TY - GEN
T1 - A high oil corn and its biorefining model for biofuel production
AU - Zhang, Lingyan
AU - Wan, Yiqin
AU - Chen, Paul
AU - Ruan, Roger
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - A corn breed that had more than 19% oil in the kernel was found in North Korea by researchers from the University of Minnesota. With rapid growth of bio-fuel industry, and the needs to find new feedstock for biodiesel production, this corn was believed to have potential for dual-fuel production: lipids for biodiesel and starch for ethanol. In this study, the fractionation information of this corn was collected and compared to a corn with common oil content, and a biorefining model based on the 100-gram sample wet milling procedure was raised. The degermination process in laboratory wet milling was modified to separate the giant germs. The oil extraction, biodiesel conversion, and starch fermentation results didn't show processing properties that were significantly different from common corn breeds. It was found that besides the superior high oil content, the fatty acid composition of this corn was slightly different from common corn. The starch viscosity and starch-protein ratio of this corn were comparable to common corn breeds.
AB - A corn breed that had more than 19% oil in the kernel was found in North Korea by researchers from the University of Minnesota. With rapid growth of bio-fuel industry, and the needs to find new feedstock for biodiesel production, this corn was believed to have potential for dual-fuel production: lipids for biodiesel and starch for ethanol. In this study, the fractionation information of this corn was collected and compared to a corn with common oil content, and a biorefining model based on the 100-gram sample wet milling procedure was raised. The degermination process in laboratory wet milling was modified to separate the giant germs. The oil extraction, biodiesel conversion, and starch fermentation results didn't show processing properties that were significantly different from common corn breeds. It was found that besides the superior high oil content, the fatty acid composition of this corn was slightly different from common corn. The starch viscosity and starch-protein ratio of this corn were comparable to common corn breeds.
KW - Biodiesel
KW - Degermination
KW - Ethanol
KW - Korea high oil corn (KHO)
KW - Wet milling
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77649123401
SN - 9781615673629
T3 - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009, ASABE 2009
SP - 5229
EP - 5240
BT - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009, ASABE 2009
T2 - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2009
Y2 - 21 June 2009 through 24 June 2009
ER -