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Cereal Process Technologies, LLC, (CPT) of Overland Park, Kansas, is pleased to announce that its patented corn dry fractionation technology will be installed at the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC) adjacent to the existing ethanol plant located on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in Edwardsville, Illinois (SIUE).
CPT’s fractionation system was selected after a solicitation of donations was completed earlier this summer. The fractionation system gift was donated through the SIUE Foundation to further Advanced Ethanol research efforts at the country’s only pilot scale ethanol facility.
“CPT is very excited that the premier ethanol research center at SIU-Edwardsville has selected CPT’s fractionation technology to advance ethanol’s position in clean, alternative energy,” said Kenneth “Pete” Moss, CPT’s vice president of marketing. “We’re grateful to have the opportunity for our proven fractionation system to be a part of the NCERC’s important advanced ethanol research. That research will lead the ethanol industry toward lower operational costs, higher product values and more sustainable operations.”
The fractionation system will create important new opportunities to research cutting-edge technologies that will further improve ethanol efficiencies and increase its sustainability, according to Moss.
“CPT’s fractionation technology is the foundation for a revitalized ethanol industry. It significantly reduces energy consumption, provides high value edible corn oil and creates new cellulosic ethanol feedstock. With recent process enhancements the ethanol plant can get more oil, more starch and higher value products,” Moss said.
CPT has completed the process engineering package for the NCERC installation and is moving forward with donations from key equipment providers to have the process operational in early 2011. For more information and a virtual process tour, contact CPT today at www.cerealprocess.com.
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