Patent ID: 8840853
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: C07C,C10L,C11C,C12P,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An integrated facility for the co-production of ethanol and biodiesel fuel using corn as a feedstock, comprising: an ethanol plant operable to produce ethanol and a corn oil product from an ethanol-containing beer; a biodiesel plant comprising a reactor assembly operably coupled with said ethanol plant to receive at least some corn oil product from the said ethanol plant, and to react said corn oil with alcohol to produce said biodiesel fuel and one or more by-products selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, glycerol, and combinations thereof; and structure for transferring at least one of said by-products to said ethanol plant for distillation within a distillation apparatus or mixing with a stillage stream of said distillation apparatus undergoing concentration within said ethanol plant, wherein said ethanol-containing beer is contained within a beer well, said beer well generating a gaseous overhead comprising CO