Ethanol Oil - Blue Flint

Getting the most from a kernel of corn Tonight Ag Reporter Sarah Gustin shows us how one ethanol plant is taking the process one step farther Jeff Zueger Blue Flint Ethanol We are always looking to diversify the products we can create at this ethanol facility And the industry has known that there is free oil in the distillers grains and recently there has been some really good developments on how to extract that oil and move that oil into the biodiesel production market Blue Flint Ethanol in Underwood has a new spin on making its business even more profitable This oil extracting system is the first to hit North Dakota General Manager Jeff Zueger says the system seperates free non-bound oil within the syrup Jeff Zueger Blue Flint Ethanol We take the syrup stream and run it through a center fuge That center fuge virtually sprins that fuild and solid combinations and seperates the soildes and the water from the oil And it seperates free non-bound oil that exists in that syrup and that is the oil that we essentially move to market for biodiseal production 54 13 Sarah Gustin KX News This is an example of what the syrip looks like before it goes through the oil extraction process and this is an example of the oil that is produced Zueger says there is about a 1 2 pound of oil in one 56 pound bushel of corn He says while the fat content in the distillers grains does decrease you get more of another valuable nutrient Jeff Zueger Blue Flint Ethanol Alot of the value that is seen in feeding distillers grains is seen in the protein content So while you are removing some of the fat and energy piece it is displaced by other valuable elements of the distillers grains Zueger says there are two markets for the oil Distillers grains and biodiesel But obviously one of those markets generates a few more dollars than the other making this spinning process worthwhile Jeff Zueger Blue Flint Ethanol The price for it very much follows the value of biodiesel and is related with diseal fuel So esstenially you can relate it to diseal fuel or heating oil futures and as well as biodiesel Near Underwood for KX news I am Sarah Gustin Zueger hopes to be extracting 1 5 million gallons a year He says they expect to pay for the 2 million dollar project within a year