Bioenergy

Fuelzyme^® 650 alpha-amylase is a next generation enzyme for starch liquefaction in the production of fuel ethanol as well as other fuel and industrial-use alcohols.

Key advantages

• Wide operating pH and temperature range
• Works synergistically with advanced yeast by reducing osmotic stress
• Reduces glucoamylase usage
• Enables a low pH process
• Provides effective liquefaction at a wide pH range increasing operational flexibility
• Increases fuel ethanol yields due to improved starch conversion

High activity glucoamylase for fuel ethanol production:

Key advantages

• Contains standardized enzyme side activities that improve fermentation performance
• Offers demonstrated high ethanol yields at industrial scale
• Operates over a broad pH and temperature range
• Offers demonstrated improved ethanol yields when used in combination with Fuelzyme^® alpha-amylase
• Competitively priced while providing superior performance 

High activity protease for fuel ethanol production:

Fuelpro™ acid protease is a processing aid used for grain-based fuel ethanol production and which works to hydrolyze proteins into amino acids under low pH conditions.

Key advantages

• Faster fermentation times
• Reduced urea or ammonia usage
• Reduced use of emulsion breakers
• Improved corn oil production
• Improved ethanol yield

Xylathin^® is a highly active xylanase that rapidly degrades xylan to reduce viscosity in cereal-based mashes used in the production of fuel ethanol.

Key advantages

• Broad operating pH & temperature range
• Low effective dose
• Superior viscosity reduction
• Broad temperature and pH range
• Reduced water retention in DDGS

Broad operating pH and temperature range

Fueltase™ Phytase is utilized during fermentation to liberate free phosphorus from naturally occurring phytic acid during production of ethanol.

Key advantages

• Improves yeast health by increasing free phosphorus
• Improves DDGS quality by decreasing phytic acid
• Increases ethanol yields by liberating starch bound to phytic acid

For use in fuel ethanol production:

Lutropur^® MSA is a high purity methanesulfonic acid. Methanesulfonic acid is a strong and odorless organic acid with a unique property profile that distinguishes it from all other acids.

Key advantages

• Generally regarded as safe (GRAS)
• Free of nitrogen, phosphorus and halogens
• Stronger acid than sulfamic acid, and therefore more effective at cleaning
• Lutropur^® MSA is a liquid (aqueous solution, 70% MSA by weight), and thus easier to use than solid sulfamic acid
• Readily biodegradable, making it an environmentally friendly acid
• Lutropur^® MSA can be stored easily and is stable, whereas sulfamic acid breaks down into ammonium bisulfate