New Economical Way of Corn-based Ethanol Production
TMO Renewables, based in the south of England, has developed a new fermentation process using certain micro-organisms that enables part of the waste deriving from corn-based ethanol production to be used to make more biofuel. According to the company, 25 ethanol plants in the US are interested in TMO Renewables’ proposal. In a recent case study in Iowa, TMO proved that it could deliver lower energy consumption, lower costs and higher output, thus producing a 70% improvement in margin – and this after the payment of a royalty to TMO.
The TMO process exploits two innate properties of the unique organism. Firstly, by exploiting the high temperature that the organism favours, fermentation can be performed at temperatures in excess of sixty degrees Celsius.Since very little cooling or heating is required, there is a significant saving in energy.
Secondly, the organism has a preference for consuming the longer chain sugars that derive from the breakup of biomass. This brings a very significant benefit in that a very large portion of the work and cost required to break down biomass to simple sugars, such as glucose, is removed.
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The TMO process exploits two innate properties of the unique organism. Firstly, by exploiting the high temperature that the organism favours, fermentation can be performed at temperatures in excess of sixty degrees Celsius.Since very little cooling or heating is required, there is a significant saving in energy.
Secondly, the organism has a preference for consuming the longer chain sugars that derive from the breakup of biomass. This brings a very significant benefit in that a very large portion of the work and cost required to break down biomass to simple sugars, such as glucose, is removed.
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