak, and Singh, Vijay. 2019. "Impact of Fractionation Process on the Technical and Economic Viability of Corn Dry Grind Ethanol Process". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr7090578. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1562291.
@article{osti_1562291,
title = {Impact of Fractionation Process on the Technical and Economic Viability of Corn Dry Grind Ethanol Process},
author = {Kurambhatti, Chinmay and Kumar, Deepak and Singh, Vijay},
abstractNote = {Use of corn fractionation techniques in dry grind process increases the number of coproducts, enhances their quality and value, generates feedstock for cellulosic ethanol production and potentially increases profitability of the dry grind process. The aim of this study is to develop process simulation models for eight different wet and dry corn fractionation techniques recovering germ, pericarp fiber and/or endosperm fiber, and evaluate their techno-economic feasibility at the commercial scale. Ethanol yields for plants processing 1113.11 MT corn/day were 37.2 to 40 million gal for wet fractionation and 37.3 to 31.3 million gal for dry fractionation, compared to 40.2 million gal for conventional dry grind process.},
doi = {10.3390/pr7090578},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1562291}, journal = {Processes},
issn = {2227-9717},
number = 9,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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Table 1 Table 1: Summary of conventional dry grind process and wet fractionation processes.

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