BioFuels Journal

SJC Bioenergia (a joint venture between Cargill and Group USJ), has completed installation and commissioning of FQPT’s technologies to integrate corn ethanol production at its sugar-cane ethanol facility located in Quirinopolis, Brazil.

The phased startup began in December 2015, and all phases are operational as of June, 2016.

SJC Bioenergia is utilizing FQPT’s SGT™ milling, BOS™ front-end corn oil, Fiber Separation, and MSC™ Protein Recovery technologies.

The combined patented and patent-pending systems produce a corn based starch slurry stream which gives high yields of ethanol and co-products while allowing the sugar cane mill to utilize existing fermentation, distillation, and evaporation.

"No startup of a technology this size goes without hiccups, but overall, things have gone very well," says John Kwik, President of FQPT.

"Previously, the facility could only operate during the cane growing season.

"The FQPT system has allowed the facility to blend a corn starch feedstock into the plant while running sugar cane and also in the off-season from cane.

"This allows the plant to maximize operating capacity year-round with the added benefit of the co-product revenue streams which are significant," adds Kwik.

For more information, please contact Michael Franko at 720-422-4461 or [email protected]

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