CORN ALCOHOL

The corn ethanol is the ideal one to the utilization for beverage, parfum and pharmaceutical industries.
 

PLANALCOOL is a licensee, with exclusivity in Brazil, of KATZEN International Inc., Ohio, USA with the most modern technology for corn ethanol production and cellulose based ethanol plants.

CORN ETHANOL PRODUCTION

The corn ethanol production is composed of the following steps:

• Grain receiving, storage, cleaning and milling

• Mashing, sterilization, liquefaction and saccharification

• Simultaneous saccharification and Fermentation

• Ethanol distillation

• Ethanol dehydration

• Stillage separation, evaporation and by-product(s) drying

ADVANTAGES OF KATZEN TECHNOLOGY

• Continuous, uniform cooking

• Lower capital cost

• Lower energy consumption

• Reduced bacterial contamination

• Reduced maintenance

• Improved process control

• Viscosity control of the mash by addition of the appropriate enzymes at the proper process location(s)

• Optional enzyme usage