Establishment and assessment of a novel cleaner production process of corn grain fuel ethanol

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An integrated corn ethanol-methane fermentation system was proposed to solve the problem of stillage handling, where thin stillage was treated by anaerobic digestion and then reused to make mash for the following ethanol fermentation. This system was evaluated at laboratory and pilot scale. Anaerobic digestion of thin stillage ran steadily with total chemical oxygen demand removal efficiency of 98% at laboratory scale and 97% at pilot scale. Ethanol production was not influenced by recycling anaerobic digestion effluent at laboratory and pilot scale. Compared with dried distillers' grains with solubles produced in conventional process, dried distillers' grains in the proposed system exhibited higher quality because of increased protein concentration and decreased salts concentration. Energetic assessment indicated that application of this novel process enhanced the net energy balance ratio from 1.26 (conventional process) to 1.76. In conclusion, the proposed system possessed technical advantage over the conventional process for corn fuel ethanol production.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:148

Enthalten in:

Bioresource technology - 148(2013) vom: 28. Nov., Seite 453-60

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jianhua [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Hongjian [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Guiying [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xizhao [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Pei [VerfasserIn]
Mao, Zhonggui [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3K9958V90M
5-hydroxylmethylfurfural
ADE
ASBR
Amino Acids
Anaerobic digestion
Anaerobic digestion effluent
Anaerobic sequencing batch reactor
Biofuels
CSTR
Carbohydrates
Continuous stirred-tank reactor
Corn
DDG
DDGS
Dried distillers’ grains
Dried distillers’ grains with solubles
Energetic assessment
Ethanol
Ethanol fermentation
FOG
Fats, oils, and grease
HMF
HPLC
HRT
High-performance liquid chromatography
Hydraulic retention time
Journal Article
NEB
Net energy balance
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SCOD
SMP
Soluble chemical oxygen demand
Soluble microbial products
TCOD
TN
TP
Thin stillage
Total chemical oxygen demand
Total nitrogen
Total phosphorus
VFA
VS
Volatile fatty acid
Volatile solids
WDG
Wet distillers’ grains

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Date Completed 29.08.2014

Date Revised 14.10.2013

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.biortech.2013.08.095

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM231257260