Environmental and Nutritional Benefits of Bioethanol co-products
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The ENBBIO LINK project is a collaborative 3 year project which started in October 2010, and involves 25 industry and academic partners, sponsored by Defra through the Sustainable Livestock Production LINK programme.
The aim of the project is to quantify sources of variability in wheat DDGS a co-product of the modern bioethanol and distilling industries, identify opportunities to enhance its value, to consider innovative processes to reduce fibre content (for non-ruminants) and to quantify the contribution of the co-products to the overall GHG balance of UK crop, livestock and ethanol production.
The Objectives are to:
1. Quantify the chemical composition of UK sources of W-DDGS and other co-products including development of appropriate methodologies,
2. Identify the limitations associated with feeding UK sources of W-DDGS in both ruminant and non-ruminant species,
3. Identify routes to improving nutritional value of DDGS through production of consistent products from modern biorefineries, making use of process modifications in the biorefinery, and the use of enzymes to improve animal performance,
4. Test the modified and improved DDGS products using ruminant and non-ruminant species
5. Quantify the overall benefits of DDGS production on reducing diffuse pollutants (methane, N and P), and enhancing home-grown protein production,
6. Ensure effective knowledge transfer of research outputs
Find out more on the project website here: http://www.adas.co.uk/Home/Projects/ENBBIO/tabid/338/Default.aspx
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04-Jan-2012