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ICM praises partnership with Fournier Industries

US-based ethanol technology specialist ICM has said its partnership with Canadian equipment manufacturer Fournier Industries has been a success.

 In a press statement, ICM said it continues to create advancements with its patent-pending Fiber Separation Technology (FST) now being operated at four major commercial plants in North America. 

 FST is part of ICM’s EPA-approved pathway to cellulosic ethanol and is a value-added platform technology that removes fiber from the “Generation 1.0” ethanol process.  FST increases ethanol and corn oil throughput and creates options for diversified co-products of high-protein livestock feed and high-energy livestock feed.

 An important aspect of the FST process was developed through a joint partnership with Fournier Industries Inc.  ICM began working with Fournier around their world class rotary press design in early 2013, leading to a proprietary design of a Fournier Rotary Press for the global biofuels industry. 

 The joint team incorporated improvements that lead to an increased throughput, a more dry cake, improved automated controls, and improved handling of the process stream temperatures required in this new application. 

 According to ICM, the proprietary rotary press design provides “significant advantages” to the FST process through design optimisations as it uses approximately 1/10 the horsepower which reduces the carbon footprint.  It also requires less maintenance than other dewatering devices, ICM said.

 Dave VanderGriend, founder and CEO of ICM, said: “This partnership has been a tremendous success.  Fournier is a wonderful partner that we believe our joint work has led to a major proprietary advancement for use in the biofuels industry.”

 Harold Roy, president and CEO Fournier Industries, added: “ICM’s knowledge and vision of how the Rotary Press could be adapted and utilized in their process demonstrates why ICM is achieving the outstanding results they are, in increasing efficiency in the biofuel industry.”

 

 





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