A dry mill ethanol plant will convert each 56 pound bushel of corn it receives into 18 pounds of ethanol, 18 pounds of carbon emissions, and 18 pounds of DDGS. Every kernel of corn has a fat content of about 3.6%. This corresponds to about 2 pounds per bushel, 3.4 million tons of fat at the 9 billion gallon production level in 2008, and 7.4 million tons of fat at the 30 billion gallons of ethanol produced between 1980 and 2004.
This is a lot of fat ... and all of it passed through the U.S. ethanol industry untouched for twenty-four years before our team completed feasibility testing with an early-stage corn oil extraction prototype in 2004 and demonstrated, for the first time, that consistent extraction of as much as 80% of the fat trapped in DDGS in the form of corn oil was economically feasible.
 Corn oil extraction technology is widely considered today to be the quickest path for margin improvement for corn ethanol producers. Our corn oil extraction technologies increase biofuel yields per bushel of corn by 7% while reducing the energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of corn ethanol production by more than 21% and 29%, respectively. These benefits correspond to increased ethanol producer income of about $0.13 per gallon of ethanol produced at current market prices, and can be realized for less than 10% of the capital cost of the host ethanol plant. No technologies have ever been developed for corn ethanol producers that begin to approach even a fraction of these results in the entire history of the ethanol industry.
Our first corn oil extraction patent issued in October 2009, and patent applications for our extraction technologies were recently allowed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. GreenShift's extraction technologies have recently been cited by the U.S. EPA in its rulemaking processes involving the renewable fuels standard.
With over 100,000 hours of operational run time and years of know how integrating extraction technology into corn ethanol plants and refining crude corn oil into advanced biofuel, GreenShift has established its technology leadership and proven its reliability.
Take advantage of our corn oil extraction technologies to:
- increase your revenue and earnings,
- decrease your commodity and financial risk,
- reduce your utility consumption and carbon emissions, and
- enhance your biofuel yield and enrich your distillers grain
- for no investment.
|
|
0
