Enhanced separation of corn oil from the ethanol manufacturing process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9914898
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15063023

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An ethanol production process and system for recovering high value oil products. The invention includes adding a heated lipid (oil) stream to a thin stillage stream to break the water/oil emulsion and free bound oil then recovering the oil. The process uses oil as the heat transfer mechanism to increase both the volume and quality of the oil recovered.

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  • LINCOLNWAY ENERGY, LLC

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Hakmiller, Eric Ames, US 3 4

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