Novozymes North America and Groton Biosystems are collaborating to develop an automated, near real-time online monitoring system for commercial fuel ethanol plants.
The technology would enable plants to monitor sugars, ethanol and organic acids in multiple fermentation tanks using Groton Biosystems’ proprietary process for sampling high-solids, high-viscosity fluids in biofuel production applications.
“This agreement between Novozymes and Groton Biosystems will provide commercial fuel ethanol plants with a state-of-the-art automated system solution that will dramatically improve efficiency in sample analysis,” said Groton CEO Bill Dinardo. “The ability to continuously sample and analyze the fermentation process will increase the efficiency and productivity of the fuel ethanol process.”
“By utilizing these advanced process monitoring capabilities,” noted Novozymes Marketing Manager Jack Rogers, “our customers will be able to more fully exploit the performance of our enzymes to achieve improved throughput and yield.”
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