This issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine delivers an eclectic mix of content with features on new markets and lower-CI farming bookended by articles about plant data—and, for good measure, a piece on measuring in-situ corn fiber ethanol. We start with “Pushing Data Boundaries,” on page 14, going inside the robust capabilities and relationship-driven culture of CTE Global, a top fermentation solutions provider. The story is as much about the company’s emphatic commitment to cultivating producer discourse as CTE’s drive to help its clients leverage process data. We take a deep dive into the company’s three branches of support—Technical Services, Operations Services and its Technology Center—each rooted in the power of collaboration and capturing enhanced plant intel.&nbsp; Next, on page 20, we revisit the nascent market for ethanol in diesel engine applications. We’ve covered ClearFlame Engine Technologies before—and the company makes another cameo here—but this story’s main focus is not semis, but the massive trucks used for mining. “On the Bigger Side,” on page 20, looks at the yet-to-unfold collaboration between Vale, a Brazilian iron ore mining company, and Cummins and Komatsu, the former OEM being a diesel engine manufacturer and the latter being a maker of trucks and heavy equipment. The idea is that by using 70% ethanol blends in its fleet of mining trucks, Vale will be able to cut its onsite mining emissions considerably. Using ethanol—along with the renewable power and electrification initiative that Vale has already rolled out—will be a huge step toward meeting the company’s long-term decarbonization objectives. Then, we leap to the opposite end of the field-to-fuel spectrum, looking at the fertilizers used to grow corn. It’s no secret that synthetic (i.e., conventional) fertilizers make up a significant share of the carbon intensity of corn farming and, hence, ethanol production. For this and other reasons, lowering the CI of fertilizers—making them from microbial nitrogen, for example—has become a top priority for both the agricultural and biofuel industries. In “More Green Downstream,” on page 28, we look at how technology development, government investment and new partnerships are coalescing to reduce on-farm emissions via low-CI fertilizers—which are considered critical to ethanol’s entrance into sustainable aviation fuel.&nbsp; We return to process information management in “Intelligent Data Distillation, on page 34, a look at how Black &amp; Veatch is harnessing the power of AI to help ethanol producers filter through vast amounts of information and process scenarios—with some clients leveraging AI-driven dashboards—to detect, diagnose and resolve issues faster than ever before.&nbsp; Finally, be sure to read “Unlocking D3 RINs with In-Situ Ethanol Analysis,” our closing story on page 40, which looks at a new, ASTM-approved, EPA-qualifying standard for accurately measuring the cellulosic ethanol volume from in-situ corn fiber ethanol production. Ultimately, nailing the long-grappled-over in-situ equation is vital to our industry as it represents 170 million gallons per year of D3 ethanol production generating nearly half a billion dollars of new revenue annually. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;View October 2024 Print Issue - <a href="https://issuu.com/bbiinternational/docs/oct24_epm_digital?fr=sMTRlYjc0Mjc1Mjg">https://issuu.com/bbiinternational/docs/oct24_epm_digital?fr=sMTRlYjc0Mjc1Mjg &nbsp;</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

2024-08-29 - New Markets, Greener Inputs, Dashboards and More (Ethanol Producer Magazine)

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This 2024 October issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine delivers an eclectic mix of content with features on new markets and lower-CI farming bookended by articles about plant data—and, for good measure, a piece on measuring in-situ corn fiber ethanol.

New Markets, Greener Inputs, Dashboards and More

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