GreenShift Corporation has developed new techniques for enhancing biofuel yield and increasing producers revenue. Bioethanol fuel is usually obtained by fermenting sugar from different feedstock - corn, potato, molasses and other biomass. Crude alcohol is then distilled and dehydrated to yield ethanol fuel E100 which can be mixed within gasoline in any blend (E10, E20, E30, E85..). Obviously, fermentation process is quite simple. Under anaerobic conditions, enzymes in yeast convert glucose and sucrose to ethanol. The bigger challenge for scientists is pre-fermentation conversion of the crude corn oil to simple sugar.
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Monday, October 19, 2009
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