Basf Se Corporation

Bp Corporation North America Inc.

Basf Enzymes LLC

Yukiko Sato

Joseph P Borst

Malgorzata Slupska

Kelvin Wong

Frank A Reinhold

Matthew Gerard Lyon

Karen Kustedjo

Christopher Paul Myers

Katrina Marie Knauer

Justin Andrew Bordley

Disclosed herein include methods of reducing the viscosity of a starch slurry during starch processing by the addition of one or more surfactants and one or more amylases. In some embodiments, the unexpected reduction in slurry viscosity results in a surprising increase in corn oil recovery, reduction in residual starch, and increased fermentation rate.

Uses of surfactants in starch processing

The present disclosure relates to methods for detoxifying a hydrolysate obtained from a lignocellulosic biomass and methods of producing ethanol from the detoxified hydrolysate. The present methods provide detoxified hydrolysates in which the quantity of compounds that are deleterious to fermenting microorganisms are substantially reduced relative to the starting hydrolysate and in which the amount of fermentable sugars loss is minimal.

Methods for detoxifying a lignocellulosic hydrolysate

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Yukiko Sato