公开(公告)号：US11034923B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16311256

申请日：2017-06-20

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Kenneth L. Zack ,  Joseph P. Borst ,  Anthony Newton

IPC: C12F3/10 ,  C11B1/10 ,  C11B13/00 ,  C12C7/04 ,  C12C11/00 ,  C12P7/06

Abstract: A corn-to-ethanol production process is disclosed. The process includes the steps of dry-milling corn kernels to form a corn flour; combining the corn flour with water to form a mash; extracting corn oil from the mash; fermenting the mash thereby producing beer and carbon dioxide; distilling the beer to produce ethanol and whole stillage; and processing the whole stillage to produce wet distiller's grains with solubles (WDGS) and/or dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS). The step of extracting corn oil from the mash includes the sub steps of: optionally wet-milling the mash; separating the mash to produce a light phase and a heavy phase; adding an alkanesulfonic acid to the light phase; extracting corn oil from the light phase; and combining the light phase having the corn oil extracted therefrom with the heavy phase to reform the mash.

公开(公告)号：US10927332B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US16311554

申请日：2017-06-20

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Joseph P Borst ,  Kenneth L Zack ,  Anthony Newton

IPC: C12C1/067 ,  C12C11/00 ,  C11B1/10

Abstract: A dry-milling ethanol process includes the steps of: dry-milling corn kernels to form a corn flour; combining the corn flour with water to form a mash; fermenting the mash thereby producing beer and carbon dioxide; adding an alkanesulfonic acid to the beer in an amount sufficient to adjust the pH to a range of from about 3 to about 5; distilling the beer to produce ethanol and whole stillage; and processing the whole stillage to produce wet distiller's grains with solubles and/or dried distiller's grains with solubles.

公开(公告)号：US10851391B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US16311337

申请日：2017-06-20

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Joseph P. Borst ,  Anthony Newton ,  Kenneth L. Zack

IPC: C12P7/06 ,  C11B13/00 ,  A23K10/38 ,  B01D3/00

Abstract: A dry-milling process for the production of dried distiller's grains with solubles (“DDGS”) includes the steps of dry-milling corn kernels to form a corn flour comprising corn fiber; combining the corn flour with water to form a mash; separating the corn fiber from the mash; treating the separated corn fiber with a composition; combining the treated corn fiber with the mash having the corn fiber separated therefrom to form a slurry; fermenting the slurry to produce beer and carbon dioxide; distilling the beer to produce ethanol and whole stillage; and processing the whole stillage to produce DDGS. The composition includes an alkanesulfonic acid, water, an enzyme, and optionally a surfactant.

公开(公告)号：US20190322966A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-24

申请号：US16311256

申请日：2017-06-20

Applicant: BASF SE

Inventor： Kenneth L. Zack ,  Joseph P. Borst ,  Anthony Newton

IPC: C12F3/10 ,  C11B1/10 ,  C11B13/00 ,  C12P7/06 ,  C12C7/04 ,  C12C11/00

Abstract: A corn-to-ethanol production process is disclosed. The process includes the steps of dry-milling corn kernels to form a corn flour; combining the corn flour with water to form a mash; extracting corn oil from the mash; fermenting the mash thereby producing beer and carbon dioxide; distilling the beer to produce ethanol and whole stillage; and processing the whole stillage to produce wet distiller's grains with solubles (WDGS) and/or dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS). The step of extracting corn oil from the mash includes the sub steps of: optionally wet-milling the mash; separating the mash to produce a light phase and a heavy phase; adding an alkanesulfonic acid to the light phase; extracting corn oil from the light phase; and combining the light phase having the corn oil extracted therefrom with the heavy phase to reform the mash.