METHOD TO PRODUCE ETHANOL USING WHOLE STILLAGE
A method of producing ethanol is disclosed. The method includes fermentation of carbohydrates from multiple byproduct feedstocks simultaneously during the same fermentation batch by application of a bacterial microbe which converts said carbohydrates to ethanol. A method of producing ethanol from whole stillage is also disclosed comprising converting multiple carbohydrates from multiple feedstocks simultaneously into ethanol without pre-treatment and without added enzymes. A method of producing ethanol with the application of a microbe from the Order Lactobacillales to a byproduct to produce ethanol is also disclosed.
1 . A method of producing ethanol, the method comprising fermentation of carbohydrates from multiple byproduct feedstocks simultaneously during the same fermentation batch by application of a bacterial microbe which converts said carbohydrates to ethanol.
2 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 1 , wherein the byproduct feedstocks are obtained from whole stillage.
3 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 1 , wherein the bacterial microbe is from the Order Lactobacillales.
4 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 3 , wherein the bacterial microbe is selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus casei, Pediococcus acidophilus, and Lactobacillus plantarum.
5 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 1 , wherein the bacterial microbe converts multiple carbohydrate types into ethanol without the addition of enzymes.
6 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 1 , wherein the bacterial microbe converts multiple carbohydrate types into ethanol without pre-treatment.
7 . A method of producing ethanol from whole stillage comprising converting multiple carbohydrates from multiple feedstocks simultaneously into ethanol without pre-treatment and without added enzymes.
8 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 7 , wherein the method includes the addition of a bacterial microbe.
9 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 8 , wherein the bacterial microbe is from the Order Lactobacillales.
10 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 9 , wherein the bacterial microbe is selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus casei, Pediococcus acidophilus, and Lactobacillus plantarum.
11 . A method of producing ethanol comprising application of a microbe from the Order Lactobacillales to a byproduct so as to produce ethanol.
12 . The method of claim 1 wherein the method produces industrial quantities of ethanol.
13 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 11 , wherein the byproduct is a feedstock obtained from whole stillage.
14 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 11 , wherein the microbe is selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus casei, Pediococcus acidophilus, and Lactobacillus plantarum.
15 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 11 , wherein the microbe converts multiple carbohydrate types into ethanol without the addition of enzymes.
16 . The method of producing ethanol of claim 11 , wherein the microbe converts multiple carbohydrate types into ethanol without pre-treatment.