Water reclamation and value-added animal feed from corn-ethanol stillage by fungal processing

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 151, Issue , 2014, Pages 284-290

  Rasmussen, M L ^a,b   Khanal, S K ^a,c   Pometto, A L ^b,d   van Leeuwen, J Hans ^a,b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal feed; Ethanol; Fungal process; Thin stillage; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; FUNGI; PROTEINS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMAL FEED; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS; FUNGAL PROCESS; NON-STERILE CONDITION; RHIZOPUS OLIGOSPORUS; STIRRED BIOREACTORS; THIN STILLAGE; WATER REUSE;

EFFLUENTS;

ALCOHOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLYCEROL; LYSINE; WATER;

AMINO ACID; ANIMAL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CULTIVATION; EFFLUENT; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNGUS; INOCULATION; LIVESTOCK; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; ENERGY; EVAPORATION; FERMENTATION; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL PROCESSING; FUNGUS GROWTH; INOCULATION; LIVESTOCK; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS OLIGOSPORUS; STIRRED REACTOR; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

ANIMALIA; OLIGOSPORUS; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS VAR. OLIGOSPORUS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL FEED; ETHANOL; FUNGAL PROCESS; THIN STILLAGE; WATER REUSE;

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; ETHANOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCEROL; LACTIC ACID; OILS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; RHIZOPUS; SOLUBILITY; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84888052928     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.10.080     Document Type: Article

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