Cereal Process Technologies, LLC is pleased to announce the completion of the startup phase of the corn dry fractionation facility for Renew Energy's ethanol plant in Jefferson, Wisconsin. According to CPT President Will Duensing, “CPT’s fractionation facility at Renew has been run extensively prior to the startup of the ethanol plant and we are very pleased with the quality of the endosperm, germ and bran streams that have been produced.”  When running at capacity, this CPT fractionation facility will process 49 million bushels of corn annually.

The CPT patented process separates the corn kernel into its key components to create a more concentrated starch stream for more profitable ethanol production, significantly improving the return on investment for the ethanol plant.  The CPT fractionation technology, a proven process currently utilized in three full scale food grade and industrial starch corn mills, has now been successfully demonstrated in a full scale commercial ethanol facility.

The CPT fractionation process creates much higher value co-products while significantly reducing ethanol production costs.  As a result of fractionation, a higher protein DDGS is created which will allow the ethanol facility to target broader poultry and swine markets.  According to Mr. Duensing;  “as the ethanol industry begins to fully recognize the value of fractionation in general, and CPT fractionation in particular, the shift to our higher yielding process will intensify.  Our competitive advantages in lower power consumption and higher product yields will reduce operating costs and open additional markets, such as corn oil extraction from the corn germ.”