• How does corn oil extraction affect ethanol production?
  • Most ethanol producers¡¯ corn oil extraction efforts leave roughly 60 percent of the available distillers¡¯ corn oil (DCO) behind. Using Trucent technology and services, it¡¯s not unusual for a plant to add millions of dollars in annual revenue by merely improving their DCO extraction¨Cwithout detracting from your existing DDGS and ethanol production.
  • What extraction techniques are used for oil recovery from oilseeds?
  • Various extraction techniques and importance of solvent choice for oil recovery from oilseed are discussed. Mechanical, aqueous, enzymatic, supercritical CO 2 and hexane extraction of important oilseeds are reviewed. Recent developments in crude oil refining processes are also included in this chapter.
  • Why do we need improved cultivars for vegetable oil extraction?
  • Limited land availability and growing demands for vegetable oils call for the development of improved cultivars for harnessing higher yields as well as more efficient oil extraction technologies to augment oil recovery from different oilseed crops without compromising with the oil quality.
  • How much corn oil can ethanol plants extract from each bushel?
  • This approach has made it possible for ethanol plants to consistently extract 75 to 95 percent of the available corn oil from each bushel. These solutions rely on both new technology and new chemistry.
  • How vegetable oil is obtained from different matrices?
  • The vegetable oils are obtained from the oilseeds and also from other oil bearing parts of plants like fruits (mesocarp and/or stones), tubers, germs, sprouts, and so on. A host of methods are employed to obtain the oil from different matrices and each method has its own set of advantages and disadvantages.