Grain with solubles

By-Products. After the removal of alcohol, the fermentation residues are processed to produce distiUers grains. These residues consist of proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins, and fiber that are concentrated threefold by removal of the starch. DistiUers grains are usually divided into one of four groups including distiUers dry grains (DDG), distiUers dry solubles (DDS), distiUers dry grains with solubles (DDG/S), and condensed distiUers solubles (CDS). 

In most of today s ethanol plants for the conversion of wheat, rye and corn, the required thermal energy is provided by natural gas, heavy fuel oil or coal. The protein-rich by-products of ethanol plants are referred to as dried distillers grains with solubles , abbreviated as DDGS, and are mostly used for animal fodder. Alternatively, they can be converted to biogas for heat and electricity production. The resulting residue can then be used as fertiliser (see Table 7.16). 

DCL DDGS DEFC DICI DISI DME DMFC DOE DP DPF Direct coal liquefaction Distillers dried grains with solubles Direct ethanol fuel cell Direct-injection compression ignition Direct-injection spark ignition Dimethylether Direct methanol fuel cell Department of Energy (USA) Dynamic programming Diesel particulate filter... 

Dong, F.M., Rasco, B.A., and Gazzaz, S.S. 1987. A protein quality assessment of wheat and com distillers dried grains with solubles. Cereal Chem. 64 327-332. 

Residue in Distiller s Dried Grains with Solubles... 

Batal, A.B. and Dale, N.M. (2006) True metabolizable energy and amino acid digestibility of distillers dried grains with solubles. Journal of Applied Poultry Research 15,89-93. 

Cromwell, G.L., Herkelmad, K.L. and Stahly, T.S. (1993) Physical, chemical, and nutritional characteristics of distillers dried grains with solubles for chicks and pigs. Journal of Animal Science 71,679-686. 

Roberson, K.D. (2003) Use of dried distillers grains with solubles in growing-finishing diets of turkey hens. International Journal of Poultry Science 2, 389-393. 

Swiatkiewicz, S. and Koreleski, J. (2006) Effect of maize distillers dried grains with solubles and dietary enzyme supplementation on the performance of laying hens. Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences 15, 253-260. 

Table 4.1.8A. Distillers grains with solubles, dried (IFN 5-02-843).The product obtained after the removal of ethyl alcohol by distillation from the yeast fermentation of a grain or a grain mixture by condensing and drying at least 75% of the solids of the resultant whole stillage by methods employed in the grain-distilling industry. The predominating grain shall be declared as the first word in the name (AAFCO, 2005) and that determines the exact IFN number (maize product in table below).

Fig. 1. Schematic of corn dry grind process with fiber conversion to ethanol. DDGS, distillers dried grains with solubles.

Figure 1 shows an elementary schematic diagram for process flows within a typical dry mill operation. A proposed process for converting the residual starch and fiber in wet DG into ethanol and HDG and hydrolyzed distiller s grain with solubles (HDGS) is shown schematically in Fig. 2. 

Knott, J., Shurson, J., and Gohil, J. (2003), Variation in Particle Size and Bulk Density of Distiller s Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) Produced by "New Generation" Ethanol Plants in Minnesota and South Dakota, (Website http //www.ddgs.umn.edu/ research-quality/variation.pdf). Department of Animal Science University of Minnesota. Last modified 9/11/03. 

In a conventional dry grind process, ground com is mixed with water to produce slurry. The slurry is cooked the slurry starch liquefied, saccharified and fermented to produce ethanol. The remaining nonfermentables (germ, fiber, and protein) are recovered at the end of the dry grind process as an animal food co-product, called distiller dried grains with solubles or DDGS. 

Srinivasan, R., Moreau, R. A., Rausch, K. D., Belyea, R. L., Tumbleson, M. E., and Singh, V. 2005. Separation of fiber from distillers dried grains with solubles (ddgs) using sieving and elutriation. Cereal Chem., 82, 528-533. 

The liquid left after distillation is subjected to centrifugation, where most of the suspended solids are separated. The clear liquid can be recycled by adding it back to the starch conversion stage. The moist cake released by the centrifuges is mixed with the syrup produced by the evaporator to form a homogenous mixture and is dewatered in dryers. The dryers produce a Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) meal, which can be formed into pellets. These are used in many applications, most prominently in animal feed. 

Jacob, M. E., Fox, J. T., Narayanan, S. K., Drouillard, J. S., Renter, D. G., and Nagaraja, T. G. (2008b). Effects of feeding wet corn distillers grains with solubles with or without monensin and tylosin on the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibilities of fecal food-borne pathogenic and commensal bacteria in feedlot cattle. /. Anim. Sci. 86,1182-1190. 

Varel, V. H., Wells, J. E., Berry, E. D., Spiehs, M. J., Miller, D. N., Ferrell, C. L., Shackelford, S. D., and Koohmaraie, M. (2008). Odorant production and persistence of Escherichia coli in manure slurries from cattle fed zero, twenty, forty, or sixty percent wet distillers grains with solubles. /. Anim. Sci. 86,3617-3627. 

Parsons, C.M. Influence of cecectomy on digestibility of AAs by roosters fed distillers dried grains with solubles./. Agric. Sci. Camb. 1985,104, 469-472. 

The overall production process for bioethanol has a clear advantage over some other industrial fermentation products. Due to the fact that all the input streams are converted to products such as bioethanol, gluten or a protein-rich feed stuff, so-called DDGS (distillers dried grains with solubles), fertilizer and a readily biodegradable wastewater the process can be seen as a zero-waste-concept. 

West TP. (2008). Fumaric acid production by Rhizopus oryzae on com distillers grains with solubles. Res J Microbiol, 3, 35-40. 

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DDGS, Distillers dried grains with solubles. Table 6.9 Economic Performance (2014 Pricing Basis) Dry Grind Wet Milling... 

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