Spent grain fuel product and process
AssigneeAkbev Group, LLC
InventorsGeoffrey L. Larson, Curtis Holmes, Brandon Michael Smith, David D. Wilson
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AssigneeAkbev Group, LLC
InventorsGeoffrey L. Larson, Curtis Holmes, Brandon Michael Smith, David D. Wilson
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A process of making a fuel product from spent grain from a beer brewing process. In the brewing process, the grain is pulverized to a particle size whose mean particle size is approximately 0.25 mm to 0.6 mm with less than 1% greater than 2 mm. After the brewing sugars are extracted from the grain, the spent grain is pressed against a filter to reduce moisture below sixty-five percent (65%), and then the grain is dried to further reduce its moisture to less than ten percent (10%). The dried spent grain, after the aforementioned processing, is fed into a combustion chamber for a steam boiler that is used for beer brewing, and the spent grain is separated during combustion by agitation such as spraying of the grain in the combustion chamber.
A process for making a fuel product from spent grain comprising the following steps:
A process of making a combustible fuel product from grain comprising the steps of:
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