Effects of ground corn particle size on ethanol yield and thin stillage soluble solids

Cereal Chemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-9

  Naidu, Kalpana ^a   Singh, Vijay ^a   Johnston, David B ^b   Rausch, Kent D ^a   Tumbleson, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEER; ETHANOL; GRINDING (MACHINING); OPERATING COSTS; SACCHARIFICATION;

A-COEFFICIENT; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; DRY GRINDS; ETHANOL YIELD; GROUND CORNS; PARTICLES SIZES; PARTICLES-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; SOLUBLE SOLIDS; THIN STILLAGE;

PARTICLE SIZE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33846844796     PISSN: 00090352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/CCHEM-84-1-0006     Document Type: Article

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