AN-001017 / © 2007 Micro Motion, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information: www.EmersonProcess.com/solutions/food_bev www.micromotion.com Micro Motion ® Improves Ethanol Production via Inline Measurement of % Dry Solids BENEFITS • Improved consistency of corn mash slurry • Eliminated process problems due to variation in process fluid • Increased process throughput • Reduced enyzme usage and costs • Reduced maintenance costs PROCESS To produce ethanol fuel from corn by dry milling, the corn is first ground into flour, or “meal.” A weigh belt is used to feed the meal into a mash preparation tank, and water is added in proportion to the weigh belt measurement. To prepare the corn mash slurry for fermentation, the starch in the slurry is converted to sugar by exposing it to enzyme

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