Patent ID: 9108140
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B01D,C10G,C11B,Y02C,Y02E,Y02P,Y02W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of processing whole stillage produced in a dry milling process used for producing ethanol from corn, comprising: separating whole stillage into fractions comprising thin stillage and distillers wet grains; combining the distillers wet grains fraction with the thin stillage fraction prior to concentrating the thin stillage fraction; separating the combined fractions into thin stillage and distillers wet grains; concentrating the thin stillage separated from the combined fractions or concentrating the thin stillage separated from the combined fractions and the thin stillage obtained from separating the whole stillage to form a thin stillage concentrate; and recovering oil from the thin stillage concentrate.