Here is a nice little updated (to me) corn oil and ddg portion of the Lincolnway Energy web site. The are one of the first litigants in the patent litigation. SEE here. They also have their newsletter on line - the newsletter link runs on the top of their site.
SkunK
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
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David Winsness
2011-07-12
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Our preference is the disc stack design for several reasons, one of which was incorrectly quoted above and correctly stated here. "A disc stack unit requires substantially LESS HORSEPOWER in this application than the ICM unit. Additionaly, the disc stack unit generates substantially MORE G-Force. Our specified disc stack cenrifuge units have a 60HP drive motor whereas the 3-phase decanaters generally used by others (ICM) in this application have a 150HP Main Drive Motor PLUS a 30HP Back Drive motor (collectively about 180 HP when compared to the disc stack units at only 60 HP). The disc stack centrifuges used here produce about 7000 G's when compared to the others who generally produce less than 2500 G's and often less than 1800 G's." In an industry where efficiency is most important, I felt the need to correct the quote as soon as I became aware of it. The other reasons for our preference of a disc stack include: 1) better uptime as our disc stacks are offered with a 99% guaranteed up-time which is better than any others have committed too. 2) reduced internal turbulence that allows oil to separate more easily (disc stack units have 'internal accelerators' that gently get the product up to speed before entry into the rotating centrifuge bowl). Additionally, disc stack units do not have the internal augers that that the ICM units have and these augers create additional and unwanted turbulence that negatively impact separation. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions regarding corn oil separation (dwinsness@greenshift.com). We are excited to have the pioneering technologies that enable ethanol plants to generate more fuel and income from the same kernel of corn. Collectively, when considering today's commodity prices, deploying our portfolio of technologies within a dry mill ethanol plant could provide $0.70 of value per bushel of corn consumed. Regards, David Winsness GreenShift
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/articles/7887/biodiesel-from-corn-oil-a-growing-force
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