Patent ID: 7985580

Claim:
An apparatus for producing alcohol from cereal raw materials, comprising a grinding station ( 1 ) comprising a separator and a feeder, wherein said grinding station is configured to grind grain comprising a starch and/or sugar of the cereal raw materials to flour, said separator is configured to separate at least a part of seed coat portions enclosing said grain, and said feeder is configured to feed said separated dry seed coat portions directly from said grinding station to a dryer, wherein said dry seed coat portions function as a carrier medium for vinasse, a liquefaction station ( 9 ) which digests flour to a liquiefied raw material, a fermentation station ( 13 ) which ferments said liquefied raw material to mash, a distillation station ( 15 ) comprising a distillation column ( 91 ) for separating off alcohol from the mash, and a drying station ( 21 , 31 ) configured to dry vinasse produced as a residue in said distillation station at a dew point temperature of above 95° C., comprising a dryer producing exhaust vapor having a temperature permitting the distillation of said alcohol in said distillation station, wherein said drying station contains said dry seed coat portions as the carrier medium.