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Researchers use fungus to improve corn ethanol production - could cut energy costs by one-third

Posted on May 27, 2008

Growing a fungus in some of the leftovers from ethanol production can save energy, recycle more water and improve the livestock feed that's a co-product of fuel production, according to a team of researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Hawai'i, whose innovation was awarded the 2008 Grand Prize for University Research from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.The process could change ethanol production in dry-grind plants so much that energy costs can be reduced by as much as one-third, says Hans van Leeuwen, an Iowa State professor of civil, construction and env...

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