Grain Processing
As global demand for energy continues to grow to unprecedented levels, bio-refineries worldwide are converting record volumes of biomass to fuel, feed, and numerous other bio-based products. Driven by innovation, especially in a challenging economic environment, continual improvement is a necessity in the ethanol and starch processing industries.
At BASF Enzymes LLC, we are committed to understanding the needs of our customers and working closely with them to develop optimal solutions. Leveraging our advanced technology, BASF Enzymes LLC creates high performance industrial enzymes uniquely suited for grain processing and ethanol production. By improving fermentations, enabling higher yields and more flexible process parameters, our customers are able to attain greater overall efficiency. Together, we can realize a more sustainable future.
Enzyme Products
Fuelzyme® 650 alpha-amylase
Wide operating pH & temperature range
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
- Works sinergistically with advanced yeast by reducing osmostic stress
- Reduces glucoamylase usage
- Enables a low pH process
- Effective liquefaction at a wide pH range increasing operational flexibility
- Increases fuel ethanol yields due to improved starch conversion
Glycozyme™ Eclipse glucoamylase
Cost effective glucoamylase for fuel ethanol production
Glycozyme™ Eclipse is a saccharification enzyme obtained from a classical strain of Aspergillus niger. It produces glucose from liquefied starch in the fuel ethanol production process.
Key Advantages
- Competitively priced while providing superior performance
- Releases glucose more gradually resulting in improved yeast performance
- Contains acid alpha-amylase to break down remaining starch left in liquefaction
- Demonstrated improved fuel ethanol yields when used in combination with Fuelzyme® 650 alpha-amylase
Fuelpro™ acid protease
High activity protease for fuel ethanol production
Fuelpro™ acid protease is a processing aid used for grain based fuel ethanol production and 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® Xylanase
Broad operating pH & temperature range
Xylathin® is a highly active xylanase that rapidly degrades xylan to reduce viscosity in cereal-based mashed used in the production of fuel ethanol.
Key Advantages
- Low effective dose
- Superior viscosity reduction
- Broad temperature and pH range
- Reduced water retention in DDGS
Fueltase™ Phytase
Broad operating pH & 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
Chemicals
Lutropur® MSA
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
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