Ace Ethanol begins construction of D3Max plant in Wisconsin
Source: By Ethanol Producer Magazine • Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2018
The companies working on the D3Max detailed design and build were selected earlier this year by the planning team. “We have assembled the best team with the best technologies to build the first commercial-scale D3Max plant,” says Yancey. “We are employing a fully integrated design at the Ace plant which will make the facility one of the most energy efficient ethanol plants in the U.S. with the highest ethanol yield per bushel. The combined facilities will be so efficient that the energy use of the new integrated facility will be approximately the same as the current Ace Ethanol plant. We are very excited to make this announcement and begin the construction of what we believe will be the new benchmark for the industry.”
According to Yancey, the D3Max process is the only corn kernel fiber-to-ethanol process that will not require an independent engineer to validate the cellulosic ethanol production every 500,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol produced. With the D3Max process, cellulosic ethanol gallons can be measured directly, avoiding the cost of re-certification required by EPA for co-processing and in-situ corn kernel fiber processes. Currently, all other corn kernel fiber technologies require costly re-certification every 500,000 gallons.