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US 2024/0218400 A1Published application
Corn oil yield enhancement through use of emulsifiers and emulsions by-products of fermentation
AssigneePOET Research, Inc.
InventorsCory J. Sarks, Alex T. Mccurdy, Andrew Manning, Steven T. Bly
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Abstract
Methods of enhancing corn oil recovery from a bio-refinery using recycled by-products of the process including emulsifiers in the form of emulsions, defatted emulsions, precipitates thereof, and/or dried products thereof.
Claims21
A method for enhancing the corn oil yield in a bio-refinery fermentation process comprising
- obtaining an alcohol and by-products including vegetable oil from a grain feedstock through a processing that includes saccharification, fermentation, distillation, and separation to produce the alcohol and the vegetable oil;
- isolating an emulsifier in the form of emulsions, defatted emulsions, emulsion precipitates, defatted emulsion precipitates, dried products thereof, or combinations thereof from the by-products;
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- recycling at least a portion of the emulsifier to one or more of the saccharification, the fermentation, the distillation, and/or the separation to enhance recovery of the vegetable oil.
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An emulsion for enhancing the corn oil yield in a bio-refinery fermentation process, the emulsion comprising
- a process stream from a bio-refinery fermentation and including at least one of a saccharification stream, a fermentation stream, a beer stream, a whole stillage stream, a wet cake stream, a thin stillage stream, a syrup stream, or combinations thereof;
- an emulsifier in the form of emulsions, defatted emulsions, emulsion precipitates, defatted emulsion precipitates, dried products thereof, or combinations thereof isolated from by-products of the bio-refinery fermentation.
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